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ONTARIOHORTICULTURAL

ASSOCIATION

ANNUAL REPORT

Ontario Horticultural AssociationDistrict Map

District 1 - Dundas, Glengarry, Prescott, Russell, StormontDistrict 2 - Grenville, Lanark, Ottawa-Carlton, RenfrewDistrict 3 - Frontenac, Hastings, Leeds, Lennox & Adlington, Prince EdwardDistrict 4 - Haliburton, Northumberland, Peterborough, VictoriaDistrict 5 - York EastDistrict 6 - Brant, Halton, Norfolk, WentworthDistrict 7 - Dufferin, WellingtonDistrict 8 - Bruce, Grey, HurtonDistrict 9 - Haldimand, Niagara North (Lincoln), Niagara South (Welland)District 10 - Elgin, Middlesex, Oxford, PerthDistrict 11 - Essex, Kent, LambtonDistrict 12 - Cochrane, Timiskaming, NipissingDistrict 13 - Algoma, Manitoulin, SudburyDistrict 14 - Kenora, Rainy River, Thunder BayDistrict 15 - Toronto West, Peel, York West RegionDistrict 16 - SimcoeDistrict 17 - DurhamDistrict 18 - Parry Sound, MuskokaDistrict 19 - Waterloo

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OHA Executive - 2004/05Back row, left to right: Wilma Wood (Past President); Liisa Wolfgram (2nd VicePresident); Judy Lewis (1st Vice President); Kathleen Petrie (Chair, Past President’sCouncil). Front row, left to right: Bonnie Warner (Secretary); Ted Reed (President);and Sybille Schaufler (Treasurer).

The Board of DirectorsThe Board of Directors of the Ontario Horticultural Association consists

of the president, 1st vice president, 2nd vice president, immediate pastpresident, secretary, treasurer and 19 district directors.

The board meets three times a year - in March, at the annual convention,and in October. At these meetings the board discusses the business side of theassociation, makes decisions regarding the dispensation of funds and passesmotions that are binding and in the best interests of all societies and theassociation as a whole. A quarterly newsletter keeps society members awareof board decisions as well as publishing general items of interest from societiesaround the province. It is edited by the secretary.

All positions on the board are voluntary, with the exception of the secretaryand treasurer who are paid a small honorarium for their services.

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My Journey As PresidentTed Reed

January 2005 ... and counting.What a great and journey. Amongstthe snow flakes, Isla and I were invitedto the Pembroke Horticultural Societyand stayed at the Pilot’s bed andbreakfast. What a beautiful house andover 100 years in historic preservation.At the society meeting I gave a talk onBonsai and showed transparencies. Thefirst of many convention committeemeetings were held under the directionof Madeline Hobson, 1986 PastPresident, and Vickie Wiemer, District18 Director. Isla and I were off toCornwall for the AGM with Ann Kerr,District 1 Director where I spoke onthe need for a dues increase and thebenefits of Directors & Officersinsurance. The next week we took atrip to Elmira for District 19 Director,Mary Young. Off to Arthur in April togreet Don Matthews, Past Presidentand Marlene Bruckhardt, District 7Director. In Barrie, I was pleased toattend Dorothy Shropshire’s District 16‘Training for Society Officers andExecutives’, a program coordinated byLiisa Wolfgram through the TrilliumGrant. Next a visit to Porcupine andDistrict 12’s AGM with Director KeesStryland with super accommodationsprovided by Billie Rheault. In May, Islaand I were invited to District 14’s AGMwith Harriet Hansen. Then came a tripto Listowel to attend Jeff Matthew’s

Memorial funeral and providecondolences to Don and JoanneMatthews. While preparing for theconvention, we sold our house by thelake and have started building a homein Callander. To be completed in 2006,we have a rental home in Powassanwhere you can now phone us at 705-724-5007. The President’s Receptionat the Chancellor’s House, NipissingUniversity enabled Isla and I to saythanks to all attending the convention.Thanks to Diane Kiers for obtainingwine donated by Jackson & Triggs; andto Brian McCartney of Law Insuranceand to Garth Hoag of the HamiltonLocal of the Operating Engineers fordonations. A big thanks to MadelineHobson and Vickie Wiemer whoworked so well with the 14 volunteersocieties in District 18 doing awonderful job on the convention.Thanks to Rheo Courchesne for thevolunteer spreadsheet that set forth atime pace of events for us to follow.The new Youth Delegate Program wasa huge success. My journey endedwhen I was pleased to pass along theChain of Office to the new President,Judy Lewis of Sault Ste. Marie. Thanksto Wilma Wood, Past President; and tomy wife Isla who provided a steadyhand, a warm hug and kept me on theright track. We’ll continue our newjourney in horticulture.

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PresidentTed Reedplanting aCommemorativeTree at theentrance ofNipissingUniversityin North Bay.

Ronald E. Takalo, B. Math, CA

Ronald F. Burt, B. Comm., CA

40 The SquareGoderich, Ontario

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FAX (519) 524-7886

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Children’s Section

Winning EntryDianthe Van Werden

Guelph Township

2nd PlaceAmanda MigalleeGuelph Township

3rd PlaceLaura NeroGuelph City

The 2005 OHA conventionhad a wealth of imaginativeyouth competeting for the topprizes. Some of their talents aredepicted here with the winningentries in the ‘Reflections ofOntario’ poster competition.

The winning entry was byDianthe Van Werden of GuelphTownship. Second prize wentto Amanda Migallee of GuelphTownship and third prize wentto Laura Nero of Guelph City.

Congratulations to theyouth leaders and all the youthexhibitors for a creative show.It is always a delight to walk intothe room devoted to children’sentries and this year was noexception. These talentedyoung horticulturalists provethat the art and science ofgrowing things is beingsuccessfully passed down fromone generation to the next.

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Past President, Wilma Wood andDistrict 10 Director, Jim Mabee renewold acquaintences and a great bond thathas grown over the past five yearstogether on the OHA board.

Along the waterfront in North Bay weremany beautiful gardens awaiting theover 500 delegates as part of theconvention tours or just to visit on ourown during your free time.

‘Reflections of Ontario’ was the theme of the 99th Annual OHA Convention held atNipissing University in beautiful North Bay, Ontario on August 12, 13 and 14, 2005.

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While site seeing around beautifulNorth Bay, we came across this specialgarden dedicated to the 99th AnnualOHA Convention.

President, Ted Reed presents keynotespeaker, Bev Kingdon, the Swan Lady,with swan ice sculptures.

OHA secretary, Bonnie Warner as shevery competently goes about her dutiesbehind the scenes.

Convention hostess, Vickie Wiemer,director of District 18, welcomesdelegates to the 99th Annual OHAConvention in North Bay.

President Ted Reed and Past PresidentWilma Wood plant a commemorativetree near the entrance of NipissingUniversity in North Bay as a lastingtribute to Ted’s year as president.

The board of theOHA regretfullysays goodbye toour long-timetreasurer, SybilleSchaufler, andwish her well inher new ventures.

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The Sunday morning plenary session saw the new executive board members presentedto the delegates. From left to right are Past President, Ted Reed; 2nd VP, Jim Mabee;1st VP, Liisa Wolfgram; and President, Judy Lewis.

President Ted Reed receives a fewwords of wisdom from Immediate PastPresident Wilma Wood, better knownas “Madam PP”.

Left, secretary, Bonnie Warner and PastPresident’s Council representative,Kathleen Petrie showing their life-longfriendship made over the years.

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Silver Fir Award winner, Jim Cruise,nominated by the Simcoe & DistrictHorticultural Society.

Trillium Award winner, Margaret Killey,nominated by the ScarboroughHorticultural Society.

Left, OHA Past President, PaulineRichards, was placed on the HonourRoll; centre, District 10 Director, JimMabee; right, Brenda Gallagher,Environmental Award winner. Bothladies were nominated by the LondonHorticultural Society.

President, Ted Reed, presents the youthdelegates with tokens from the 99thOHA convention in North Bay as theyprepare to leave for the Ecology Centreafter the opening ceremonies on Friday.This was the first time that the youthdelegates had been invited to attend.

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District OneDistrict Director - Anne Kerr

This will be my last report asDirector for District One. It is hardto believe that I have completed fiveyears as your representative. I willremember the many wonderfulprojects the societies havecompleted -- the constant supportof community beautification, theemphasis on improving ourenvironment, and the supportprovided to our young gardeners.

Cornwall Society continues towork with Domtar in fundraising andalso maintains flowerbeds throughoutthe city with special mention of the onesat their community hospitals. Thesebeds must be truly appreciated by thepatients, staff and visitors alike.Speakers covered a variety of topicsincluding Environmentally FriendlyPractices.

