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Upcoming Events

15 Oct 2023;
01:00PM - 04:30PM
October in person and Zoom meeting featuring Anne Spiegel: "Gardening on Rock"
12 Nov 2023;
01:00PM - 04:30PM
November in person and Zoom meeting featuring Oron Peri from Israel: "Alpine Bulbs". Following his presentation, for those who are interested, Oron will do a short presentation about his nursery, "Seeds of Peace".
10 Dec 2023;
01:00PM - 04:30PM
December meeting; Speaker TBA

What's New!

  • ORG&HPS Members who have received NARGS Awards
  • Alpine Garden Society Zoom Lectures Open to Non-members

Plant of the Month

Leucojum vernum flowers closeup

Tulipa linifolia ‘Bright Gem’
(‘Batalinii Group’)

Toronto Botanical Gardens

Our in person meeting are held at the TBG

What's New

ORG&HPS Members who have received NARGS Awards

 

NARGS Chapter Service Awards for distinguished service and devotion

2022:  Ewan Mackay

2022:  Veronica Callinan

2021:  Sherill Allard

2021:  Diana Pooke

2020:  Barbara Cooper and Bella Seiden

2019: Susan and Michael Dolbey

2018: Carol Clark

Award of Merit for outstanding contributions to rock and alpine gardening

2021: Mariel Tribby

2019: Carol Clark

2007: Joyce Fingerut

1985: Norman Singer (not an ORG&HPS member at the time)

1982: Francis H. Cabot

Linc and Timmy Foster Millstream Garden Award for creating a superior garden

2023: Lee & Arie Vanspronsen

2019: Darren Heimbecker

2014: Judith Dumont (not an ORG&HPS member at the time)

2012: Patricia Highberg

 Geoffrey B. Charlesworth Writing Prize for the best article in the Rock Garden Quarterly

2009: Andrew Osyany

2008: Kristl Walek

 Marvin E. Black Award for excellence in promoting membership in NARGS; organizing study weekends, national, and international meetings

2023 Roslyn Duffus

2022: Carol Eichler

2018: Anna Leggatt

2003: Joyce Fingerut

2002: Marion Jarvie

Carleton R. Worth Award for distinguished writings about rock gardening and rock garden plants in a book or in magazine articles

2021: Brian Bixley

1999: Trevor Cole

1997: Frederick W. Case

1990: Geoffrey B. Charlesworth

Edgar T Wherry Award  for outstanding contribution in the dissemination of botanical and/or horticultural information about native North American plants

2020: Joyce Fingerut

2006: Marilyn Light (not an ORG&HPS member at the time)

1974: Frederick W. Case

Marcel Le Piniec Award for a nursery person, propagator, hybridizer, or plant explorer who is currently actively engaged in extending and enriching the plant material available to rock gardeners

2009: Harvey and Irene Wrightman

September 2023 Plant Sale

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PLANT SALE at ORG&HPS Meeting

DATE: September 10, 2023

LOCATION: Toronto Botanical Garden

TIME: sale begins at 12:30 p.m.

Vendors

Virginia Hildebrandt

Hazel, Joe and Amy Cook from Blossom Hill

Peter Keeping and Sheila Cule: a variety of Clematis; Wisteria ‘Blue Moon’ and Honeysuckle

Arie Vanspronsen

Anna Mizyn, Anna's Perennials

Philippe Martin

Donating plants:  please bring your plants to TBG between 11:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. on September 10.

Plants must be clearly labelled. Additional information written on the back of the label helps the buyers! We would appreciate a recommended selling price to be included on each label. (All proceeds go to ORG&HPS)

Guidelines for pricing plant sale donations:

If the plant is something not commonly found in nurseries or stores, price starting at $5; higher if it's a good size plant or division. If it's a young plant that is still quite small, perhaps $3.

Anything left at the end of the sale will go half-price. 

All plants not bought must be taken home by the donor. 

ORG&HPS policy on Jumping Worms:

At this time, no special treatment to eliminate Jumping Worms and their eggs is required before plants are offered for sale at ORG&HPS meetings. 

Read Barbara Peat's excellent article on Jumping Worms.

Come, enjoy our first member/vendor sale in years!

Members' Handbook replaced by Directories

The former Member's Handbook has been replaced by separate documents: 

Members' Contact Directory

Members' Gardens for Informal Visits

Members' Businesses and Services. (This directory is being updated as Members respond to the request for updates.)

You must be logged in to access this page: https://onrockgarden.com/index.php/members-only-area/directories

Peter Keeping's Clematis List 2023

Peter has provided his list of available Clematis for 2023 as well as a choice few other plants.

Click here to download the list.

Toronto Botanical Garden: Get the Jump on Spring and Seedy Saturday

March 25 @ 10:00 am - 4:00 pm

It’s back! Toronto Botanical Garden is relaunching its annual Horticultural Open House with over exhibitors from horticultural societies, garden clubs and environmental organizations from all around Toronto. Get the Jump on Spring is a  one-day garden extravaganza includes FREE talks and demos along with gardening advice from Toronto Master Gardeners.

On the same day, we’ll also be hosting Seedy Saturday, a community event where gardeners share their heirloom seeds and help to preserve our horticultural heritage. Bring your extra, open-pollinated or heirloom seeds and discover something new! It’s also a great opportunity to discover varieties that are not available commercially. Click here to learn more about Seedy Saturdays.

FREE admission. $2 suggested donation.
Become a member and receive FREE parking. 

Interested in participating as a vendor or exhibitor?  Add your name to our pop-up market list. We’ll be sending out information soon.

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