Events: Canada

Ottawa Tulips

Ottawa Tulips

The tradition of Ottawa’s magnificent bloom began with the historic royal gift of tulips by Queen Juliana of the Netherlands in 1945. Experience the beauty of impressive tulip displays, including Commissioners Park alongside Dow’s Lake – one of the most popular spots to enjoy the beautiful displays. We will stay at the historic Lord Elgin…

Pollinator Gardening

Pollinator Gardening

A double bill of Berit Erickson, creator of The Corner Pollinator Garden blog, and Sandy Garland, co-founder of the Wild Pollinator Partners. Berit will show members how to create and maintain a native-plant pollinator garden that blooms from spring to fall. Sandy will describe some of the community pollinator-gardens in Old Ottawa South that members…

Door Swag Workshop

Door Swag Workshop

Date: November 23rd, 2024 Time: 10:00am Maximum Spots: 20   —– Make and take home a Door Swag with expert gardener; Don Lewis at our Richmond location at 5901 Ottawa St. Richmond . Celebrate the holiday cheer as he guides you through creating a Door Swag.  Don will also arm you with the knowledge to…

FREE Birding 101 Seminar

FREE Birding 101 Seminar

Birding 101: Not Just for the Birds Pinebush Home & Garden Ltd. is a family-owned Ontario company, with roots in the farm supply industry, distributing quality bird feeders and garden tools across Canada. Rebeca Boyar is our eastern Ontario representative; she is a local homesteader and bird enthusiast with over 20 years of experience feeding…

Winterizing your Garden Seminar

Winterizing your Garden Seminar

Date: October 26th 2024Time: 10:00am   Maximum Spots: 50   —– Have you spent numerous hours caring for your garden this summer? Are you worried about the new plants you’ve just planted and how the upcoming winter might affect them? Did you lose some plants last winter and fear losing more? Join Ritchies’ garden care experts as they share tips and…

Brueckner Rhododendron Gardens

Brueckner Rhododendron Gardens

Brueckner Rhododendron Gardens in Mississauga, one of Canada’s largest public gardens, boasts an extensive collection of cold-hardy rhododendrons and azaleas, meticulously cultivated by the late Dr. Joseph Brueckner. A renowned hybridizer, Dr. Brueckner developed over 19 unique rhododendron hybrids designed to thrive in the climate of Eastern Canada. His contributions have not only enriched this…

Dominion Arboretum

Dominion Arboretum

The Dominion Arboretum, established in 1886 as part of the Central Experimental Farm, commenced its operations as an agro-forestry station. It is Canada’s oldest arboretum and forms part of the Central Experimental Farm, a National Historic Site. Its primary objective was to assess the resilience of European, Asian, Western, and Southern North American species, as…

Ornamental Gardens at the Central Experimental Farm

Ornamental Gardens at the Central Experimental Farm

The ornamental gardens at the Central Experimental Farm are hallowed grounds in terms of Canadian horticultural history. To get a better appreciation of this, you have to imagine yourself going back to 1886, when the Canadian government established the experimental farm. At the time, Canadians were looking for research-based solutions to add more colour to…