Martintown has received manycompliments for the flower boxes on“the Bridge.” These boxes are verybeautiful and also provide the neededvolunteer hours for the student whocares for them over the summer. Theyouth leader had projects at eachmeeting and then these items wereexhibited at the flower show. The

speakers covered EnvironmentalIssues; How to Prepare for the FlowerShows; Growing Roses; PlantingSpring Bulbs; and Conserving HousePlants.

Maxville Society received the“Special Projects” grant to improve andrefurbish the bed at the north entranceto the village. Trees and their Enemies;Preparing Dahlias for Planting andStorage; Roses and Crossbreeding;Seedlings for Your Garden; and SilkFlower Arrangements for SpecialOccasions were topics covered byinvited speakers.

Russell Society continues to makeimprovements at MacDougall Park;also plants and maintains flower bedsat many public buildings and a Seniors’Apartment. They utilize “MasterGardeners” to bring information tomembers. Some members attend theflower show in Kingston. They alsohave a very active Youth Group withthese junior members competing at theannual flower show.

Societe d’Alfred have planted twotrees in Plantagenet at the ‘TransCanada Trail’ site. Speakers covered

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Apple Orchards and Grape Vines;Recycling and Composting; Seedlings;and Floral Arrangements. They providea scholarship for a student studyinghorticulture and attending AlfredCollege.

Vankleek Hill Society is enjoyingan increase in membership. Trees wereagain planted at the local elementaryschools and all reference books ownedby the society were donated to theChamplain Public Library. The societyalso purchased a number ofsubscriptions for gardening magazinesand these will be available at the library.Speakers covered Grapevine Wreathsand New Ways to Use Them; Judgingand Exhibiting at the Flower Shows;and Container Gardening. Their youthgroup had many projects includingplanting a “Pizza Garden,” and theyparticipated at the Tulip Show and theSummer Show.

Williamstown Green ThumbsSociety hosted the Annual GeneralMeeting in April. This was a very wellorganized event with a largerepresentation from our societies andmany other interested gardeners. Guestspeaker Larry Hodgson of Quebec City,a gardening radio host and contributorto Canadian Gardening magazine, gavea wealth of information on how toreduce the time spent while maintainingyour garden and flower beds. Thesociety celebrated their 25th flowershow! Orchards; Wildflowers; andMaking Obelisks were the focus forsome of their meetings. The societyalso organizes the Glengarry GiantPumpkin Weigh-Off.

At aGlance

Almost all of the societieshave hosted flower shows andthree societies have wellorganized youth groups.

Trips covered many areas ofinterest, including: WhitehousePerennials; Kiwi Gardens,Perth; Rideau Wood Ramble;Burritts Rapids; the gardens ofMarie-Victorin, Kinsley Falls;the Governor General’sResidence; Walking Tour of theMarket, Ottawa; LaporteGarden Centre, Orleans; andMontreal Botanical Gardens.

The societies provide fooditems and other resources forcharitable organizations andencourage environmentalawareness by asking membersto bring their own cutlery anddishes when a ‘pot luck’ mealis planned.

Thanks to all the societiesfor their cooperation andsupport during my time inoffice. Memories of thehospitality I received will be apositive reminder of the time Iworked with these fabulous,dedicated horticulturalists.

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District TwoDistrict Director - Ken Fink

Almonte continues to educate,enrich and enliven its members as theyare often entertained by proficientspeakers and demonstrators. Theirpride of place and great passion forplants is shown by the volunteer hours.

Beachburg celebrates 45 yearsyoung, as they continue public planting.A chiropractor, an orchid specialist, arhododendron expert and a rock gardenplanner were highlights of the year. Thesociety hosts four flower shows a year.

Carleton Place: A great fundraiserwas the Annual Strawberry Social heldat Victoria School Museum completewith music from the Town Band. The“Yard of the Week” award continuesto be popular with residents. A gardentour entitled “Lawn Gone” featuredproperties where natural materials oralternate ground cover replaced grass.

Deep River has a large club whichprovides beautiful baskets and plantersfor the downtown merchants. Theyplant and maintain a therapeutic gardenat a long term care facility. The youthprogram planted a garden at the school.

Eganville hosted District 2’sAnnual General Meeting, this jewel ofthe Bonnechere Valley are celebratingtheir 50th anniversary. Found here arebeautiful planters on the town bridge.The planting of a blue spruce and amaple tree on the Welcome Hill werepart of the beautification.

Gloucester had a peony expert; aninfamous head gardener at Rideau Hall;and a photo judge on how to achievethe perfect garden picture, as speakersof the club. They have a very devotedteam who continue to provide flowersto four nursing homes and maintaingardens at a Group Home.

Kanata-March continues toenhance the community by maintaininggardens at the Glen Cairn Branch ofKanata Public Library, Molly WilsonMemorial Gardens and Tom ThomsonPark. A booming members only opengarden series of tours was held.

Kemptville was busy planting atthe Post Office, Rotary Park andOxford Mills Public Library. Involvedwith the downtown beautificationcommittee started in 2004 they willcontinue in 2005. They enjoy anenthusiastic youth program.

Madawaska Valley: Shoppershungry for plants after a long winter,carted off everything including baggedmushroom compost and cedar mulchfrom the May plant sale. They visitedsix inspiring gardens. A plant auctionin the fall, a barbecue in the summerand a Christmas potluck with greatspeakers finalized their year.

Manotick hosted the A.G.M. in2004 with Marjorie Harris as keynotespeaker. Village planting increasedwhen they entered ‘Communities In

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Bloom’. Flower shows were staged,with a greater participation in thenovice class.

Nepean increases in membership,while producing six newsletters a yearand awarding two bursaries. They hostfour flower shows a year and do a lotof community planting.

Ottawa will host the conventioncelebrating the 100th anniversary of theOHA. They were involved in the10,000 Tree Project sponsored by thecity and continue to work with HealthCanada Information Day and Friendsof the Experimental Farm Sale Day.Public planting takes place at theRideau Perley Veterans Care Centre.

O.V.R.G.S.: The annual inter-national seed exchange program is ahuge undertaking for this club -gathering, packing and shipping. Theyattract noteworthy speakers fromWashinton State, Calgary and theCzech Republic. This club was one ofthe hosts for the annual district flowershow in June ... a first and great success.

Pakenham has a strong JuniorGardeners Program and received threeprizes in various classes and one awardfor Best Junior Garden in the District.They hosted a judging school workshopand are making plans for their 80thanniversary. Public planting along thefive span stone bridge is a sight to beseen by all gardeners.

Pembroke Horticultural Societywas 80 years old. Members submittedarticles “Gardening Tips” to the localnewspaper. Doing a lot of publicplanting, they received a marble plaquedisplayed at Miramichi Lodge, wherethey made commemorative gardens inhonour of an O.H.A. president, FrancesLemke. They’ve an active youth group.

Perth: This society continued

planting and maintaining gardens forParks Canada as well as the localcenotaph. They also participated inrevitalizing a heritage property andoffered assistance in the Round Gardenfor the Blind. A program called‘Learning to Garden’ was held in twoelementary schools.

Petawawa volunteers planted andmaintained flower beds at the CivicCentre complex, tended to flower boxesat the Legion Hall and planted flowerbeds at the cenotaph. They selectedflowers for planting at the “HomefiresPark” and involved the community inthe society community gardens.

Renfrew enjoyed the renownedbotanist and author Diana Beresford-Kroeger who gave an interesting lectureon the Philosophy of Trees. Civicbeautification was continued at theHaramis Park/Tourist Booth Gardens.This society will host the District 2Flower and Vegetable Show in July.

Smith Falls: Our new society heldtheir innaugural meeting in January2005 to become our 21st society. Theyare off to a roaring start. Welcome!

Stittsville-Goulbourn had 1200hours of volunteer work reported. A$500 bursary was awarded to a localstudent pursuing agriculture orhorticulture at a college or university.The Royal Canadian Legion and theGranite-Ridge long term care facilityare recipients of community gardeningby this group. The Junior Gardenersprogram has over 40 members.

West Carleton: The Octoberplant auction and a May plant saleprovided both fun and funds. Publicplantings take place at the ReadingGarden of the Carp branch of theOttawa Library. Garden tours occur inJuly and three flower shows are held.

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District ThreeDistrict Director - Larry Connell

Ameliasburgh had close to 60members who maintained gardens andparticipated in the floral division at thelocal fair. They enjoyed spring and fallplant auctions which made for lots offun and good plant buys. They tried anew project of giving gourd seeds tomembers in the spring and the gourdswere brought to the October meeting.

