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Upcoming Events

23 Jul 2023;
11:00AM - 04:30PM
ORG&HPS garden tour
10 Sep 2023;
01:00PM - 04:00PM
September meeting: Paul Spriggs on troughs and crevice gardens; Plant and Book Sale
15 Oct 2023;
01:00PM - 04:30PM
October meeting: Anne Spiegel on her NY state garden
12 Nov 2023;
01:00PM - 04:30PM
November meeting: Oron Peri from Israel; Topic TBD

What's New!

  • Virginia Hildebrandt May 2023 Plant sale
  • Recalcitrant/Hydrophilic Seed Exchange for Members
  • Members' Handbook replaced by Directories
  • Peter Keeping's Clematis List 2023
  • NARGS Annual Conference and AGM June 8-11, 2023

Plant of the Month

Leucojum vernum flowers closeup

Arisaema ringens

Toronto Botanical Gardens

Our in person meeting are held at the TBG

Speakers

Jim Jermyn

Jim Jermyn has had a long career in the horticultural industry. Jim is a world-renowned Alpine expert.

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Jiri Papousek

Jiri Papousek has been growing and showing alpines for 35 years. He is a member of the Prague Rock Garden Club and Scottish Rock Garden Club.

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John Lonsdale

Web Site:  http://www.edgewoodgardens.net

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Bio:  John Lonsdale was born in in Sheffield, England, and has grown a wide variety of alpine and woodland plants

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John Mitchell

Bio:  After John obtained his Horticultural qualification he worked at St Andrews Botanic Garden, Inverewe. For the last 30 years John has worked at Edinburgh Botanic Garden, the last 19 as Supervisor.

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Julia Corden

Julia Corden has been the Garden Manager at The Explorers Garden, Pitlochry, Scotland for the past 15 years.

Read more: Julia Corden

Kenton Seth

Web Site:  http://paintbrushgardens.com

Bio:   Kenton Seth is a young native of Colorado. He is a plant-nut and native plant hunter who has worked in public horticulture and nurseries.

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Kevin Kavanagh

Web Site:  http://www.southcoastgardens.ca

Bio:  Kevin Kavanagh is the owner of South Coast Gardens (2005) , a small specialty nursery and landscape design business in heart of Ontario’s ‘Carolinian zone’.

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Laura Grant

Laura Grant was introduced to horticulture as a child by family members.

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Lisa Roper

Lisa Roper is the Gravel Garden and Ruin horticulturist at Chanticleer, a public garden in Wayne Pa. where she has gardened for the past 26 years in various parts of the garden. 

Read more: Lisa Roper

Liz Knowles

Liz has been gardening in the Hockley Valley for 45 years. Her one hectare garden comprises several perennial beds, extensive rock and crevice gardens and raised tufa beds.

Read more: Liz Knowles

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Speaker List

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