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Upcoming Events

15 Aug 2025;
12:00AM
2-night Garden visit to the Bruce Peninsula
14 Sep 2025;
01:00PM - 05:00PM
September Meeting featuring Geir Moen
05 Oct 2025;
01:00PM - 05:00PM
October Meeting featuring Todd Boland
09 Nov 2025;
01:00PM - 05:00PM
November Meeting TBA

What's New!

  • 2025 Meeting Dates
  • Recalcitrant/Hydrophilic Seed Exchange for Members-2025
  • Peter Keeping 2025 Clematis List
  • Bruce Peninsula Garden Tour
  • New menu option "ORG&HPS Donations"

Plant of the Month


Eryngium giganteum

Eryngium giganteum,
Miss Willmott’s Ghost


 

Toronto Botanical Garden

Our in-person meetings are held at the TBG.

Speakers

Jamie Ellison

Jamie Ellison instructs in the Landscape Horticulture Technology Program at the Nova Scotia Community College, Kingstec Campus in Kentville, NS.

Read more: Jamie Ellison

Jay Akerley

Jay Akerley is a rock and alpine gardening enthusiast with gardens in both Greater Vancouver and high on the Thompson Plateau in BC's Interior.

Read more: Jay Akerley

Jenny Wainwright-Klein

Jenny grew up in Zambia.She qualified as a horticulturist in South Africa and moved to the UK to work at Kew Garden.

Read more: Jenny Wainwright-Klein

Jerry Kral

Bio:  Jerry and Karen Kral garden on an acre of land in Rochester, NY. Their garden, which is one of the most 'visited' in the area, includes a 12,000 square foot rock garden.

Read more: Jerry Kral

Jim Jermyn

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

Read more: Jim Jermyn

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.

Read more: Jiri Papousek

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

Read more: John Lonsdale

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.

Read more: John Mitchell

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.

Read more: Kenton Seth

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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
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