Author Archives: Pat Zeyen

Annandale House Christmas Urns 2015

Successful Christmas Potluck Dinner

A wonderful time was had by all at our annual Christmas Potluck Dinner. Food was plentiful and delicious! The company was great! And entertainment by the Tillsonburg Cloggers was wonderful! Kudos to all those who helped make it happen and to those who attended!

2015 Tillsonburg Horticultural Board

Back Row (L-R): Diana Thompson, Catherine Burke Ben Janssens, Albert Acre, Penny Esseltine, Jan Torrell, Monique Booth, Julie Van Daalen, Dena Luyt, Mignonne Trepanier, Marie Smith

Front Row (L-R): Marian Smith, Judi Misener, Karen Banks, Christine Nagy

Absent: Sandra Lambrecht, Carol Maybury, Joan Massicotte

2015 Christmas Bus Tour: December 4th

Come join our membership as we travel to the Niagara-on-the-Lake area for a fun filled, packed day of activities including Cole’s Garden Centre, two wineries and shopping. Prior to coming home, we will dine at the Old Winery Restaurant known for its’ fresh Mediterranean Cuisine inspired by the Tuscan countryside, located in the heart of Niagara -on-the-Lake. Please click on link to view itinerary.

Christmas 2015 Tour N-O-T-L

November 3rd meeting – Christmas Urn Demonstration

Come out and join us at our November 3rd meeting, at the Senior Centre at 7:30 p.m. as we watch Sonja Eikelboom, from Eising Garden Centre create a Christmas urn. As we have done previously in the past, the completed project will be won by a lucky member of the Tillsonburg Horticultural Society

October 6th Meeting

The Tillsonburg Horticultural Society meets at 7:30 p.m. in the Senior Centre Auditorium at the Tillsonburg Community Centre. Guest speaker Nancy Abra will talk about the horticultural aspects of War Memorial Gardens at Commonwealth War Graves. Nancy is a member of the London Middlesex Master Gardeners and the Thorndale Horticultural Society. As well, she and her husband are both history and military enthusiasts and her presentation comes out of their World War I Trench Tours to France and Belgium.

2015 Summer Bus Tour

The Tillsonburg Horticultural Society travelled to the Port Hope area on a three day bus tour. Together we toured the gardens and mansion of the Parkwood Estates in Oshawa. In Port Hope we visited a Master Gardener’s home to go through her unique and  colourful gardens, and then carried on to visit two extensive gardens in Garden Hill, north of  Port Hope. Our tour guide, Peter Brotherhood, provided our members with  a picturesque and historical bus/walking tour of Port Hope. Other stops included in our trip were to Empire Cheese, World’s Finest Chocolate and Dooher’s Bakery, all in Campbellford.

September 1st Meeting

Please join the Tillsonburg Horticultural Society at their monthly meeting on Tuesday, September 1, 2015 at 7:30 p.m. in the Senior Centre to hear Jim Stinson (Assistant Manager, Canadale Nursery, St. Thomas) speak on “Getting Ready for Winter: Fall Gardening”.

Spring Buying Trip 2015