Registration and Swap - Wed.Sept.28

Didn't the summer fly by?? September 28th is our first meeting of the season!!  This month's activities will be Registration, Garden Chatter, Social Time and a Swap!!

Registration fees will be $20 per person or $30 per couple.  We will be hosting 9 meetings this year with a special date in December for a holiday potluck social (see the schedule in the sidebar).

For our swap, please bring along anything garden related that you would like to share (photos, ideas, web sites, etc.) or trade (plants, seeds, books, magazines, etc.) - anything goes!!

Click on our poster in the sidebar to print or download a copy to help spread the word far and wide!  While you're looking in the sidebar, notice that we're on Facebook now too.... just click to join!

Horticulture Courses - plan for the Fall semester

University of Guelph Online Courses Filling Fast Fall 2011 online courses in horticulture, turf and landscaping are popular for both industry personnel and home gardeners. Register now to ensure that you can participate in the courses that you want. Fall 2011 offerings include: Introduction to Woodland Ecology Business Management Principles Computer Assisted Design (CAD) Cultural Practices for Plants Designing the Landscape  Golf Course Design and Construction Greenhouse Management Growing Plants  Introduction to Landscape Construction  Introduction to Plant Identification Landscape Design I Plant Propagation The Naturalized Landscapes Turf Management Visit www.horticulturecertificates.com for more information and to register. The University of Guelph has the training and credentials you need! For Information Please Contact: info@coles.uoguelph.ca 519-767-5000  Centre for Open Learning  and Educational Support, Room 160 Johnston Hall University of Guelph, Guelph Ontario N1G 2W1 Canada  info@coles.uoguelph.ca   ·   519-767-5000

Garden Club Exclusive: Buy 1 Fall Mum, Get the 2nd For 50% Off

Sorry this post is going to be a bit wide.  It's not easy to fix!
I thought you might not mind since it includes a coupon for you!

Sat. & Sun. Sept. 3 & 42011 Basin Flower Arts Show

Theme: Honouring Autumn

AEnon Baptist Church Fellowship Hall
Chester Basin, NS
Saturday, Sept. 03 & Sunday, Sept. 04, 2011

Open for public viewing 1 - 6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday
No admission fee. Free-will offerings will be accepted

Click here to see all details, entry rules and awards.

Hosted by:

Basin Gardeners Association
....a community group dedicated to education and propagation of beauty and a naturally good life in this area.

Saturday, August 6thFlower Show at MicMac Mall

Hosted by Dartmouth Horticultural Society 
Bay Court Entrance
Exhibits will be received from 8 am to 11 am on Saturday. 
Open to the public after Judging is finished at 1 pm.
Open to all amateur gardeners.  (All garden club people too).

Blessing of the Boats

The SS Atlantic

Hello Friends of the
SS Atlantic!

This is a reminder that our annual Blessing of the Boats is happening this Sunday, July 31st, at 2:30 down by the monument at the SS Atlantic Heritage Park with a reception to follow in the Terence Bay Firehall. Every year, a large crowd participates in the service around the SS Atlantic Monument. As many as 50 boats might also be spotted on the water in the Terence Bay observing the service. This event has been a community tradition for over 30 years! Feel free to call 852-1557 for more details.

We hope to see you there!
Cheers,
Leanne James Cassie
SS Atlantic Heritage Park

October Garden Tour To Italy

Dear Garden Enthusiast,

I am a fellow gardener and member of the Guelph Horticultural Society. I am also an educator and home based travel consultant. While I plan many kinds of travel for clients I am best known for designing specialized small group tours and independent travel. As such, I have designed a garden tour to Italy for October 2011. I am very excited about this tour and am thrilled that Canadian Garden Expert, Marjorie Harris, will be hosting the tour...

This is a small tour with limited space so that it can be personal and provide more opportunity for interaction with Marjorie and the owners or head gardeners at the exclusive private gardens. It is designed to have a good balance of free time and organized garden visits, wine tastings, garden receptions and special lunches and dinners. We will have our own driver, escort and interpreter.

