President Colleen Green opened the meeting by welcoming new members and guests to the October meeting. She introduced the evening’s featured speaker – Alison Westlake aka Coriander Girl.
Alison gave a short historical introduction to the Coriander Girl business in Toronto and how she came to choose Picton (202 Main St) as the perfect location for an expansion.
One member’s arrangement
Alison then gave a spirited demonstration of flower arranging tips and tricks with greenery and a few flowers (including the ‘blowing your rose’ trick!).
Over 20 members were also prepared to create arrangements in a Mason jar with some of Alison’s greenery using one or two roses and carnations and a flower that escapes my name (see illustration opposite).
Announcements
Colleen Green reminded members that the November meeting (Nov. 25) is the Annual General Meeting and a new Board of Directors is elected, and that all members were encouraged to consider standing for election.
Colleen also reminded members that the November meeting was the annual Pot Luck meal (turkey!) and that his year we want to have a donation of tinned goods for the food bank.
John Garside thanked all members who had helped with work on the PECMH Garden.
Mini-show
The mini-show continues to grow in terms of member entries (if you haven’t tried one yet, please join in!), with this meeting having the largest number of entries for many months.
In the topical ‘Orange and Black’ design category, Gayla Campney’s entry took first place, with second and third going to Mary Jenkins and Pat Stuckey respectively, In the ‘3 flower arrangement’ horticultural category, Reg Lapierre took first place, with second and third going to Mary Jenkins and Darlene Johnston respectively.
Winner: orange/black
Winner: 3 flower arrangement
Second: orange/black
Second: 3 flower arrangement
Third: orange/black
Third: 3 flower arrangement
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Photographs © by Bert Jenkins
On Wednesday May 3rd, HortSoc president Lise Bois will be giving a presentation on “Attracting Native Pollinators to your Garden” at 2 pm at the Picton Library on Main Street. Lise will be talking about just who are these native pollinators, their decline and what we can do to encourage and protect them in our gardens and why it’s important to do so.
Another HortSoc member, Walter McGee, will give a presentation on “How History Changes Plants and Plants Change History” on Wednesday , May 10th at 2 pm at the Picton library on Main Street. Come and find out how some plants have shaped the course of history.
The beautiful images posted for mini shows, garden shows, and our meetings are from photographs created by member Bert Jenkins.
