Events: North America

Botanical Mixed Media: Transform Your Garden Photos into Paintings

Botanical Mixed Media: Transform Your Garden Photos into Paintings

Explore your creativity with a three-part mixed-media painting workshop! Capture the beauty of nature and turn it into a work of art in this beginner-friendly course at the Toronto Botanical Garden. Using your own photos of flowers and plants from the gardens or your home, you’ll explore how to transform simple images into vibrant mixed-media…

Gardening Basics

This evening the Kemptville Horticultural Society presents Claire McCaughey, MG.  Claire will be speaking on the topic of Gardening Basics.  Basics include, among others, soil and soil conditions, watering, soil amendments and fertilization, pests and diseases , and plant selection and planting.

Agincourt Garden Club presents Catherine McGill on The Earth Gets Lower Every Year by Zoom

Agincourt Garden Club MONTHLY MEETING Monday, January 13 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,…

MIX AND MATCH: BEAUTIFUL COMBINATIONS OF NATIVE PLANTS (ZOOM PRESENTATION)

MIX AND MATCH: BEAUTIFUL COMBINATIONS OF NATIVE PLANTS (ZOOM PRESENTATION)

AS INDIVIDUAL SPECIMENS, NATIVE PLANTS PROVIDE MUCH BEAUTY AND MANY ECOLOGICAL BENEFITS, BUT IN LUSCIOUS COMBINATIONS THEY CAN TAKE YOUR GARDEN TO NEW LEVELS.  IN THIS ILLUSTRATED TALK, LORRAINE JOHNSON SHOWS HOW YOU CAN MIX AND MATCH TRIED AND TRUE PERFORMERS THAT FLOURISH TOGETHER, FOCUSING ON FLOWERS, FOLIAGE, SHAPE, COLOUR, TEXTURE AND GARDEN DESIGN.  LORRAINE…

Hamilton Seedy Saturday

Hamilton Seedy Saturday

Green Venture and Hamilton Public Library are pleased to announce that Hamilton’s annual Seedy Saturday will be happening on February 1, 2025 at the Central Library Branch, 4th Floor from 10 am – 3 pm. Seedy Saturday is the ‘go to’ place for anyone and everyone interested in backyard gardening, local food, pollinator gardens, sustainability,…

Limestone Barrens of Newfoundland

Limestone Barrens of Newfoundland

Presentation: The Limestone Barrens of Newfoundland Recently Erika travelled to Newfoundland. Her talk will focus on the flora of western Newfoundland’s boreal forests, widespread bogs, and serpentine and limestone barrens.  Before the Presentation, 10 am to noon Fledgling Seed Sowers-Workshop Seed Sowing Workshop—to get you started Hands on! Take your seed creations home: Hibiscus trionum,…