Bancroft’s 111 members enjoyeda plant sale in May when membersbrought in various items. Other eventsincluded garden visits in July and abeauty contest for best flower orvegetable garden. They offer a bus tripin the spring to one of the flower showsin Toronto. They added taking care ofthe Millenium Gardens, Post Office, theLibrary, as well as Quinte Manor. The2005 A.G.M. was held in Bancroft.

Belleville, with over 100 members,has a bursary program for MoiraSecondary School and help in thegreenhouse. They established agardening library with books andmagazines; and arranged garden andbus tours, especially the Ottawa TulipFestival. Among the noteworthyspeakers were Boniebrae Daylilies anda discussion on hydroponics.

Brockville had over 130 membersthat planted and maintained beds at theBrockville Museum, Railway Station,General Hospital and Senior CitizenBuilding. They had gardens tours as

well as two flower shows and two plantsales. A flower arranging course washeld. Brockville had excellent speakerson the topics of “Operating A GardenCentre”, plus “Trees, Bees and Honey”.They took a bus trip to Canada Blooms.

Collins Bay with over 40 memberslook after the planting and maintenanceat the Isabel Turner Library and theLoyalist Gates which have four flowerbeds. The youth leader works withchildren at Collins Bay Public School.They had several excellent speakers onBulbs, Heritage Seed, and How toPrepare Material for a Flower Show.

Gananoque had over 70 membersthat planted tulips at the town gates andhall. They maintained several gardens,along with the International Square andLandon Bay Gardens. Noted for itsyouth group, they planted perennialsand made centerpieces for the seniors‘Meals on Wheels’ at Christmas.

Kingston’s almost 340 membersare a strong presence at the LungAssociation Gardening Festival inFebruary. They provided informationat two gardening centers and theFarmers Market. They publish anewsletter (The Columbine) ten timesa year. Other functions include a JuneFlower Show at the Kingston Mall; anIris & Peony Show; and the annualFlower & Vegetable Show at theFrontenac Mall. The Society maintains

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public plantings at a museum, a publiclibrary and Paterson Garden. TwelveTrillium Awards are given front gardenbeautification in and around Kingston.

Lennox-Addington society’s 60members support the greenhouseprogram at NDSS school. Ascholarship was presented to a studentof Napanee District SS. Other projectsincluded Community Gardens andDavis House along the Napanee River.Gail Knowles worked preparing thenewsletter which won an award at theOHA Convention.

Prince Edward County had 120members who gave two Lilac bushesto each of the county cemeteries andhelped finance civic plantings. Theymaintained projects such as the townsquare, tourist bureau, hospital andcommunity center. Winnie Rightmeyeris compiling a history of the societywhich just had its 135th anniversary

Rideau Lakes has 117 memberswho look after community plantings inDelta, Elgin, Crosby, Forfar, Portland,and Westport. They work with theyouth group, spring planting in twoschools. The society hosted the 2004AGM. Their newsletter (The Lilypad)won 1st place at the OHA convention.They contribute soil, peat moss andfertilizer to Rideau District High whichhas a greenhouse and many membersoverwinter plants while they are wintervacationing. A bursary is available toa deserving student.

Stirling has 74 members who plantand maintain several gardens in andaround the village. Something new wasa Perennial Fall Sale in Septemberwhich was very successful. The busyyouth have projects at every meetingsuch as: toad houses, collages ofautumn leaves and a banner for sun

awareness. Members are proud of theiryouth and leaders as they received 1stprize in the scrapbook competition atthe OHA convention.

Trenton had 72 members involvedin plant sales; garden tours; and a bustrip to Casa Loma. Service initiativesincluded Victoria Park PerennialGarden; a student bursary; WaterfrontTrail donation; and trees for the OldTown Hall.

Tweed has over 75 members tohelp President, Harald Neumann whohas spearheaded plans for a new gardennear Hwy #37 and Tim Horton’s. Hisvision is to create a memorial gardenand sanctuary where people can go fora quiet walk or sit down and enjoy thetrees and shrubs. Flowerama is on July1st at the Tweed Memorial Park. Theyare working on increasing youthmembership and are arranging to planttrees at the schools.

At a Glance

Over 1300 societymembers do all the usual – andoften unusual. The thing thatamazes me is the totalcommitment that thesesocieties have. They beautifytheir communities, awardbursaries, educate theirmembers, and encourage theyouth.

Several societies have beenactively involved in helpingtheir municipalities achievenational recognition fromCommunities in Bloom.

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Bobcaygeon continues to createnew municipal gardens and to addperennials and shrubs to various othersto provide and increase winter andsummer interest. V.P. Dave Marsden,with children from the public school,expanded the “Children’s Garden” atSettlers’ Village with the produce raisedgoing to the local food bank. DianeHearse created a lending library andinformation office, open to the public,with materials donated by members.

Brighton celebrated its 80thAnniversary by expanding the gardentour out into the township, giving abursary at the high school and a TrilliumAwards programme for the best gardenin the twelve municipal wards. Theyalso started a Peoples’ Choice Awardat the annual flower show.

Campbellford used a CommunityFoundation Grant to finish a project atPicnic Island Park and also completedthe South Entranceway Park project.Funds were raised for beautification ofthe Memorial Hospital and theMunicipality of Trent Hills.

Coboconk members enjoyed agarden tour and planted and maintainedover sixty baskets, barrels and boxes.They had a booth at the Lions’ ClubCarnival and participated in the SantaClaus Parade.

Cobourg’s new initiatives includedtwo fundraising bus tours to Acton

gardens and to Rama. An OHA jointsociety Special Project award was usedto provide plants for the SpeechleyPalliative Care Garden at the newhospital. Shows are now held in theTown Library. They also hosted anOHA ‘Working With Volunteers’workshop for districts in this area.

Colborne participated in the AppleBlossom Tyme Festival, planted 15beds in Castleton, Colborne and Salem,and donated plants and bulbs for theLakeshore Hospice fundraiser as wellas participating in the Speechley Gardenproject.

Fenelon Falls celebrated their 85thAnniversary by donating two parkbenches to the local museum and bywinning the Community in Bloom staraward for beautification. They alsotend a vegetable garden for, and makedonations to, the local food bank.

Grafton will be maintaining thenew Wicklow Heritage Park. Theyhosted a successful District meeting andmade donations to the HalifaxRecovery Fund and to the CommunityCentre. Twenty junior gardeners builtraised beds at the school and donatedthe vegetables raised there to the FairShare Food Bank.

Lakefield used plant sales tofinance many hanging baskets and stonetroughs as well for six gardens in thearea including a new one at the South

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Lakefield sign. To encourage others, agarden competition was held in summerand a Festival of Lights in Decemberfor which certificates were given. Their2004 yearbook calendar won theDistrict prize.

Lindsay’s very successful plantauction funded a number of excellentspeakers and a tour of three localgarden centres. They are nowpartnered with Lilac Gardens ofLindsay and participated in the MayLilac Festival.

Minden celebrated their 25thAnniversary with a special flower showand took part in the museum’s re-enactment of Queen Victoria’s Jubileein period costume with a demonstrationof croquet. They also hosted threepractical workshops making steppingstones, baskets and twig trellises.

Norland had two very successfulplant sales, funded plantings at theCenotaph and Library and a held agarden party. They also set up andorganized the Remembrance Daycelebration.

Norwood’s meetings featuredexpert speakers and Master Gardeneradvice. They are involved in localbeautification, Memorial Daypresentations and present a scholarship.Plant sales and shows draw thecommunity, in part thanks to goodmedia coverage and their webpage atwww.gardenontario.org/site.php/norwood.

Omemee celebrated a 65thAnniversary with an old-fashionedgarden party, a tour of members’gardens, two day-long field trips toPeter Keeping’s garden and to thePeterborough Ecology Garden. Theyalso entered a successful float in theSanta Claus Parade.

Peterborough, in conjunctionwith the area Master Gardeners, drewsix thousand people to anothersuccessful two-day ‘For The Love OfGardening’ show enabling them tocontribute plants, shrubs or donationsto Bridgenorth beautification, HospicePeterborough, the Ecology Park,Riverview Park and Zoo, and to theWarkworth Business Association. Theyprovide four, one thousand dollar,scholarships. In the massive flood theylost over 125 books, a library cart anda number of other supplies. TheirFleming Park project was also severelydamaged and is being restored.

Port Hope celebrated the 150thAnniversary with an excellent andpractical District fall meeting. Theyassisted the Ganaraska ConservationAuthority with Dorothy HouseMuseum Rotary Park, civic fountainrestoration and maintenance of theLibrary garden. As well, they providetwo scholarships for students going intohorticultural fields.

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District 4 consists of 17active societies encompassingHaliburton, Northumberland,Peterborough and VictoriaCounties.

