| Year | 2025 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| District | 02 | ||||||||
| Legal Society/Club name | Ottawa Valley Rock Garden & Horticultural Society | ||||||||
| Society/Club Also Known As | Ottawa Rock Garden | ||||||||
| Founding Year | 1993 | ||||||||
| Floral Emblem | Asarum canadense | ||||||||
| Annual Scholarships | No | ||||||||
| Organized Youth Program | No | ||||||||
| Mailing Address & Contact Information | Please submit current year information | ||||||||
| Main Society/Club Mailing Address | 9 Andrea Crescent Ottawa, Ontario K2J 1G8 Map It | ||||||||
| Main Society/Club Email | Email hidden; Javascript is required. | ||||||||
| Subscribe To Gardening Related Information By Email | Yes | ||||||||
| Main Society/Club Phone | (613) 825-2855 | ||||||||
| Society/Club Website | ottawarockgarden.ca | ||||||||
| Trillium Email Subscription | Email hidden; Javascript is required. | ||||||||
| How Does Your Society/Club Govern? | President, Vice President, Second Vice President, Structure | ||||||||
| President | Robert Stuart | ||||||||
| President's Email | Email hidden; Javascript is required. | ||||||||
| President's Phone | (613) 825-2855 | ||||||||
| President's Mailing Address | 9 Andrea Crescent Ottawa Ottawa, Ontario K2J 1G8 Map It | ||||||||
| Do You Have A Co-President? | Yes | ||||||||
| Co-President | Jane Lund | ||||||||
| Co-President's Email | Email hidden; Javascript is required. | ||||||||
| Co-President's Phone | (613) 601-0050 | ||||||||
| Co-President's Mailing Address | 191 Wilshire Ave. Ottawa, Ontario K2C 0E6 Map It | ||||||||
| Do You Have A Secretary/Treasurer? | No | ||||||||
| Secretary | Darleen Scales | ||||||||
| Secretary's Email | Email hidden; Javascript is required. | ||||||||
| Secretary's phone | (613) 253-1438 | ||||||||
| Secretary's Mailing Address | 8657 McCafferyTrail RR#2 Ashton, Ontario K0A 1B0 Map It | ||||||||
| Treasurer | Steve Marsh | ||||||||
| Treasurer's Email | Email hidden; Javascript is required. | ||||||||
| Treasurer's Phone | (613) 828-5343 | ||||||||
| Treasurer's Mailing Address | 7 Solva Dr Ottawa, Ontario K2H 5R4 Map It | ||||||||
| Planned Activities | Please submit current year information | ||||||||
| When Are Society/Club Meetings? | 2nd Saturday Sep-Nov, Feb-Apr | ||||||||
| Are Your Regular Meetings Held At The Same Location? | Yes | ||||||||
| Meeting Location Address | St. Mark's Anglican Church, 1606 Fisher Ave. Ottawa, Ontario K2C 1X6 Map It | ||||||||
| Membership Fees |
| ||||||||
| Anniversary And/Or Other Special Events | On Oct. 16, 2024 we conducted a zoom meeting with the members to vote on a revised Constitution, which was required by OHA. At the November AGM we presented Dorothy Tol with a lifetime membership for her 20 years of volunteering to be the seed exchange coordinator. At our March meeting, we gave Janet Kelly a gift of $100 for all her work managing the hospitality tables for 20 years. | ||||||||
| Society/Club Annual Information Report | As at December 31st | ||||||||
| Fiscal Year End | 31/08/2025 | ||||||||
| Date Of Most Recent Annual Meeting | 08/11/2025 | ||||||||
| Adult Membership Number | 74 | ||||||||
| Life Members | 3 | ||||||||
| New Members | 19 | ||||||||
| Society/Club Events Held |
| ||||||||
| Fundraisers | On May 11th we sold lots of plants at the Friends of the Farm Mother's Day sale. | ||||||||
| Highlights | On Oct. 16, 2024 we conducted a special zoom meeting with the members to vote on a revised Constitution, which was required by OHA. We built, installed, planted and donated 3 hypertufa troughs to the Central Experimental Farm. The troughs were made over the summer of 2024 by Rob Stuart, Steve Marsh & Larry Chammey. It was then installed beside the existing Rock Garden at the CEF, and planted in the fall of 2024. On May 24th there was a bus tour to the Montreal Botanic Gardens in which we were joined by members of the Ottawa Hort Society | ||||||||
| Scholarship Report | As at December 31st | ||||||||
| Youth Program Report | As at December 31st | ||||||||
| Society/Club Volunteer Hours | The volunteer hours we spend illustrates how valuable we are in our communities and across Ontario. As an analytical tool, volunteer hours can also be used to determine where time is being spent within a Society/Club, District, or organization which helps us make important decisions on programs, fundraising, and budget. For instance, horticultural Society/Club members volunteered 445,387 hours in 2024! Entry Instructions: | ||||||||
| 1. Community Events | 54 | ||||||||
| 2. Executive, Board, And Monthly Meetings | 101 | ||||||||
| 3. Executive, Board, And Committee planning | 88.5 | ||||||||
| 4. Flower Shows And Garden Tours | 8 | ||||||||
| 5. Administration Of: Planning, Planting, And Maintenance | 3 | ||||||||
| 6. Special Events | 299.5 | ||||||||
| 7. Yearbook, Newsletter, Website, Social Media | 130 | ||||||||
| 9. Other | 177 | ||||||||
| (Please Specify, Other) | Arranging speakers, Hall, Seed Ex | ||||||||
| Total Hours Reported | 861 | ||||||||
| verification | |||||||||
| Is This Report Complete? | Yes | ||||||||
| Approved? |
|
