Author Archives: Pat Zeyen

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

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.