Five societies celebratedanniversaries -- 25th, 65th,80th, 85th and 150th an-niversaries of service to thecommunities around them.

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Agincourt did public plantings atlocal schools and churches andparticipated in an outreach program atthe Tom Longboat Public School.

Aurora had a great plant sale andeveryone enjoyed the garden tour.

Beach was involved with thegardens at the Library and L’Arche/Greenwood House. They took a bustrip, had a plant sale and a garden tour.

East York was busy with thecontinued project of the rejuvenationand restoration of “the Rockery” atStan Wadlow Park. Many membersparticipated in Toronto’s “Spring CleanUp”. The Garden Tour visited eightgardens which were open for visitingon a variety of times and dates resultingin an unhurried and enjoyable event.

Greater Toronto Rose andGarden Society co-hosted the District5 Annual Meeting. They held asuccessful Rose Show and the Julygarden tour was a delightful day.

Lake Simcoe South Shoreplanted three gardens and sponsored aGarden contest in the community. Theafter school youth program was asuccess. To round out the busy yearthey finished with a winter bus tour toOwen Sound’s Christmas Festival ofLights.

Leaside was active involving localschool groups and physically challengedchildren with the joys of gardening.Some of the activities included workingon community plantings at Trace ManesCommunity Center, Father CaufieldParkett and the Lyndhurst Center.

Markham worked on theMarkham/Stouffville Hospital andMuseum gardens. This year theyfocused on children ... co-operatingwith a local elementary school to designgardens that will become part of theschool curriculum. Volunteers plantedspring bulbs at another elementaryschool.

Mount Albert had a wonderfulgarden tour and two plant sales, plusmaintained numerous flowerbedsthroughout the community. Theirsuccessful baking competition wascontinued with a new flavor each year.

Newmarket hosted a gardeningprogram for the elementary schoolchildren of Mazo de le Roche Schoolthat was showcased on the Rogerstelevision network! They maintainedthe garden at the community centre andplanted containers at Fairy Lake for theResurgence Theatre. Spring and fallbus tours were enjoyed.

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North Toronto again had a verywinning year ... first prize for theirentries at Canada Blooms, the CNE andat the District 5 Annual ... for the sixthconsecutive year they won best for“Horticultural Excellence”. They hadnine meetings at which seven hadflower shows. In their spare time theylobbied City Hall to prevent theinstitution of parking fees at the TBG,had a garden tour and held their annualflower show at the Don Mills Centre.

North York celebrated their 80thanniversary by giving a donation to theTrans Canada Trail to have a plaquecommemorating their anniversaryplaced in the Toronto pavilion. Theyco-hosted the District 5 AnnualMeeting, and held a profitable plant saleenabling them to provide 680 plants forMeals on Wheels ... 230 more than lastyear! They continued their support tothe Nature Conservancy of Canada andmaintained the garden at St. John’sRehabilitation Center. A successfulgarden tour was held and they visitedthe gardens of Casa Loma.

The Rhododendron Society heldfour meetings. One particularlysuccessful meeting included aworkshop on propagating methods andgrowing rhododendrons from seed.They raised their profile and worked ateducating the public at their booth atCanada Blooms and at their successfulplant sale. Several members venturedto the annual North AmericanRhododendron Convention in theU.S.A., the highlight of that was thepresentation of the Silver Medal to longtime member, Bob Dickhout.

Riverdale continues with it’sexcellent speaker program in an effortto remain dynamic, attract newmembers and maintain the interest ofcurrent members.

Scarborough hosted a profitableplant sale and a profitable bus tourwhich was thoroughly enjoyed bymembers. Meetings have been filled tocapacity due to an excellent speakersprogram, great snacks and mini flowershows at all meetings. The Juniors kepta high profile while participating inflower shows at all levels, with manyribbons to show for their entries ...including a first for their window boxentry at the CNE.

Stouffville was busy withcommunity plantings at the StouffvilleCemetery and working with the ParkPlanning Committee.

At a GlanceYork District 5 consists of

16 societies. We are a longand winding area that runs fromLake Simcoe down to LakeOntario.

The District 5 2004Annual Meeting was co-hostedby the East York and Leaside.What a great day! Thespeakers talked about globalwarming and how we can beinvolved in the restoration ofcity green spaces.

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District SixDistrict Director - Barbara Waddell

Acton is responsibile for a memorygarden, downtown planting, a plantingalong the creek edge, a library garden,and a RBG donation. Pride showed asPast President, Max MacSween, wasnamed Citizen of the Year.

Ancaster is experimenting with afive-member Presidents’ Council to actas President. Plantings included gardensat the Old Town Hall, the municipaloffices, Brandon Park, MillenniumPeace Park, and Fieldcote Museum.Civic beautification includes a TrilliumAwards program and floral arranging.

Brantford provided horticulturaltherapy sessions, garden festivals, andpublic plantings at three locations.They donated money for tree plantingsat Myrtleville Heritage Homestead, theHeritage Apple Orchard project, andthe Bell Homestead.

Bronte maintains gardens atSovereign House, participated in theGlen Abbey Home Show, took a bustour to Cummings’ Garden in Dundas,and had a tour of members’ gardens.Members volunteer time at OakvilleGreenhouse, and they cooperate withHalton Region to promote composting.

Burlington performs communityprojects such as donating a grow lightstand, maintaining perennial beds, anda dry shade garden. They financed two$500 projects to replace plant material,supported three different elementary

schools in horticultural science projects,and conducted the Civic Rose Awards.

Delhi & District worked with theBIA in the Adopt-a-Planter program.They held bus trips, staged a flowershow, donated to project funding forseven schools, and refurbished beds atthe Tobacco Museum.

Flamborough held a plant sale, asilent auction, mini-flower shows, a bustrip within the district, a garden tourand a Christmas dinner for members.They run a Trillium Awards program,and are active in civic beautification.

Georgetown held a seed swap,plant sale, flower shows at MarketplaceMall, a garden tour, and staged a gardencontest. They plant and maintaincommunity gardens at five locations.

Glen Morris held a spring and fallflower show, a members’ garden tour,a pot-luck dinner, and a “hands-onmeeting” where members createsomething. They plant and maintainseven community beds and are workingon an eighth. Youth membership isencouraged to participate in activities.

Haldimand plants and maintainseleven gardens in five towns. They helda plant sale, a bus trip; entered a CanadaDay float in the Caledonia Parade, andparticipated in society competition atCaledonia Fair. Meetings includecompetitions for specimens, designs,plants and crafts.

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Lynden community projectsinclude plantings at the LegionCenotaph, Lions Park, and UnitedChurch. Their meetings include a“horticultural tip” from their members.

Milton & District continues toattract new members through WelcomeWagon, a newsletter, and flyers. Theydeveloped and maintain two civicgardens, and contributed to gardens attwo other locations. They held a plantsale, bus tour, garden tour, two flowershows, and a photo competition.

Mount Hamilton maintainsgardens at “Jason House”. Theyworked on the Hamilton TrilliumAwards, contributed to two bursaries,donated garden magazine subscriptionsto ten libraries, and provided plants forMeals on Wheels.

Oakville plantings included flowerbeds at parkettes, cancer hospices, andschool and church gardens. Meetingsincluded design and horticulturalcompetitions. Workshops were heldand financial assistance given to severalprograms including a donation to RBG.

Paris has a program includingtown park and flower beds, daffodilplanting along road sides, Arbour Daytree planting, and Adopt-a-Road. Their“Spring Time in Paris” garden tour andtheir plant sale are highlights of the year.

Port Dover and Woodhouse heldflower shows and a successful bus trip.Their Auction Sale, Tea Room andCountry Store were well received.Other highlights included a pot-lucksupper, society picnic, and a jointmeeting with other area societies.

St. George Garden Club againhosted the District Presidents’ Meeting.Village plantings included the mainstreet barrels, hanging pots, beds at theCenotaph, parking lot and lily beds.

They started a youth group with 22members. They helped plant 20,000tree seeds at Onondaga Farms in theGrand River watershed.

Simcoe & District held flowercompetitions, spring gardening classesfor youngsters, and Norfolk CountyFair booth decorating. Their AugustFlower and Vegetable show had 50juniors place over 400 entries.

Stoney Creek planted andmaintained the garden in front of SmithKnoll, donated to the City of HamiltonTrillium Awards Program, and theRBG. Special events included a tourof members’ gardens and a bus tour.Magazines, books and audio equipmentwere given to two elementary schoolsand one high school.

Waterford & District had twogarden tours, a silent auction, a plantsale, and a Flower and Vegetable Show.Public gardens were maintained, severaltrees were planted and park benchesinstalled. The rehabilitation of BridgePark is now seeing fruition.

