The annual County Festival of Trees was held at the Isaiah Tubbs Resort on December 2,3, and 4.
PEC Horticultural trees (member and society donated) display raised $110.
Photos by Gayla & Rejean – click pictures for large version.
Category: Miscellaneous
Society Meeting for October 26
Presentation
More to come. Much more.
Mini Show
Herbs category: Winner – Kathy Bundy [left], Second – Sheila Simmons [middle] and Third – Lise Bois [right]
Pumpkin category: Winner – Mary Jenkins [left], Second – Sheila Simmons [centre], Third – Kathy Bundy [right]
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Photographs © by Bert Jenkins
President’s Message – Summer 2016
Just returned from the Ontario Horticultural Association Convention in Kitchener/Waterloo. Mennonite gardens-farms and Um Pa Pa bands. Fantastic Seminar by Thelma Beaubien on Gardening for Butterflies. She is also an award winning photographer, author, rears Butterflies through caterpillar stage and records all. She observed that butterflies fly in a north south axis for plants to land on. Book available on line.
NEXT OHA or Garden Ontario Convention is in Richmond Hill on July 21-23, 2017 , OHA Dist. 5. Also Canada’s 150 th birthday. If you have not been to one, experience it before our District 3 with Penny Stewart will be hosting in 2018.
We have 16 Societies. North – Bancroft; South – PEC; W – Trenton; E – Brockville. We will need many volunteers and ideas.
Society Meeting for May 25
Presentation
With the Flower Show (part of the County Garden Show) coming soon, the presentation for the member’s meeting was topical.
Rose Odell, Vice President OHA, demonstrated the elements of entry preparation for a juried flower show with examples of her own (shown above). Members then went on to prepare their own under guidance and encouragement from Rose.
Mini-Show
Design Arrangement of Garden Flowers
1st Mary Jenkins
2nd Angela Palmer
3rd Sheila Simmons
Display Three spring flowers
1st Angela Palmer
Winner: Display
Winner: Design
Design: Third
Design: Second
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Photographs © by Bert Jenkins
Saturday! With Alpacas!
Society Meeting for April 27
The featured speaker was Julie White from organic honey.
Mini-Show
The Mini-show theme was ‘Easter Egg Hunt’. Class 1: Design using an egg shell as a container, and Class 2: Container-grown flower seedling.
Mary Jenkins won Class 1, with Sheila Simmons and Pat Stuckey 2nd and 3rd respectively. Sharon Kleinstuber won Class 2.
Horticulture Class – Winner
Design Class – Winner
Design Class- Third
Design Class – Second
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Photographs © by Bert Jenkins
The beautiful images posted for mini shows, garden shows, and our meetings are from photographs created by member Bert Jenkins.