Our tour is a feast for the senses. We will travel to beautiful cities and charming villages and enjoy sumptuous dinners in sublime surroundings. As we wander through intense Tuscan colours and vistas there will be delights enough for photographers and artists alike. We immerse ourselves in wine and olive oil tastings at unforgettable vineyards and family trattorias. The fragrance of flowers will follow us wherever we go: from rolling fields to an organic harvest that results in the aroma of our own gourmet lunch in the enchanted hills of Chianti.

Our tour is also an opportunity to pursue your passion for learning. We are fortunate to have Marjorie and her wealth of experience to guide us through understanding these wonderful gardens. She will put the gardens in context and be a champion of the many intriguing plants we’ll encounter. Our knowledgeable local guides, often the owners or head gardeners, will inform us about their unique and innovative approaches combining ancient and modern techniques, from restoration ecology to sustainable agricultural practices.

Imagine yourself with fellow gardeners on this inspiring, sensuous journey as you explore the details of our personally chosen 12 day, 10 night itinerary.

I am sending you a link to the tour itinerary. http://www.italianvisits.com/garden_tour/ There may be some folks in your membership who would appreciate being notified of a garden tour with Marjorie Harris. Please let me know if I can be of assistance in providing any further information or perhaps a small “blurb” to be included in a newsletter. I would be more that happy to send something to the person who looks after sending information out to your membership.

You can learn more about the tour and Travel Specifics through the link above or the one below.
Please do not hesitate to contact me for more information about this tour or if you would like to talk with me about designing a garden tour to some other wonderful place that your membership would like to visit.
Thank you.

Regards,
Linda

Linda Clay,
linda@travelspecifics.com
519 823 5849 or 1 888 823 5849
http://www.travelspecifics.com/
Italian Garden Tour with Marjorie Harris BOOK NOW!
http://www.italianvisits.com/garden_tour/

Chester Garden ClubFlower Show And Tea

2011 Flower Show and Tea

Theme:

Chester Gems

Thursday July 28, 2011, 1:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.

Chester Legion

Tea served 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Admission: Adults $7,

age 16 and under $3

Details available at:

http://chestergardenclub.chesterns.ca

June Tours and Upcoming Events

Hi everyone!!

A huge thank you to everyone who brought the great weather with them today for the garden tours - it was most appreciated!!!!  What a great turn-out - it was wonderful to see everyone!!

Be sure to check out the Upcoming Events calendar for the coming weeks as new events have been added and we have received an invite to the PRCC Anniversary Bash and an invite to John and Donna's for a garden tour if you couldn't make it today!

Come Tour Our Gardens!

PROSPECT AREA GARDEN CLUB

GARDEN TOURS 2011

June 12, July 17, August 14

12pm - 4pm

(FREE Admission - Accepting donations to the food bank on site)

Click here to see locations and descriptions!

(Still being updated)

Saturday, May 28, 9am - 12pmBeautify Lover's Cove Park

Come plant a memory!

The Brookside Community Homeowner's Association cordially invites you to help beautify a local park!

On Saturday, May 28th at 9am, the BCHA is encouraging community members to plant a memory at Lover's Cove Park on Cathy Road in Brookside.

You can participate in any number of ways:

• bring a trowel or shovel and help with planting
• bring a piece of a plant you have divided from your yard
• bring a shovel and help build the new garden bed
• bring seeds or plants naturalize along the path to the lake
• bring your knowledge and enthusiasm and help organize
• bring a memory to fill this park with joy

This is a family event and everyone is welcome!

Please invite your family, friends and neighbors!

If it's pouring rain on the 28th, this event will be held on
Sunday, May 29th at 9am.

Hope to see you there!
Val :)

Thank You Everyone!

What a fantastic social!!  Thank you again to everyone who contributed to a wonderful evening!!

There were a couple of things found during clean up - they have been added to the Lost and Found List at the left.

I will be updating our calendar with our three garden tour dates we selected for this summer and will soon be sending out a poster that you can forward, print or share!  All details to be posted here on our site.

This has been a busy winter planning for our even busier summer!  Here's wishing you all great gardening weather!!

Kind regards,
Val :)
PS: Hope to see you on Saturday, May 28th at 9am at the park on Cathy Road!  Click here for more details!