Events: Toronto and Ontario

Holland Tulips Cruise

Holland Tulips Cruise

There’s something irrepressibly joyful about witnessing nature spring to life and nowhere more so than in The Netherlands! See the very best of The Netherlands and Belgium on this fascinating journey that starts and concludes in charming Amsterdam – a city filled with historic waterways, exquisitely preserved canal houses and historic bridges. You will cruise…

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…

Philadelphia Flower Show

Philadelphia Flower Show

Tour Details The PHS Philadelphia Flower Show is both the nation’s largest and the world’s longest-running horticultural event, featuring stunning displays by premier floral and landscape designers from around the globe. It’s also been honored as the best overall event in the world by the International Festivals & Events Association, competing with events such as…

The Utrecht Botanic Garden

The Utrecht Botanic Garden

October 20 Presentation: Connor Smith: The Utrecht Botanic Garden Connor Smith will introduce us to the Rock Garden at Utrecht Botanic Garden, the largest academic botanic garden in the Netherlands. It is one of the largest in Europe and hosts more than 3,000 different species. With special focus on the Rock Garden and its collections, basically at…

Clematis Plants: Myths and Truths

Clematis Plants: Myths and Truths

12:30-1:30 September plant sale: Featuring members’ donated plants and vendor Philippe Martin who owns Hortus Alpinus, a new nursery located in Leclercville, Quebec. We will sell members’ surplus dormant bulbs and rhizomes, shrub offsets that have taken root beside their mothers, extra plants from successful propagation projects and divisions from their perennials. Early fall is…

Agincourt Garden Club – Join us to Hear Expert Garden Advice from Expert James Graham

Agincourt Garden Club – Join us to Hear Expert Garden Advice from Expert James Graham

Agincourt Garden Club welcomes novice, regular and expert gardeners to our regular meeting, 2nd Monday of the month. Date:  Monday  September 9,   7:30 pm. Learn:  Expert James Graham, past president of the Waterloo garden club, will teach us about gardening.  Questions at the end. Announcements:  club announcements, updates, new projects etc. Flower Show:  flower show…

Agincourt Garden Club’s Annual, Big Flower, Veggie + Design Show/Competition Open and Free to the Public

Agincourt Garden Club’s Annual, Big Flower, Veggie + Design Show/Competition Open and Free to the Public

The Agincourt Garden Club invites you to our free annual Flower, Veggie and Design/Competition show!!!   You don’t have to be a gardener, artist or photographer to see nature’s beauty and enjoy this show, it is for everyone.   There are 93 different categories for our members to enter for this flower, veggie, design show…

Big Backyard BioBlitz

Big Backyard BioBlitz

Ready, set, snap! It’s the Nature Conservancy of Canada’s 4th annual Big Backyard BioBlitz. This August long weekend, join thousands of newbies and seasoned BioBlitzers across the country in documenting the nature around them. All you need is a smartphone, tablet or digital camera. Just snap photos or record audio of birds, insects, plants and other creatures wherever…

Whimsical Creatures at the Floral Showhouse

Whimsical Creatures at the Floral Showhouse

On now until October 31st, Niagara Parks Floral Showhouse will feature a limited-timed fantastical new Mosaïculture-style outdoor garden exhibit called Whimsical Creatures! In collaboration with Mosaïcultures Internationales de Montréal and the Atlanta Botanical Garden, experience whimsical topiary-like living sculptures meticulously crafted from thousands of plants in the refined horticultural style of Mosaïculture. From a colossal…

Oshawa City Garden

Oshawa City Garden

More than 300 different varieties of peonies are on display in the Peony Garden. Schedule your trip to coincide with the peony blossoms, which happen from late May until the final week of June. Every year in June, the peak of the bloom cycle coincides with the City of Oshawa’s Peony Festival. We feature a…

Agincourt Garden Club – How to Care for Your Orchids, Laugh and Have Dessert

Agincourt Garden Club welcomes novice, regular and expert gardeners to our regular meeting, 2nd Monday of the month.   Date:  Monday  June 10, 7:30 pm. Learn:  Expert and award winners, Terry and Doug Kennedy owner of Orchids in our Tropics,  will teach us tips, tricks about orchids.  Questions at the end. Announcements:  club announcements, updates,…

Agincourt Garden Club – Big Spring Sale: Plants, Veggies + Rescued Treasures

SPREAD THE WORD!! AGINCOURT GARDEN CLUB SPRING PLANT, VEGGIE + RESCUED TREASURES SALE   Saturday, May 25th, 2024 TIME: 10:00 am to 2:00 pm (rain or shine)   PLACE: Knox United Christian Education Centre 2575 Midland Avenue, Agincourt Knox Parking Lot (weather permitting)   OPEN TO THE PUBLIC              CASH ONLY   It’s that time again…

Festival of Fountains

Festival of Fountains

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…