Events: Club or Society Meetings

Agincourt Garden Club – by Zoom – Wild Flowers, Their Names and Meanings by expert David Hawke

Agincourt Garden Club MONTHLY MEETING Monday, Feb. 10 by Zoom!     Using Zoom means we won’t have to drive on the slippery winter roads at night.   (If you don’t know how to use Zoom on your computer, please approach your younger tech savvy relatives; invite yourself over to your friend’s house and/or visit the local library, well before…

Agincourt Garden Club – by Zoom – Wild Flowers, Their Names and Meanings by expert David Hawke

Agincourt Garden Club – by Zoom – Wild Flowers, Their Names and Meanings by expert David Hawke

Agincourt Garden Club MONTHLY MEETING Monday, Feb. 10 by Zoom!     Using Zoom means we won’t have to drive on the slippery winter roads at night.   (If you don’t know how to use Zoom on your computer, please approach your younger tech savvy relatives; invite yourself over to your friend’s house and/or visit the local library, well before…

Vines for the Garden

Vines for the Garden

Though often overlooked in garden design, vines are a versatile category of plants that include many beautiful ornamental, native, and edible varieties, that can be used for a range of landscaping needs and gardening conditions. Please join Mary Shearman Reid, owner of Green Thumb Garden Centre, a Master Gardener, and popular speaker, as she shares…

Water-wise Gardening

Water-wise Gardening

As climate change brings hotter weather and more extreme precipitation—how can we gardeners adapt? Master Gardener and blogger (www.gardeningatlast.ca), Rebecca Last will discuss strategies for water-wise gardening including: preventing run-off, harvesting water, watering wisely, conserving soil moisture, xeriscaping, and plant selection. 

Gardening for Birds

Gardening for Birds

Berit Erickson of The Corner Pollinator Garden and Wildlife Habitat will join the Kanata-March Horticultural Society’s June meeting to discuss how we can attract more birds to our gardens. In 2017, Berit Erickson began adding native plants to her yard to create habitat for pollinators and other wildlife. She’ll share how to support birds by…

Growing Dahlias

Growing Dahlias

Dahlias play a key role in many flower gardens, with their variety of heights, colours, shapes and their willingness to flower right up to the last hard frost!  Brittiny Lepage of The Dahlia Darling joins our March meeting to show us how to successfully grow dahlias in our local growing zone.  Topics to be discussed…

WHEN IS A WEED MORE THAN JUST A WEED (ZOOM PRESENTATION)

MANY OF THE COMMON PLANTS THAT WE SOMETIMES CALL WEEDS ARE ACTUALLY USEFUL IN NUTRIENTS AND CAN BE USED TO MAKE HERBAL REMEDIES AND ARE EVEN GROWING IN OUR BACKYARDS AND LOCAL FORESTS.  DR. SHAWN YAKIMOVICH, KEMPTVILLE NATUROPATHIC CLINIC AND CLAUDE SMITH, KEMPTVILLE GREENHOUSE CAMPUS WILL DISCUSS PLANT IDENTIFICATION, HOW TO FORAGE, MEDICINAL PROPERTIES AND…

Gardens in New Zealand

Gardens in New Zealand

Retired Master Gardener and plant collector, Mary Ann Van Berlo, will take members on an armchair tour of the amazing gardens of the south and north islands of New Zealand. The tour will emphasize the different styles of gardens she recently visited: from formal to English cottage-gardens and from the exotic to the native. 

The New York High Line Park

The New York High Line Park

This presentation will provide a very interesting overview of what Mary Crawford discovered during her visit to New York’s High Line Park.  You will learn about the background of the park, its design and the creative use of plants and other vegetation in its unique design and beautiful gardens. Mary will share some inspirational photos…

Design and Biodiversity Considerations in Your Outdoor Space

Design and Biodiversity Considerations in Your Outdoor Space

In this presentation, you will learn about the essential elements of garden design and how to maximize your current or future outdoor space.  An important feature in your garden design will be the inclusion of biodiversity considerations to attract various elements of nature, including pollinators of various types. It’s never too early to start thinking…

Design Solutions for Small Spaces

Design Solutions for Small Spaces

Featured Speaker Presentation:  “Design Solutions for Small Spaces”, Tom Temming, Landscape Designer, Touch of Dutch Tom has a passion for plants and landscaping.  He is a graduate of the Horticulture Technician Program at Niagara College, and a Garden Stratford member. Interested in joining Garden Stratford?  Go to About/Membership at www.gardenstratford.org, or join at the meeting.

Vanquish Invasives

Vanquish Invasives

Featured Speaker Presentation:  “Vanquish Invasives”, Elizabeth Spedaliere, Tri-County Master Gardeners Meeting is open to all; free admission.  Interested in joining Garden Stratford?  Go to About/Membership at www.gardenstratford.org , or join at the meeting. Program is subject to change.