Events: North America

HYDRANGEAS SELECTION AND CARE

HYDRANGEAS SELECTION AND CARE

HYDRANGEAS ARE ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR FLOWERING SHRUBS WITH NEW CULTIVARS CONTINUALLY ENTERING THE MARKET.  SO HOW DO YOU CHOOSE? JOAN JOHNSTON OF PETER KNIPPEL NURSERY AND GARDEN CENTRE WILL FOCUS ON VARIETIES THAT WILL THRIVE IN YOUR GARDEN ADDING COLOUR, ELEGANCE AND BEAUTY.  THESE INCLUDE PANICULATA, ARBORESCENS, PETIOLARIS AND MACROPHYLLA CULTIVARS. PLANTING AND…

Flower Festival

Flower Festival

Come and enjoy our annual Flower Show, March 20th to 23rd, when the Vallarta Botanical Garden will be filled with the colors of spring. Immerse yourself in an explosion of colors with our floral exhibitions, boasting a captivating variety of colors, shapes and fragrances. Explore the Hall of Flowers and marvel at the beauty of…

2025 Festival of Fountains: The Night Garden

2025 Festival of Fountains: The Night Garden

The Night Garden evening performances introduce an interpretive storytelling experience of music, water, and lighting create a magical theatrical experience. Whistling Gardens is the first in Canada to use special computerized pumps to create dazzling effects.  The computerized musical fountain program is likely the largest in the country!  SHOP! The rare, beautiful and one of…

Ottawa Rock Garden Club

Ottawa Rock Garden Club

As another garden season approaches, it’s a good time to think about how we garden in relation to the urgent environmental issues facing us.  Our aim is always for beautiful garden spaces, of course, and rock gardens can be a part of this.  But can we really do anything substantive to help preserve & create…

Ottawa Rock Garden Club

Ottawa Rock Garden Club

THIS TALK HAS BEEN CANCELLED & REPLACED BY  “GARDENING FOR YOURSELF & THE EARTH”   Ben will discuss his trials and experiments with gravel gardens, which involve planting into mixes of aggregate like gravel, sand and even recycled concrete, mixed with small amounts of compost. These planting mixes support resilient, biodiverse and drought tolerant plant…

Paul Oliver from Urban Nature will teach us about Wild Birds

Paul Oliver from Urban Nature will teach us about Wild Birds

Agincourt Garden Club MONTHLY MEETING Monday, March 10   FYI, there is no flower show this meeting.   Start time: 7:30 pm  Welcome to all novice, regular and expert gardeners and guests.   Corniest gardening joke.   Headliner:  Expert Paul Oliver from Urban Nature, will teach us about Wild Birds.  Questions at the end.    Announcements: updates…

GROWING FROM SEED PRESENTED BY THE BARRHAVEN GARDEN CLUB

JOIN US AS RACHEL GILL FROM THE EVER POPULAR “HOW DOES YOUR GARDEN GROW?”  FACEBOOK PAGE, TALK ABOUT EVERYTHIG YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT STARTING SEEDS AT HOME.  SHE WILL COVER SUPPLIES NEEDED, RECOMMENDATIONS ON WHAT TO LOOK FOR WHEN PURCHASING SEEDS, TIPS FOR GERMINATION, WATER/TEMPERATURE/LIGHTING REQUIREMENTS, COMMON MISTAKES AND CHALLENGES AND HARDENING OFF BEFORE…