Winona donates to the WinonaFood Bank, the Royal BotanicalGardens, and does plantings around theWinona Peach Festival sign.

At a Glance

The Carolinian District has21 very active societies.

The website and a districtbrochure were developed anddisplays were placed at theBrantford Gardening Festivaland the Ontario Garden Show.

Executive roles are beingdefined promoting productivemeetings and communications.

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District SevenDistrict Director - Marlene Bruckhardt

Arthur continues to maintainfloral beds in the community andoffered two workshops in addition tofour flower shows and regularmeetings. They have a BBQ at theirplant sale with a draw near the end ofthe sale. They close their year with apotluck dinner, awards evening andannual general meeting.

Clifford has a spring and summerflower show and combine their annualmeeting with a Christmas potluckdinner. They have an active youth clubwith two flower shows and a gardenproject and the youth memberscompeted in the District YouthCompetition held in Elora.

Elora/Salem is host for aGardening Conference held yearly inFebruary. They are actively involvedin Arbour Week plantings and have asummer show in August involving theiryouth members. They are the oldestsociety in District 7 that dates back to1850. Elora was the host society forthe District Youth Competition held inlate August.

Erin continues with plant sales andflower shows. This year they had aflower design workshop and a series ofone day garden visits which allowedthem to appreciate each garden whenat its best. They have a new websitewhich allows them to provide regularlyupdated information on their activities.

Fergus continue their undertakingof beautifying Terry Fox Park at theentrance to the community and makingit an inviting, restful oasis. They haveflower shows and regular meetings.They are working on revisiting andrevamping their constitution and tostabilize plans related to civicbeautification.

Grand Valley have mini flowershows at their meetings in addition tothe spring and fall flower shows. Theyalso have a Strawberry Social in Juneand a banquet and awards night inNovember.

Guelph City have a verysuccessful garden tour program, plantsale and outreach flower shows held ina local mall. They have introduced a15 minute gardening demonstrationprior to their regular meetings which iswell attended. They had a bus tour toCanada Blooms. Their youth membersare active and take part each year inthe District youth competition.

Guelph Township have threeflower shows a year with the summershow in August being a very largecompetition and the youth entries equalor exceed those of the adult members.They have a potluck dinner and awardsevening in March, and a BBQ in June.They also have an active youth groupand compete in the District youthcompetition.

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Harriston have mini flower showsin addition to their spring and summerflower and vegetable shows in May andAugust and they close their year withthe annual meeting and potluck supperin November. In June they held theirthird annual plant sale in conjunctionwith the Harriston Garden Festival.

Hillsburg is a small society thatcontinues promoting horticulturalactivities and plantings in theircommunity. They have resumedactivity with the district.

Maryborough (Moorefield) havea regular newsletter detailing activitiesof the society, regular flower shows, abus tour and members who work oncommunity plantings along with regularmeetings and flower shows. Two oftheir members are taking part in theO.H.A. Judging School, one who istraining as a judge and the other toimprove their knowledge on showwork.

Mount Forest has worked hardwith the Communities in Bloomprogram and are proud to be on thenational Communities in Bloom map.The society plants and maintains eightgardens around town and residents areputting more thought and energy intotheir own gardens. They had threeflowers shows, a garden tour and aplant sale.

Orangeville is an active societywith a regular newsletter, plant sale,flower shows and workshops to aidtheir members. They had workshopson basic flower arranging; advancedfloral design; digital camera workshops,knowing your birds; and creating ascree garden. In 2003 the societyundertook an innovative flower showentitled “Kaleidoscope - A Designer’sShowcase” which they repeated in 2004

and it is open to all members ofhorticultural societies. After judging,the show is open to the public to seethese most interesting and challengingdesigns by the O.H.A. members.

Shelburne had a “bring a friend”meeting in February and a horticulturaland design workshop in May. Theyhold a flower show in May and August.They close their year with a potlucksupper and the presentation of prizemoney and awards. They organized abus tour to Canada Blooms and alsothe Royal Botanical Gardens inBurlington.

At aGlance

District 7 has 14 societieslocated in the counties ofDufferin and Wellington. TheSpring District Annual Meetingwas hosted by the Grand ValleySociety and the Fall Districtmeeting was hosted by theHarriston Society. A DistrictPresident’s meeting is held inMarch each year.

Youth members are anactive and important part of ourprogram and we have a yearlycompetition with youthmembers from differentsocieties competing with floraldesigns and vegetable displays.The host society for this eventin 2004 was the Elora/SalemSociety.

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District EightDistrict Director - Valerie Neal

Auburn celebrated its 150thanniversary. They planted areas suchas the entrance bridges, 22 barrels, andManchester Gardens and co-sponsoreda home beautification project with sixfamilies recognized for their efforts. ACanada Blooms trip was a highlight.

Bayfield was busy at the library,Mara St. walkway, Lo Harbour, MainSt. Triangle, War Memorial, and aparkette at Victoria and Euphemia.They participated in the PioneerRummage Sale and local Home andGarden Show.

Blyth erected a plaque at theHorticultural Park to explain the societyrole in the community and planted andmaintained planters and gardensthroughout the village. Notable areasinclude a butterfly garden, parking lotplanters, the cemetery flowerbed andgardens at the Pump House.

Brussels was busy with tours andparticipation in the local Fall Fair wherethey supplied a number of prizes in theflower section. Their 52 members tendMain St. flower boxes, hanging potsand a library garden.

Chesley had a flower show and abarbeque in Elliot Park where they tendseveral flower beds. Plantings includethe cairn, town entrances and cenotaph.

Clinton had informative andentertaining speakers at their meetingsand they enjoyed a tour of a lily farm.

The 50 members work to maintainflower beds at Sloman’s Park.

Durham creates and maintainsareas from the entrance signs to bedsin seven town parks. Members workedto install wrap-around hanging basketsin two parks. They play a key role inthe town clean up day and at the HerbFair and Fall Fair, and hosted adecorating for the holidays workshop.

Eastnor is active in planningstreetscape projects and planting andmaintaining the community gardens.Meetings feature speakers such as BillLoney of Keppel Croft Farm, gardentours and demonstrations. Membersshared garden renovation experiencesand garden plants in a sale.

Goderich works at the hospital,MacKay Centre, and the library. Theyinstalled a sprinkler system as well as abirdbath and patio stones at variousgardens. A plant auction was held inMay and plants are sold at the SundayFlea Market at Historic Gaol.

Hanover members tend the flowerboxes on the bridges as well as publicgardens and flower beds. The Augustflower show focused on Hanover’sHomecoming celebrations and mag-nificent displays of flower specimens,planters and floral designs were seen.

Hensell sponsors many categoriesin the Spring Fair, plants and maintainsflower beds at the entrances and in

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village gardens. They are responsiblefor the hanging baskets and churchesreceive funds to use for beautification.

Kincardine held a garden seminarin May. Featured speakers were DennisFlanagan, Janet Anderson, MichealPoscoe and Stephanie Morris. Over200 people took part in the garden tourfeaturing six gardens of contrastingstyles. They planted and took care of20,000 annual plants in the community!Their signature garden, The FlagpoleGarden, received a new park bench.

Lucknow purchased bells for theMain St., and the brickwork completed.They help the Girl Guide group withthe upkeep of the Memorial Garden. Aflower show featured 150 exhibits.

Markdale society highlight was apresentation by noted horticulturalistLiz Primeau. Members enjoyed aMystery Garden Tour. 107 membersdevelop extensive gardens around thelibrary, the cenotaph, the boxes on MainSt., the hospital and town gates.

Mildmay participated in theRotary Day Park festivities, the Fall Fairand planted community daffodils. Theyassisted local Sparks and Brownies earnbadges and planted an Arbour Day tree.

Neustadt celebrated its 20thanniversary with a banquet and PaulZammit as speaker. A large flowershow was held and included a youthsection. They held a garden walk andtwo bus trips. Members look afterboxes and beds in Neustadt and Ayton.

Ripley tends planters at the fourentrances, the library and cemetery. AtChristmas they assist with baskets forMain St. and decorating Lewis Park.A village garden tour was taken and amystery bus tour took them to a nurseryin St. Thomas, a hosta farm and aninteresting garden shop in Stratford.

Seaforth with 85 members, wasbusy with interesting guest speakers, aplant sale, a bus trip, and they wereactive in Ciderfest celebrations.

Southport combines the gardenersof Southampton and Port Elgin and doprojects at S.C. Huston Public School,the Legion, the Beer Store, and theentrance signs for Sauble Road andChippwa. Liz Primeau speaking onfront yard gardening was a highlight.

