At this time, events are being scheduled but may change without much notice depending on current covid-19 restrictions. Please check with the organizer for any you are interested in to get the most uptodate information.
We’ve always shared our gardens, our cities, even our own bodies with other species. But our approach to designing and caring for public urban spaces has been human-centric. What if we were to reimagine cities as multispecies assemblages? How might multispecies thinking change our approach to sustainable urban (and garden) design? Speaker Joyce Hostyn is […]
If you follow traditional houseplant advice, you'll be left with disappointment because your plant is no longer "perfect". The House Plant Journal approach breaks down the barriers to true, long-lasting enjoyment of houseplants - when you understand how plants work, you can gain a deeper appreciation for their character and more acceptance of how they'll […]
This talk and demonstration by OHS member and Master Gardener Rebecca Last will describe ways to preserve the harvest. It will cover drying (drying herbs; dehydration of fruits and vegetables); cooking; canning (preserves – jams, jellies, chutneys); vinegars; freezing; and curing. Rebecca has been gardening on and off since age 8, and has been a […]
Online presentation by David Galbraith of the Royal Botanical Gardens in Burlington. The story of the early development of botanical and large public gardens in Canada has been largely overlooked by historians. A few existing gardens with 19th century roots are well known, like the Halifax Public Gardens and the gardens at the Central Experimental […]
Don't miss our featured speaker for 2021, Doug Tallamy! Recent headlines about global insect declines and three billion fewer birds in North America are a bleak reality check about how ineffective our current landscape designs have been at sustaining the plants and animals that sustain us. Such losses are not an option if we wish […]
Springing for Plants! - opens for window shopping Wed. May 19 at 10:00 Spring is coming and with it the Ottawa Horticultural Society’s second-ever online plant sale! This sale will offer a variety of indoor plants, perennials including native plants, and will feature seedlings of annuals, edibles, and perennials, all donated by OHS members. All […]
Butterflies come from caterpillars and caterpillars can only eat very specific plants. To attract adult butterflies, a garden needs to have good nectar-producing plants to feed the adults and, just as importantly, the specific native host plants for the next generation. Speaker Trish Murphy will look at some of the diverse species of Milkweeds that […]
This meeting will be held online (most likely). Contact brendaanear@gmail.com to register. Dirt & Bugs: The Glue that Holds Great Gardens Together. Learn: How to measure what kind of Soil you have and what it means What you need to know about soil and insects, to maintain a healthy garden, organically How […]
This presentation is exclusively for paid members of the Otttawa Horticultural Society. Memberships can be purchased here: https://ottawahort.org/membership/ The Zoom link for the presentation will be emailed to OHS members. Join us for an update on this exciting project, presented by Gérald Lajeunesse, Chair, Canadensis Botanical Garden Society Board of Directors. Ottawa, as many cities […]
Join Lana Doss of The Fine Gardener as she guides us through creating interesting small spaces outside. Whether you have a balcony, deck or patio, there are infinite ways to grow a lush oasis without a yard. (Photo provided by speaker.) This presentation will be a free Webinar. There is no registration required. Please consider […]
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