Meetings
Tuesday, April 29, 2025
Garden Seduction with Ken Brown Presentation at 7:30pm
Intro to BioBlitz with Richard Dickinson at 7pm
Doors open 6:30pm
Cannington Baptist Church, 60 Cameron St. W. Cannington
You are warmly invited to our April meeting. As we celebrate our 50th Anniversary in 2025, we encourage everyone to join us for a season filled with wonderful events and activities. These will highlight 50 years of community service, horticultural knowledge sharing, and environmental awareness. We hope to see you there and look forward to growing our club with you in the years to come.
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​Bonus: At 7pm Richard Dickinson will give a short presentation 'Intro to BioBlitz' Please arrive early to learn what 'BioBlitz' is all about and how you can get involved.
Join us for a wonderful presentation by Ken Brown on 'Garden Seduction'. Ken has always been fascinated by green things that grow and this fascination led him to choose horticulture as his university field of study and down a long and interesting garden path that became his life.
Join us as Ken allows his passion for all things horticultural to flow out to his audience. His presentation will include anecdotes, facts, a wealth of experience and a generous sprinkling of humour. Ken entices even the blackest of thumbs to want to go out into the garden and partake of all of its benefits and pleasures. Participation in things horticultural can have positive benefits in so many aspects of our lives and Ken enthusiastically identifies and demonstrates how we can all improve those lives by spending some time dallying in the dirt.
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​Flower Show - We invite all members to bring in their garden treasurers. Check the April Show & Meeting in the Yearbook (page 26-27) for complete listing of classes. Questions? Conact Show Chair Angela Hennessey email: angrichennessey@gmail.com
Doors open at 6:30pm for placement of Flower Show entries
Registration table open at 7pm - CHS 2025 Yearbooks will be available for members this evening​​
We welcome new and returning members to sign up for the 2025 season. Membership rates remain the same as last season.
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2025 Meeting Schedule
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February 19
'Winter Sowing Workshop & Nature Journaling' - YOUTH EVENT See workshop page: Free for all CHS Youth Members
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March 26
'Botanical Drawing' - YOUTH EVENT 5:30 - 7pm Nourish and Develop. Free for all CHS Youth members
April 12
Seedy Saturday - Co-Hosted by Cannington and Georgina-Brock Horticultural Clubs. Pefferlaw Lions Hall 9-2pm 38 Pete's Lane, Pefferlaw Free Admission - all welcome. Free Seed Swap table, Vendors, Guest Speakers & children's activities included
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April 14 - RESCHEDULED DUE TO ICE STORM
'Fruit Trees: Pruning & Care' with Rob Alexander
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April 23
'Designing for the Future: Creating Meaningful Garden Spaces Workshop' - YOUTH EVENT Free for all CHS Youth members
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April 22
Earth Day - help our planet - clean up your community for Earth Day
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April 29 - PLEASE NOTE: THIS IS A DATE CHANGE DUE TO FEDERAL ELECTION ON APRIL 28
'Garden Seduction' with Ken Brown 7:30pm
'Intro to BioBlitz' with Richard Dickinson 7pm + April Flower Show ​
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May 15
'Rooting for Heath: Building Soil, building Community Workshop' - YOUTH EVENT Free for all CHS Youth members
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May 26
'Invasive Species' with Paul LaPorte + May Flower Show
May 31
Annual Plant Sale Brock 2020 Gardens, 199 Laidlaw St. North, Cannington 9am to 2pm Open to the public
Donations from your garden welcomed -please drop off prior to sale at above location -set up Friday.
Club volunteers needed - please consider lending a hand with this fundraiser.​ ​
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'Discovering Carden Alvar Hike' YOUTH EVENT
Open to CHS Youth Members - get registered to attend
June 18
'Bug + Plant Nature Journaling Workshop' YOUTH EVENT Free for all CHS Youth members
June 30
'Garden Knowledge: Q&A' Expert Panel
Youth Summer Garden Challenge Get signed up tonight! 'The Bigger Picture: We are all in this Together' Prize money for top gardens.
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July 12
'Golden Garden Party' Celebrate CHS 50th Anniversary Season Open to the public MacLeod Park, Cannington
Variety of events and activities - watch for details.​
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August 7
'Bouquet Bootcamp' with Ainsley Unique floral workshop to learn about floral exhibiting + design arrangements.
Tickets available in June. Class size limited
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September 30
'Hugelkultur Gardening & Sustainability' with Stephanie Smith + Flower Show
Youth Summer Challenge Presentations & Awards 7pm
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October 28
'Four Winds: Half a Century in the Making' with Rodger and Grace Inglis + Flower Show
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