Tara hosted the AGM. Theytended the new Rotary Park, 15 villagebeds and four grassed areas. A flowershow, a plant sale and work with thedowntown business improvementgroup to plant and maintain Main St.boxes and baskets kept them busy.

Teeswater Culross members tendthe community hill, library, cenotaphand Post Office gardens. They enjoyedtrips to the Botanical Gardens and theGeritol Follies in Hamilton.

Walkerton entered the NationalCommunities in Blooms and wereawarded five blooms! They enjoyed aNiagara area wine tour, and a greatbreakfast at Larkwhistle with Patrickand John. A new garden was named‘Memory Lane’ to recall Walkerton’spast. They had a successful garden tour.

Wingham members tend gardensin parks, the campground entrance,community trails, cenotaph and townentrances. They had a ‘HomecomingParade’ float and trees were planted tocommemorate Past Presidents.

At a Glance

We had a wonderfuldisplay at the InternationalPloughing Match in Meaford.

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District NineDistrict Director - Diane Kiers

Dunnville proudly celebrated theirDiamond Jubilee or 75th Anniversaryand hosted the Annual Spring Forumwhere everyone was given their emblemflower, a red geranium. The youthgroup were awarded the Lemke OHAYouth Garden Award for 2004. Civicactivities included flower beds andparticipation in Dunnville’s Home &Garden Show. Repairing the town’sfloral clock is in the planning.

Fort Erie won top honors in theCommunities In Bloom competition for2004 and look forward to 2005 at thenational level. They kept busy with aplant sale, garden walks, bus trips, aseed exchange, three flower shows andfund raisers. In 2005 they will host theDistrict Fall Forum with a BBQ andnoted speaker Frank Kershaw.

Grimsby will host the DistrictSpring Forum with speakers EarlWalker, OHA Past President, andCharlie Dobins of HGTV. The 213members plant flowerbeds on ElmStreet and provide town flower baskets.They organize, judge and present townTrillium Awards. They had floral designcourses, a workshop on creating herbbaskets and discussed how to becomea Master Gardener. Bus trips includedCanada Blooms and Strong Daylilies.

Lincoln continues to maintain theMillenium Forest Project in Vineland,assist the students of Beamsville High

School, provide support to NiagaraSchool of Horticulture/GlendaleCampus, take part in Niagara Collegeopen house and maintain a park atAlbright Manor. They have a gardentour, potluck supper, plant sale andparticipate at Beamsville Fair.

Niagara Falls tends the firehallflower beds, funds a Trillium Award for‘Best Neighbourhood’, and gives ascholarship at the Niagara Parks Schoolof Horticulture. Projects included anarbour at the Ontario Early YearsChildren’s Centre Garden, donations to“Project Share” and the “CommunityKitchen” and they plant the library.They hold flower shows, garden strolls,plant exchanges, bus trips and flowerdesign workshops.

Niagara-On-The-Lake plans tointroduce their ‘Sunshine Club’ whichwill assist seniors with the upkeep oftheir gardens. Activities include bustrips, garden tours, workshops and theirRose Show and Flower and VegetableShow.

Pelham planted at the FonthillLegion and the Fenwick flagpole. Theyparticipate in the Niagara College OpenHouse, sit on the Pelham Communitiesin Bloom committee and volunteer atthe Flower and Garden Show. Theydonate to the Niagara College TreeTrust Fund, E. L. Crossley SecondarySchool horticultural program and

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Ridgeville Communities in Bloomproject. They launched their website,www.pelhamhortscty.com

Port Colborne celebrated it’s 75thAnniversary and life memberships werepresented to Helen Tanaszi and LorettaSt. Louis. A Meritorious ServiceAward went to Marci Lunt, sevenVolunteer Awards and eightBeautification Certificates were alsogiven. They donate to two libraries anda scholarship was presented. They haveflower beds, placed a bench at theChamber of Commerce and planted inRose Shimansky Park. They have aJune rose show and a fall flower show.

Ridgeway participated in theNiagara College Open House, the firstNiagara Garden and Flower Show anddid civic plantings are StevensvilleMemorial Hall and Library, and CrystalRidge Library. A contribution wasmade towards the flowering baskets inCrystal Beach. In 2005 they lookforward to helping plant the new 65acre Shag Bark Nature Trail.

Smithville enjoyed a trip toCanada Blooms, participated in the fallfair and made aprons to wear at clubevents. They promoted their club witha display at the Smithville Library,planted and maintained the ‘FlowerBarrel Garden’ at the train station anddonated books to two libraries. Theysupport the South Lincoln High School‘Memory Garden’, give a scholarship,encourage youth at the fall fair and holdgarden and flower arranging workshopsfor them.

St. Catharines will miss PastPresident Guy Bridgestock and MGLydia Szukis who have passed away.They celebrated their 147thAnniversary and dedicated a garden atChurch and Niagara Streets to honor

volunteers. They hold monthly flowershows, a garden walk and plant sale.Donations were made to CommunityCare, Community Harvest Day, NiagaraCollege Library, City Trillium Awards,Collegiate, and bursaries at NiagaraCollege and Kernahan Park SecondarySchool.

Thorold celebrated their 75thAnniversary with a dinner and awardsevening. Plantings were at the touristcentre, library, Historic Museum andRichmond St. Park. With the youth,they did Arbour Day plantings. A highschool bursary plus donations to the St.Johns’ Learning Centre and The MelSwartz Park were given. A plant sale,Rose & Flower Show and a Fall Flowerand Vegetable Show rounded out theiryear.

Welland were proud of theirbeautiful rose show and successfulgarden walk. They participated inCommunity Days, and donated to cityflower beds and senior’s facilities.Merit Awards were given forbeautification to city residents. Theyalso sponsor their youth in the “TheBud Club” at Vermeers.

At a Glance

District 9 has 13 societiesin Niagara South, NiagaraNorth and Haldimand.

The Spring Forum will behosted by Grimsby on April30th and the Fall Forum by FortErie on Sept. 17, 2005.

Dunnville, Port Colborneand Thorold all celebrated 75thAnniversaries!

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District TenDistrict Director - Jim Mabee

Belmont & Area joined District10 on February 2nd, 2005 with theirincorporation approved by StevePeters, Minister of Agriculture andFood. They have held monthlymeetings at the library on the 4thTuesday of each month at 7:30 p.m.

Dorchester held a plant sale,strawberry social and a garden tour.Plantings took place at the library,cenotaph, senior’s VON entrance, plazaentrance, Bridge St. flower boxes,welcome signs, legion barrels andHarrietsville/Mossley ball diamond.Youth projects included a craft day.They were superb at hosting the OHAboard evening for the 2004 convention.

Dutton/Dunwich tended 19flower beds and parks while revampinga couple of their larger gardens. Theywent to Canada Blooms and touredGrey County gardens.

Glencoe toured Kincardine to seetheir involvement in Communities InBloom and held a spring plant sale. Oneof their plantings was a MemorialGarden at the local ball park.

Ingersoll & District had a sevenstop ‘Parade of Gardens’. A newproject was a xeriscape garden atAlexandra Hospital. They participatedin the “Parade of Lights”, Rural Expoin Woodstock and the Embro Fair aswell as managing the volunteers roomat the convention.

Kirkton hosted two workshopsfor design and made financial donationsto Kirkton, Exeter and Mitchell Fairs.Amaryllis bulbs were planted anddistributed to five nursing homes. Forthe convention, they managed the infotable and helped with registration.

Lambeth planted a Serviceberrytree for Earth Week, and did variouscivic plantings throughout the village.Responsible for the bus tours at the98th OHA Convention in London,District 10 ‘tips our hat’ to them.

Listowel & District tended theNorth Perth Park, cenotaph, publicareas, and the library. Youth projectsincluded birdhouses and planters.

London held a plant sale, springshow, a fair display, plant exchanges, atree planting, and took bus trips. Theywere active at the Western Fair FarmShow in March plus the 10-day Fair inSeptember. Responsible for the tablecentrepieces and foyer display at theconvention, they did a magnificent job!

London/Fanshawe completed it’sfirst year as a society and now have amembership of 122. They held a majorplant sale at Eastern Star Temple andhad two field trips within thecommunity. Along with this theytended the Central Library Gardens.

Parkhill Area celebrated their15th Anniversary by planting trees inCoronation Park that will shade the new

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benches. The town beds were superband the boulevards were a showpiece!

Port Burwell-Bayham plantedtrees, maintained town gardens and puton a beautiful performance with theircement planters in the village.

Rodney & District continued withtheir tree and plant sale, hangingbaskets, care of ten flower beds, adisplay at Rodney Fair and decoratedlamp posts for the Santa Claus Parade.

