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Upcoming Events

05 Oct 2025;
01:00PM - 05:00PM
October Meeting featuring Todd Boland presenting Alpines of the Southern Alberta Rockies
09 Nov 2025;
01:00PM - 05:00PM
November Meeting featuring Paul Zammit presenting Inspirations and lessons I have learned
14 Dec 2025;
01:00PM - 05:00PM
December meeting with Garry Edwards presenting Meadow View Gardens - The Story

What's New!

  • 2025 Meeting Dates
  • Peter Keeping 2025 Clematis List
  • New menu option "ORG&HPS Donations"
  • Alpine Garden Society Zoom Lectures Open to Non-members

Plant of the Month

 

Lunaria annua var albiflora  ‘Alba Variegata’

 

Lunaria annua var albiflora
‘Alba Variegata’

 

Toronto Botanical Garden

Our in-person meetings are held at the TBG.

Speakers

Anna Leggatt

Bio:  Anna has a BSc. in Botany from London University, a Diploma in Nature Interpretation from Humber College and a Diploma in Horticulture from Guelph.

Read more: Anna Leggatt

Anne Spiegel

Anne Spiegel has gardened in New York State for more than 40 years in a dramatic natural setting.

Read more: Anne Spiegel

Barbara Cooper & Bella Seiden

Barbara Cooper and Bella Seiden have been gardening together in Toronto for more than 25 years.

Read more: Barbara Cooper & Bella Seiden

Bill McNamara

Web Site: http://www.quarryhillbg.org
 
Bio:  Inspired by the early plant explorers, Bill McNamara has botanized extensively in the wilds of Asia in order to discover plants for research and conservation.

Read more: Bill McNamara

Carole and Ian Bainbridge

Drs Carole and Ian Bainbridge are both keen rock gardeners from southwest Scotland.

Read more: Carole and Ian Bainbridge

Chris Gardner

Web Site: 
http://www.ViraNatura.com
 
Christopher Gardner is a plant world all-rounder, naturalist and semi-professional photographer. Originally from Essex, England, he gained a BSc in Horticulture from Reading University, England and spent fifteen years as a professional horticulturist and garden designer.

Read more: Chris Gardner

Cliff Booker

Cliff Booker has been utterly consumed with the study, cultivation, propagation, exhibition and photography of alpine plants since 1984 and, with his wife Sue, has travelled to many mountain locations around the world to feed his passion (addiction).

Read more: Cliff Booker

Colleen Cirillo

Colleen has spent many years in the world of nature interpretation, protection and restoration, including 12 years at Toronto and Region Conservation and 2.5 years at Ontario Nature.

Read more: Colleen Cirillo

Connor Smith

Connor Smith began his horticulture career working at a garden centre in Scotland.

Read more: Connor Smith

Darren Heimbecker

Web Site: http://www.whistlinggardens.ca
 
Bio:  Darren Heimbecker is the owner and creative force behind Whistling Garden and is well known to members of ORG&HPS who live in Southern Ontario.

Read more: Darren Heimbecker

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Speaker List

  • Anna Leggatt
  • Anne Spiegel
  • Barbara Cooper & Bella Seiden
  • Bill McNamara
  • Carole and Ian Bainbridge
  • Chris Gardner
  • Cliff Booker
  • Colleen Cirillo
  • Connor Smith
  • Darren Heimbecker
  • David Sellars
  • Deborah Hardwick
  • Elisabeth Zander
  • Garry Edwards
  • Geir Moen
  • Ger van den Beuken
  • Harry Jans
  • Ian Young
  • Inge Poot
  • James Eckenwalder
  • Jamie Ellison
  • Jay Akerley
  • Jenny Wainwright-Klein
  • Jerry Kral
  • Jim Jermyn
  • Jiri Papousek
  • John Lonsdale
  • John Mitchell
  • Julia Corden
  • Kenton Seth
  • Kevin Kavanagh
  • Laura Caddy
  • Laura Grant
  • Lisa Roper
  • Liz Knowles
  • Malcolm McGregor
  • Marilyn Cornwell
  • Marion Jarvie
  • Martin Galloway
  • Martin Hajman
  • Matt Mattus
  • Mike Bone
  • Miriam Goldberger
  • Niagara College Scholarship Recipient Jesse Mc Linton 2024
  • Nick Courtens
  • Oron Peri
  • Paul Spriggs
  • Paul Zammit
  • Peter Korn
  • Peter Zale
  • René Giguère
  • Robert Pavlis
  • Sean James
  • Sharon and John Bowler
  • Susan Chater
  • Todd Boland
  • Tom Freeth
  • Tony Reznicek
  • Virginia Hildebrandt
  • Wolfegang Bonham
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