. our monthly meeting is May 3. Our speaker is Paul Knowles, author of ‘The Magic Garden’. To quote Paul “This book will not teach you the nuts and bolts of gardening. It’s about the joy and magic of gardens and gardening”. Paul is a gardener, a world traveler and an entertaining speaker.

. We are excited to announce the return of the Spring Buying Trip! We will be touring the Niagara area visiting nurseries with lunch at Rockway vineyards. SIGN UP at the meeting. May 18.

. And once again, we are able to have our Garden Auction. Mark May 31st in your calendars. It will be held at the Lions Auditorium in the recreation complex. This fun event is free and open to the public. Come and get some excellent plants, trees, garden decor items. Have fun bidding on the auction items! Doors open at 5:00 pm .Available at this time are $2, $5, and $10 cash tables; draw table, vegetable and herbs tables. The Live Auction starts at 6:00 pm.

CASH or CHEQUE only. There is an ATM available at the community centre.

This from President Christine Nagy:
Should we be able to congregate by May 19^th, we believe we should change the Garden Auction to a Plant Sale. The main reason is that it would not be in good conscience and very insensitive of us to ask businesses for donations when many of them will be stretched to their limits. 

We could still sell herbs, veggie, and tomato plants that we purchase from Tillsonburg Garden Gate and sell donations from our members who may prove even more generous given our situation.  There would be no prize table and no bake table, given how germ phobic we are right now. 

If we can’t have a Plant Sale on May 19^th, we can always organize one later in the season when the rules of isolation and social-distancing are hopefully relaxed. We may even have a fall Plant Sale if only to get a few hundred dollars into our coffers. 

The Tillsonburg Horticultural Society moves outside of the Senior Centre Auditorium for their July gathering to visit two beautiful gardens in rural areas just outside Tillsonburg. Mark your calendar for Tuesday, July 5 between 6:30 and 8:30 p.m.

To read descriptions of both Helena and Mariano Pacheco’s 1340 Bell Mill Side Road garden, as well as Christine Nagy and Bill Balazs’ 625 Jackson Side Road garden just click on the link below.

Members Garden Tour 2016 Flyer

If you click on the In The Community menu tab on our home page and go down to Garden Auction Donors you can view the complete list of Tillsonburg and area retailers, businesses and organizations who have contributed to the success of our May 17, 2016 Garden Auction through their donations. Their support helps us to fund Horticultural Society activities in the community. In turn our support for them helps us to say “Thank You”!

Amanda and Andrew McCracken own and operate a community supported agriculture (CSA) farm called Sweet Pea Vegetables in Vittoria. Everything that they grow is green and nutritious, and they do it without chemical fertilizers, fungicides, insecticides, herbicides or genetically modified seeds. Meet Amanda and Andrew and learn more about their alternative farming practices and food distribution methods at the upcoming General Meeting on Tuesday, June 3 starting at 7:30 p.m.

The annual Horticultural Society Flower Competiton will be held at the general meeting on Tuesday, June 3. There are three categories to enter as follows.

1. Three stems of any spring flowering bulb, same variety, named if possible.
2. One stem of a flowering branch or vine (i.e. lilac, clematis, etc.) Cut length not to exceed 24 inches.
3. One peony bloom, named if possible.

For complete details check out the regulations attached.

Flower Contest 2014