St. Marys had 348 membersincluding 11 Life Members and 22Juniors. They held a standard show forthe Garden Clubs of Ontario’s 6thSchool for Design Judges. A beautifullibrary cart was unveiled and they hadsix members awarded the OntarioMinistry of Citizenship VolunteerService Awards. The OHA SpecialProjects grant enabled them tocomplete Phase 1 of the Peace Garden.Table favours was their excellentcontribution to the convention.

St. Thomas hosted the 2004District Annual Meeting and tended thegarden at the Kiwanis Senior Complex.Two cleanup days in the Adopt-A-Highway program were completed.They held a workshop on LandscapeDesign. Their duties for the conventionwere the flower and youth shows.

Stratford & District created a“Memorial Garden” in memory of pastpresident Bonnie Richardson. Theflower show included a tea room and adisplay by the camera club. Basic andintermediate design workshopsenhanced the quality and quantity attheir flower show. Garden tours; PlantA Row, Grow A Row; a craft groupmaking greeting cards; and a MarchBreak children’s workshop rounded outtheir year. Convention duties saw themcapably doing all the signage.

Strathroy-Caradoc celebratedtheir 60th Anniversary by becominginvolved in Comminities In Bloom andpreparing for the 2005 District AnnualMeeting. They installed a court yardat the Strathroy Senior Centre; a flowerbed at the corner of Victoria andCaradoc Streets; and tended sevengardens in Strathroy and MountBridges. For the convention, theirduties were the vendors.

Tavistock was especially proud ofa purchase of a shade tree for the PublicSchool grounds. Activities included aGarden Fair, a garden tour, a display atthe fall fair where they also donate prizemoney, and planting and maintaininggardens around the town.

Thorndale tended the townshipoffice and garage, Wye Creek Park, thecenotaph, community centre, Jack’sGarden, library, Hope Garden, a rosegarden, town barrels, and flower boxeson the bridge. They planted 450daffodil bulbs in the pouring rain.

Tillsonburg made extensive plansfor bus trips; held two plant and bakesales; a successful flower show; andmembers’ open garden tours. Plantingswere done at the cemetery, Station ArtsCentre, entrance signs, Simcoe St.bridge, Legion and Mineral Springs.The Junior Gardeners’ program was ahuge success. As convention greetersthey were superb.

West Lorne & Community puttheir focus on building flower boxes forthe business area. Donations werecollected and the West Elgin SecondarySchool technology classes designed andbuilt the boxes.

Woodstock established a youthclub with 11 members; held workshops;and took bus tours. For the convention,they capably hosted the social evening.

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District ElevenDistrict Director - Rose Johnson

Ambassador held nine regularmeetings at the Bedford United Church,Sandwich Towne area in the far westend of Windsor. They tried acombination plant, bake and yard salethis year and held a flower show.

Belle River & District helped theERCA at the Belle River LakeshorePark where they re-landscaped, addeda fish habitat, new washroom facilitiesand a new bridge over the river. 39large specimen trees were planted andnearly 300 smaller trees and shrubswere purchased. Along with the RotaryClub they erected a new gazebo.

Blenheim-Harwich hostedDistrict 11’s Spring Meeting. With theaid of the BIA they planted hangingbaskets and coordinated the floraldisplays around the community. At theCherry Festival, they organized acontainer garden contest. Gardeningbooks and magazines were donated tothe local library and they awarded abursary to the Blenheim District HighSchool.

Brigden & District held twoflower shows and entered a display inthe fall fair. Youth members entereddecorated pumpkins in the fair and tookmany ribbons and prizes.

Essex & District were busy withgeneral meetings and area plantingswhere their members volunteered theirtime and efforts.

Fort Malden honoured Florenceand Charlie Bowyer with a rose arbourand two benches installed in SeagramPark. Also honoured was Dr. JohnSpellman with a tree planted in the park.A successful Rhododendron sale washeld in May. They donated to thetown’s hanging baskets and increasedtheir scholarship fund from $300. to$500. Tree plantings took place alongLaird Avenue with the assistance of the“TD Friends of the Environment”program. The Library LandscapingProject phase I was completed andplans made for phase II.

Grand Bend applied for andreceived a Trillium Grant that theydedicated to the landscaping of theCommunity Health Centre. The annualpicnic saw Director, Alan Batke,presenting Service Certificates todeserving members.

Greater Windsor delivered 4-packs of Begonias to 120 seniors in thearea and donated Iris to the Iris House.They planted and maintained theRiverside Health Care Centre, and St.John the Baptist School native habitatwhich they helped establish.

Kingsville tended many sites inboth Kingsville and Cottam -- LakesidePark, library, IODE, OPP, high school,town hall, Cottom Ridgeview Park andBIA planters. Volunteers staffed thetourist booth and with the proceeds

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from this were able to purchase twoVictorian steel settees for thedowntown area.

Leamington planted a tree inmemory of past treasurer, LornaSwitzer. Activities included a booth atthe Home and Garden Show, a plantsale and tour of the Home and GardenShow in Detroit. A new project was agranite memorial in honour of pastmembers, installed in the Sun ParlourHome. Two benches were installed atDieppe Park.

Ridgetown & District were busytending and caring for beds at the east,west and south entrance to the town;Mickle Park; Ebenezer St. and Main St.concrete planters; Firehall Terraces;Mary’s Garden; Pioneer Walk; postoffice; library; Ridgetown ServiceCentre; Ridgetown CommunityGardens; Native Forest Trail;Information Coach; Walnut Street;Trees Memorial Forest; GreenwoodCemetery; Retail Planter Program; theVillage Retirement Home; and theRidgetown Swimming Pool.

Sarnia had a successful plant sale;visited DeGroot’s Nursery; held a Rose& Flower Show at Lambton Mall, andalso held a Flower and Vegetable Showat Lambton Mall. The College StreetGarden, owned by the Sarnia Hort.Society, has been a centre of their focusfor the past couple of years and theyare looking into the insurance issues.

Thamesville had a busy year withthe Town Hall Redesigning Projectwhere they have expended great efforts.

Tilbury tended beds in downtownTilbury, Comber and Merlin. Theywere involved in the Memorial ForestProject with the Lower Thames ValleyConservation Authority at NorthsidePark in Tilbury. Nine trees were planted

in memory of loved ones. They alsoplanted five trees in Tilbury MemorialPark. Two scholarships to studentsentering a horticultural program at St.Clair College were given to TilburyHigh School students.

Watford/Warwick was busyholding workshops and a successfulChristmas home tour. They again puta lot of effort into their YouthGardeners projects.

At a Glance

District 11 contains thecounties of Essex, Kent andLambton and over 3500members. The most southerncontingent of the OntarioHorticultural Association, all ofthe societies were busy withplant and seed sales, gardentours, flower shows, plantingand maintaining their beautifulcities and towns, as well asholding interesting andinformative monthly meetings.

As the new DistrictDirector for District 11, RoseJohnson, would like to thank allthe societies for their help andsupport over the past year andlooks forward to new andexciting things to come in thefuture. The lasting legacyprovided for future generationswill be shown in the quality ofour environment that we areprotecting with today’sdedication to planting trees,shrubs and flowers.

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District TwelveDistrict Director - Kees Stryland

Englehart & District Horti-cultural Society continued to do whatthey do best -- hold educational andentertaining general meetings for theirmembers! Volunteers prepared andplanted the town beds, including thehospital and town signs. The SpringPlant and Bake Sale was followed bythe Summer Barbecue held at AidieCreek Gardens. At the fall fair, and theTownship of Evanturel’s 100thAnniversary, they staffed a successfulinformation booth to promotehorticulture and their local society. Inthe classroom youth memberhorticultural meetings were held atnoon hours with as many as 100 youthmembers attending.

Cochrane Horticultural Societyplanned activities on the rejuvenion andmaintainence of two of their plantedbeds, one at Lady Minto Hospital andone at the Hillcrest Play Park’s butterflygarden. Efforts were also put into thePolar Bear Park where they plantedinteresting perennials and trees. Theyheld a successful herb plantingworkshop in May and a garden tour inJuly. Their participation in theBlueberry Festival, for the first time inAugust, proved to be a great success.They held their popular Annual Flower

and Vegetable Show in conjunctionwith the Cochrane Fall Fair.

Iroquois Falls HorticulturalSociety is one of the smaller societiesin the district, but, they still do lots oftown plantings in conjunction with thecity, where they give general expertiseto the City Beautification committee.A successful, ongoing gardencompetition still interests and attractsmany participants.

