Thunder Bay Horticultural Society
District 14
Come join us at the Thunder Bay Horticultural Society.
We welcome experienced gardeners to share their knowledge and skills along with new gardeners to come and learn with us.
We have monthly meetings and guest speakers who share their passions of horticulture with us.
Our Vision: To promote horticulture through plantings, knowledge sharing, environmental protection and the benefits of gardening to the quality of life.
Mailing address: PO Box 20023 Thunder Bay RPO Northwood Foods, ON, P7E 6P2
The 2024 Calendar of events is listed below.
Thank you everyone for helping make 2023 a special 100th Anniversary year.
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Oliver Road Community Centre
563 Oliver Road
Thunder Bay ON P7B 2H2
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Adults $25 Seniors $20 Youth $15
| Title | First/Last Name | Phone | |
|---|---|---|---|
| President/ Webpage administer | Vickie Bureau | tbayhort@gmail.com | 807-633-7503 |
| 1st Vice-President | Vacant | tbayhort@gmail.com | |
| Past President | Pat Izsak | tbayhort@gmail.com | 807-475-3587 |
| Secretary | Vacant | tbayhort@gmail.com | |
| 2nd Vice President | Vacant | tbayhort@gmail.com | |
| Treasurer | Ian Robson | tbayhort@gmail.com | 807-630-3340 |
| Director 2023-2024-Provincial Awards | Wilma Wood | tbayhort@gmail.com | 807-344-7509 |
| Director 2023-2024-Public Plantings | Shirley Robson | tbayhort@gmail.com | 807-620-8600 |
Our meetings are held at the Oliver Road Community Centre on the third Thursday of each month, February-June & September-November.
May/June is our plant sale and July & August are our Garden Tours.
Our Flower Photo Contest is ORANGE this year. The rules and regulation forms are listed below in our Document Library and is open to all residents of Thunder Bay and surrounding area with presentations taking place at our October meeting.
Upcoming May 16, 2024, 7pm, General Meeting:
▪ Presentation Topic
• Carol Ann Madore - Vermiculture
• Erika North, Information & Updates to the Summer Flower Show, July 27th
We welcome you to come and see what we are all about. You can drop in without a membership just to see what goes on but request that you purchase a membership for additional meetings. Memberships run from January 1st - December 31st.
Memberships offer a 10% discount at some local garden shops & nurseries and are very reasonably priced.
Come on out to share knowledge, meet fellow gardening enthusiasts and reap the benefits that gardening adds to the quality of our lives. ...Hope to see you soon!
| Event Name | Date/Time | Location | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| District 14, AGM | MAY 3-5, 2024 | Oliver Road Community Centre | District 14 Annual General Meeting, |
| May General Meeting | May 18, 2024 7:00 pm | Oliver Road Community Centre | Carole Ann Mador-Vermiculture |
| Plant Sale(set up/drop off) | May 31, 2024 4:00-8:00pm | Oliver Road Community Centre | Plant Sale set up and drop off |
| Plant Sale | June 1, 2024 10:00-2:00pm | Oliver Road Community Centre | Annual Plant Sale |
| June General Meeting | June 20, 2024-time 7:00-9:00pm | Oliver Road Community Centre | Jay Alexander, GMO seeds and horticulture, Erika North – Refresher Course for Flower Show |
| FWBIA Container Planting | June 23, 2024, 10:00-2:00 | FWBIA 105 May St N Suite #10, Thunder Bay, ON P7C 3N9 | FWBIA Container Planting |
| Garden Tours | July TBA | Garden Tours - Open to Society Members + a guest | |
| OHA Convention | July 12-14 | Guelph, ON | OHA 116th Convention |
| Flower Show(exhibit drop off) | July 26, 4:00-8:00 pm | Oliver Road Community Centre | Flower Show Exhibit drop off times. |
| Flower, Fruit and Vegetable Show | July 27, 2024 | Oliver Road Community Centre | Flower Show Schedule to follow |
| Garden Tours | August TBA | Garden Tours - Open to Society Members + a guest | |
| Information Booth- CLE Grounds | August 7-11, 2024, 12:00-9:00 | 425 Northern Ave., Thunder Bay | Information Booth& Membership Drive |
| Murillo Fair Information Booth | August 16-18, 2024 | Murillo Fair Grounds | Information Booth& Membership drive |
| September General Meeting | September 19, 2024; 7:00pm | Oliver Road Community Centre | Flower & Vegetable Show winners, Voting on the Orange Flower Photo Contest. |
| October General Meeting | October 17, 2024; 7:00pm | Oliver Road Community Centre | Orange Flower Photo Contest Winners Presenter - Beth Stewart - Hive Alive Rural Keekeepeers |
| November General Meeting | November 21, 2024; 7:00pm | Oliver Road Community Centre | Christmas Social/Pot Luck Dinner/Twonie Bags/Non perisable Food Collection for Lakehead University Food Bank/AGM/Elections/ Christmas Flower Show |
