Category Archives: Meeting Information

Members Garden Tour – July 5

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

Support our Garden Auction Donors

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”!

June 3 General Meeting

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.

 

Categories set for Flower Competition

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