| Year | 2025 | ||||||||
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| District | 01 | ||||||||
| Legal Society/Club name | Williamstown Green Thumb Horticultural Society | ||||||||
| Society/Club Also Known As | Green Thumbs | ||||||||
| Founding Year | 1976 | ||||||||
| Floral Emblem | Sweet William | ||||||||
| Annual Scholarships | Yes | ||||||||
| Organized Youth Program | No | ||||||||
| Mailing Address & Contact Information | Please submit current year information | ||||||||
| Main Society/Club Mailing Address | PO Box 272 Lancaster, Ontario K0C 1N0 Map It | ||||||||
| Main Society/Club Email | Email hidden; Javascript is required. | ||||||||
| Subscribe To Gardening Related Information By Email | Yes | ||||||||
| Main Society/Club Phone | (613) 347-3533 | ||||||||
| Trillium Email Subscription | Email hidden; Javascript is required. | ||||||||
| How Does Your Society/Club Govern? | President, Vice President, Second Vice President, Structure | ||||||||
| Committee Main Contact Address | Canada Map It | ||||||||
| President | Lia Lindeman | ||||||||
| President's Email | Email hidden; Javascript is required. | ||||||||
| President's Phone | (613) 347-3533 | ||||||||
| President's Mailing Address | 20868 Concession Road 4, RR 1 Lancaster, Ontario K0C 1N0 Map It | ||||||||
| Do You Have A Co-President? | No | ||||||||
| Do You Have A Secretary/Treasurer? | No | ||||||||
| Secretary | Susan Ramsay | ||||||||
| Secretary's Email | Email hidden; Javascript is required. | ||||||||
| Secretary's phone | (613) 347-2203 | ||||||||
| Secretary's Mailing Address | 120 Military Road Apt 12 Lancaster, Ontario K0C1N0 Map It | ||||||||
| Treasurer | Ginette Merritt | ||||||||
| Treasurer's Email | Email hidden; Javascript is required. | ||||||||
| Treasurer's Phone | (613) 362-5304 | ||||||||
| Treasurer's Mailing Address | 19336 Heron Road Williamstown, Ontario K0C 2J0 Map It | ||||||||
| Planned Activities | Please submit current year information | ||||||||
| When Are Society/Club Meetings? | First Monday Mar, Apr, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec | ||||||||
| Are Your Regular Meetings Held At The Same Location? | Yes | ||||||||
| Meeting Location Address | Char-Lan Recreation Centre, 19740 John Street Williamstown, Ontario K0C 2J0 Map It | ||||||||
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| Society/Club Annual Information Report | As at December 31st | ||||||||
| Fiscal Year End | 30/09/2025 | ||||||||
| Date Of Most Recent Annual Meeting | 29/12/2025 | ||||||||
| Adult Membership Number | 81 | ||||||||
| Life Members | 1 | ||||||||
| New Members | 11 | ||||||||
| Society/Club Events Held |
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| Fundraisers | Our main fundraiser is our Plant Sale on the Saturday before Mothers’ Day. The week prior to the sale, a team of diggers go out to members’ gardens to split perennials and bring them the Meeting Place at the Williamstown Fairgrounds. A second team pots them up for the sale and puts a colour coded price tag in each pot. Other members deliver plants, seedlings or both to the Meeting Place. There is a long lineup when the doors open at 8:00 am, with well over half of the items sold by 9:00 am. | ||||||||
| Highlights | To introduce us to the wider community, our President led two workshops on pruning trees and shrubs, conducted three media interviews and wrote three information packages. We added a sharpening service to our popular May plant sale and held a bus tour to the Montreal Botanical Gardens. At our local museum, we maintained a children’s garden, participated in a summer camp program and promoted the “Year of the Sunflower”. We continued to award a bursary to a Char Lan High School student pursuing higher education in horticulture | ||||||||
| Scholarship Report | As at December 31st | ||||||||
| Scholarships Given |
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| Do You Plan To Give The Same Or Different Scholarship(s) This Year? | Yes | ||||||||
| 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 | 659 | ||||||||
| 2. Executive, Board, And Monthly Meetings | 310 | ||||||||
| 3. Executive, Board, And Committee planning | 964 | ||||||||
| 4. Flower Shows And Garden Tours | 341 | ||||||||
| 5. Administration Of: Planning, Planting, And Maintenance | 276 | ||||||||
| 6. Special Events | 10 | ||||||||
| 7. Yearbook, Newsletter, Website, Social Media | 89 | ||||||||
| 8. Youth Activities | 90 | ||||||||
| Total Hours Reported | 2739 | ||||||||
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| Is This Report Complete? | Yes | ||||||||
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