Elora & Salem Meeting and Speaker: Roger Tschanz
Speaker: Roger Tschanz – Topic ” Highlights of the 2025 Trial Gardens” Light refreshments
Events: Talks and Meetings
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“Bringing Nature to a Wasted Space” with Najeeb Siddiqui
Najeeb Siddiqui, the Tiny Canadian Gardener on Instagram; Co leader of Thorncliff Park Urban Farmers will present examples of wasted/underutilized public spaces that are being transformed to create habitat for wildlife, especially pollinators, by mostly using local indigenous plants.
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Schomberg Horticultural Society – AGM, Banquet – Election of Officers
Annual General Meeting and Banquet. Doors open at 6pm. Come enjoy a fabulous dinner, mingle with your gardening friends and elect our new Board Members. Silent Auction. Fee to be determined.
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November CHS Workshop: “Grapevine Spheres” with Scott Turner
The Cannington Horticultural Society is very pleased to offer this unique workshop! Learn the art of making a Wild Grapevine Sphere with Scott Turner. These spheres are wonderful additons to your gardens, holiday decor, urns and house decorations – and fun to build! All materials will be provided – you just need to bring gloves…
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Russell & District: AGM
Our annual general meeting is a time that we get together to look at what we have accomplished in the last year and elect our Board of Directors for next year. We also have a houseplant sale where proceeds go to charity and we complete a seasonal craft.
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GHS AGM, Speaker Mary Ann Van Berlo
Life Member Mary Anne VanBerlo is our guest Speaker this year
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BRANTFORD GARDEN CLUB
Outdoor Seasonal Decor inspired by Nature presented by Mark Meloun
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Christmas centerpiece Demo
Learn how to design and make your own centerpiece for the Christmas holiday season the easy and low cost way.
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Delhi: Speaker – Jason Pankratz – “Six Graves in the Village, a True Story of WWII”
Please join us for an informative evening with an interesting guest speaker, fellowship and refreshments.
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Ottawa Orchid Society November 2025 Meeting
At our November meeting, learn about controlling your worst orchid pests using beneficial insects with Camille Cormier, founder of Lady Bug Phytoprotection. Camille will be with us in person. The talk will focus on the different pests that call our orchids home and the beneficial predators that you can use to control them without the…
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Colours of Alaska
The West Carleton Garden Club will be holding their monthly general meeting and AGM on Tuesday, November 11th at Carp Memorial Hall, 3739 Carp Rd, Carp, ON K0A 1L0. Doors open at 7:00 p.m. The guest speaker will be Photographer Karen Thompson who will be sharing photos of flora and fauna from her trip to Alaska…
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Creating an Outdoor Winter Arrangement
Elizabeth Johnston, co-owner of Ramsay Creek Greenhouse joins the Kanata-March Horticultural Society’s November meeting to demonstrate how to design and build one of their most popular outdoor Christmas container arrangements. Using over six different types of fresh materials and an assortment of holiday accessories, she will share tips and tricks to make your containers look…
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The Benefits of Medicinal Plants
Our Speaker, Marcin Padlewski, N. D., will be sharing practical medicinal information on a selection of our local species, including Pinus, Thuja, Urtica, Plantago, Inonotus, and more. For a fun and dynamic discussion, he will be bringing several live samples and a selection of books from his collection for you to take a look at….
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How to Make a Christmas Floral Design for your Home
AGINCOURT GARDEN CLUB – a club for novice, regular and expert gardeners. Monday Nov. 10, in person meeting (no Flower Show) Start time: 7:30 pm IN PERSON meeting for members and guests. Please bring your mug so we can be environmentally friendly. Learn from Headliners: Sisters, Silvana Croce / Valerie Panaroni who will show…
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All About Berries
Mary Sherman Reid, a very knowledgeable and popular speaker and owner of Green Thumb Garden Centre in Ottawa, will talk to us about the different berries that grow well in our region, what conditions they need and how to grow them successfully.
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INVASIVE SPECIES
NOVEMBER 12, 2025Invasives – Calder Schweitzer of The Thousand Islands Watershed Land Trust will help us recognize invasives and explain how to deal with
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HOLIDAY FLORALS WITH MILL STREET FLORIST
Our annual fundraising event with Jessica Barrett and Sophiane Laib of Mill Street Florist returns. Enjoy this amazing duo create fabulous holiday centrepieces. Not only will you learn tips to create your own at home pieces, but you may be a lucky raffle winner recipient of one of their amazing arrangements. Net proceeds for this…
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Cultured Vegetable & Making Sour Cabbage
Cultured vegetables are usually prepared in the fall for winter consumption. They are delicious and easy to prepare using simple ingredients. Learn about the health benefits of fermented foods and the importance to your micro-biome. Georgia will demonstrate her sour cabbage recipe using a traditional fermentation method of food preservation. Also Photography Competition Show. Everyone welcome
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GOWGHS Annual Meeting
A business meeting to receive annual reports and present the financials of the society. Board elections will be held and we are always looking for new board members. “Many Hands Make Light Work”.
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Origin and Breeding of Koi
Verne Gilkes will be discussing the origin and varieties of koi. He will also be introducing the topics of koi harvesting and breeding. If you want to attend virtually and since time is short, please contact Dan O’Leary directly for a Google Meets link at; danpoleary@gmail.com As always, doors open at 7 pm and the…
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Creating a crevice garden for the smallest of spaces
In this talk, Chris focused on the design and drama of miniature crevice gardens. He discussed soil mediums, rock types and plants which he found to be successful in these mini mountains. Chris was born and raised in London. He spent several years travelling in southeast Asia and Europe. For a while he lived in…
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Crevice Garden – Trip to South Africa
This talk is by two members Tony and Annie. Tony will present the construction of his first rock garden at his home. Annie will present on the topic of alpine plants in South Africa
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Barbara & Bella – Four Passes
This talk will look take you on a tour of the plants in four separate mount passes in the Dolomites
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2025 Friends of the Farm Speakers Series – History of the Central Experimental Farm and Its Horticultural Legacy
Learn about the history of this unique asset, tracking its creation in 1886 through its storied history and its invaluable contributions to Canadian agriculture. Discover the horticultural legacy of the CEF’s hybridizers, who gave Canadian and international gardeners floral beauties such as the Preston lilacs and the Explorer series of roses. Register here. Speaker: Blaine…
