The Tillsonburg Horticultural series of monthly general meetings starts up again on Tuesday, September 3 with guest speaker Nick Vanderheide of Creekside Growers. Creekside grows a wide variety of field grown peonies and dahlias. They are the top dahlia producer in Ontario with two farms totalling 75 acres in the nearby Delhi area. You can find their cut flowers in Ontario at local flower shops. As well, wholesalers spread their product from Sudbury to North Carolina and from Thunder Bay too P.E.I.

The Annual Flower Competition will also take place at the September meeting. You can place entries in the following categories:
1. Chyrsanthemums: three stems, any colour, in vase.
2. Day Lillies: Three stems, any colour, in vase.
3. Spider Plant (house plant)
All entries must be grown by the member and each person can only submit one entry per category.

The September meeting will start at 7:30 p.m. in the Senior Centre Auditorium at the Tillsonburg Community Centre. All welcome. Refreshments to follow.