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.
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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.
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- Parkwood Estate Mansion
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- Parkwood Estate Man
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- Parkwood Estate Man
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- Pool at Parkwood Estate Man
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- Fountain at Parkwood Estate Man
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- Master Gardener @ Port Hope
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- @ Master Gardener’s
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- @ Master Gardener’s
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- @ Master Gardener’s
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- @ Woodland Gardens B & B
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- @ Woodland Gardens B & B
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- Echinacea @ Woodland Gardens
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- @ Woodland Gardens B & B
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- @ Garden in Garden Hill
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- @ Garden in Garden Hill
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- @ Garden in Garden Hill
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- @ Garden in Garden Hill
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- @ Garden in Garden Hill
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- @ Garden in Garden Hill
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- Debbie @ Haute Goat Farm, Campbellford
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- @ Haute Goat Farm
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- @ Haute Goat Farm
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- @ Haute Goat Farm
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- @ Haute Goat Farm
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- Mushroom growing @ Haute Goat Farm
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- Mushroom growing @ Haute Goat Farm
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
Flower/Photography Competition
Bring your entries to the September 1st meeting!
Hypertufa Container Workshop
Hypertufa Container Workshop: August 11th – $20.00
Member’s Garden Tour
Member’s Garden Tour: July 7th @ 6:30 p.m.
June 2nd – Frank Kershaw
Please join us at 7:30 p.m. in the Senior’s Centre to be entertained by award-winning Horticulturalist, Frank Kershaw on the topic of The Recycled Garden. Frank will show us how to re-purpose those old garden implements and yard sale treasures to add personality and character to your landscape and create a year-round focal and curiosity point.
Garden Auction – Tuesday, May 19
“Rain Gardens” in May
Crystal Bradford and Liam Kijewski, from Wildlife Gardening are joining us on May 5th at 7:30 p.m. in the Tillsonburg Senior Centre to talk about Rain Gardens. Both Crystal and Liam have a strong appreciation and genuine passion for the natural environment. Their concern with environmental and social issues plaguing the world, has guided and continues to guide their career. Crystal was an active voting member and past chair/vice-chair for the Woodstock Environmental Advisory Committee. She won an Energy Ambassador of Canada award in 2006. Crystal currently teaches and develops lesson plans for the Eco-Arts at The Button Factory/Waterloo Community Arts Centre. Before starting Wildlife Gardening with Crystal, Liam worked at a seed research station, a sod company and as a restoration ecologist and is now a Certified Seed Collector. Together, Crystal and Liam co-ordinate Kitchener-Waterloo’s Procession of the Species celebration, they host a radio program called Non-Toxic Airwaves, an educational outreach project and they created and run Trash Theatre, an interative educational program.