Kapuskasing HorticulturalSociety had 52 members and celebratedit’s 75th Anniversary where LifeMembers were asked to help celebrateby cutting a cake. Also in honour oftheir 75th, the society busiedthemselves planting 300 Darwin HybridTulips and two dozen Daffodil bulbs inthe society’s Mini Park located besidethe main highway that passes throughtown. They maintained a flowerbed atRiverside Park, and had a display in thepark during the Lumberjack Festival inJuly. A self-guided garden tour washeld in August. The annual Flower andVegetable Show was held at the CivicCentre Auditorium which was officiallyopened by the Mayor.

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Kirkland Lake HorticulturalSociety always sells out of tickets fortheir popular annual roast beef dinnerwhich is held at the local Legion. Abusy society, they planted thousands ofannuals at many of the local touristattractions, including the MinersMemorial Museum, the Royal CanadianLegion Hall, cenotaph, airport, WorksDepartment office, RecreationalComplex and many other parts of thedowntown area. They host the annual‘Shop and Stop’ that is always wellattended and very successful. Anothersuccessful venture for this society is theannual Flower and Vegetable Showwhich attracts many participants.

Porcupine Horticultural Societyhad sixteen people participate in thecommunity raised beds at the AnglicanChurch and are planning to add extrabeds, resulting in extra volunteerscoming forward and asking to comeaboard and give assistance. They areoffering a gardening program forseniors at the Spruce Hill Lodge thatgives gardening advice and helps theseniors with the raised beds. They willjoin the city to revitalize one of theparks to honour Georgina and StanHunter, two of their original societyfounding members.

Timmins Horticultural Societyplanted a large circular flower bed byGilles Lake with Chrysanthemums thatwere donated by the Canadian TireGarden Centre; as well as withnumerous other perennials. Theycontinue to hold their Annual Flower

and Vegetable Show as well as specificone-day shows throughout the year.This society is quite heavily involvedin youth planting and teachinghorticulture both in the classroom andin the community.

At a Glance

The seven societies inDistrict 12 cover a vastgeographical territory and areas diverse in their types ofactivities as they are in theirdistances. Some societiesshowcase their showing andgrowing abilities at their ownhorticultural shows whileothers combine with the localagricultural societies toenhance and enlarge theirefforts. Some hold springshows, some summer showsand some fall shows.

Working with the juniormembers is a huge endeavourthat is taken very seriously bythis northern district. Many ofthe youth programs are inconjuction with the local schoolactivities and are held duringnoon hour breaks -- and theyare very well attended!

Spring and fall gettogethers are held and eachsociety has the chance to host.

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District ThirteenDistrict Director - Claire Liinamaa

Assiginack is one of the smallestsocieties in our district but is one of themost active. They are celebrating their50th Anniversary in 2005, and theirflower show and community plantingswill reflect this event. The O.H.A.District 13 Quilt is being retired thisyear and will be showcased at theAssiginak Museum in Mindemoya.

Blind River is a very energetic andenthusiastic group. Their ‘BeanSupper’ held annually in February as afund raiser was especially successfulthis year. They maintain a lovely parkin the town and last year a specialdedication of a stone monument washeld in honor of President Lynn Brown,who had passed away. Blind Riverhosts the District Advisory Councilmeetings at their Marina on beautifulLake Huron.

Bruce Station is the smallestsociety in the district and bravelyhosted our Annual Meeting this year.It was beautifully done, with the theme“Can You Dig It?” focusing on thearea’s past copper mining industry.Congrats to this very deserving society!

Campbell flower shows are well-known throughout the district. Thereare usually over 500 entries by at least30 competitors. Their specimen entriesare well presented and the designclasses are extraordinary. They have avery active youth group that wins many

ribbons at Convention competitions.This past year the Society drew up andadopted a new constitution.

Elliot Lake members had a verysuccessful year. They initiated thebeginning of gardens to be located atthe Civic Centre. Their plans are tobeautify the town for its 50thAnniversary. They are continuing tohave interesting and educationalmeetings at Renaisscence Hall. Theirflower show, held at the end of July, isalways very interesting to attend andalso includes a ‘Country Store’.

Espanola continues to be a veryactive and viable group. Their meetingsare interesting with speakers such asLaura Patrie, a how-to demo on howto start annuals from seed. Linda Hugliheld a workshop on “The LivingPillow”. The society partnered with theDistrict Social Services Board by beingjudges in a garden contest beinginitiated at the family housing units.

Lake George members kept quitebusy this past year. There was a bustour to the Soo to view their communitygardens and also the New NorthGreenhouses. Another tour was toAdcock Gardens on St. Joseph Island.They held their annual picnic; there wasa tour of local gardens and their annualflower display and luncheon was held.They plant and maintain six communityflower beds.

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Massey-Walford is a small societythat is managing to keep quite active.Their meetings are held at the PublicLibrary. Their flower show is wellattended. Society members maintain alovely park and rose garden on a veryvisible corner on the main highway. Itfeatures a gazebo and benches where aweary traveler can stop to admire .

St. Joseph Island is the home ofthe fabulous Adcock Gardens. Thissociety is highly motivated with astrong community spirit. They plantand maintain eight flower beds as wellas window boxes in both towns on theisland. Every July they host a gardentea and a guided tour of the grounds ofthe Adcock Gardens.

Sault Ste. Marie is one of thelargest societies, located at the westernmost end of the District. It isunbelievable the number of projectsthese members tackle. Recipients of aTrillium Grant for their work inCommunity Gardening. They also wonrecognition and a grant from the OHAfor their continuing work at theRiverview Centre Therapeutic Garden,located at the hospital for mentallychallenged patients. They raise fundsthrough the sale of bulbs and have agigantic plant sale in May. Theirmonthly meetings are kept interestingwith small floral displays and top-notchspeakers on a wide variety of subjects.They also host an Annual Garden Tourand a mid-summer Flower & VegetableShow. “News in Bloom” is theirmonthly newsletter.

Sudbury is another large societyand is located at the eastern most endof the District. They hold a largenumber of fundraising events beginningin March with two bus loads of peoplegoing to Canada Blooms in Toronto.

Two annual plant sales held inconjunction with the Master Gardenersare successful. They plant and maintainJohn St. Park, the grounds at C.N.I.B.Cambrian Hall, and “The Garden ofLife” at St. Joseph’s Villa. Thehighlight this year was partnering withthe Lung Association and the MasterGardeners in the creation of a GardenFestival which also incorporated theAfrican Violet Show that was highlysuccessful. Six flower shows are heldthroughout the year. A newsletter ispublished monthly and an annualyearbook is distributed to all members.2006 will be their 95th Anniversary andthey will be hosting the AGM with thetheme “Rousing the Senses”.

Thessalon society is finding itdifficult to compete with the many othersports and social clubs in such a smalltown. Their small membership try veryhard to plant and maintain the twoflower beds at each entrance. Theyhave also extended the lovely plantingat the Marina. These flower bedswelcome everyone with a wonderfuldisplay of colour, and give the membersa great sense of accomplishment.

At a Glance

District 13 is located alongthe North Shore of Lake Huronand dips south into St. JosephIsland and Manitoulin. Thankgoodness I have three verycapable Assistant Directors.

I am pleased to announcethat as of April 27, 2005, wehave a new society. TheSpanish Horticultural Societybrings us to 13 societies.

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District FourteenDistrict Director - Harriet Hansen

Atikokan had a very busy yearwith 10 workshops, public plantings,making ice candles for the “Walk forCancer”, the completion of LegionPoint Museum Upgrade Project, cleanand green group and the care of theplants at the Extended Care Wing ofthe Hospital and at the local library. Forexcitement and fun they entered into thelocal Christmas parade.

Thunder Bay had a keynotespeaker on landscaping and flowerbeddesigns and members held workshopson Orchids, Irises, Begonias, Amaryllis,and Trees. Long-time member RalphBullough presented a slide show fromhis visit to horticultural areas ofCornwall, in Great Britain. The yearended with a potluck supper and fooddonations for the Faye Peterson HouseChristmas Cheer Fund.

Evergreen Thumbs saw electionscompleted and the group adopted theirfirst constitution. They formed a youthgroup of which five of the groupexperimented in the winter sowing ofseeds. Coffee mugs with the societylogo were given to speakers and gardentour hosts as gifts and the rest wereused as a fundraiser.

Fort Frances was well underwaywith plantings at the library, Home forthe Aged, CN Station and new GoodNeighbours Garden. Communities inBloom are well under way in this

community and is a new endeavor. Apicnic in the park was held to celebratethe 35th anniversary. A new projectwas two floral displays installed in thewindow of Rainy Lake Hotel to thedelight of passing shoppers. Theirflower show drew a large crowds.

Dryden members were kept busythroughout the year by a Plant and BakeSale, flower show, Fall Fair and flowerarranging workshop. In the fall, thePlant and Produce exchange had specialguests OHA president Wilma Wood andDistrict Director Harriet Hansenattending. They continue to give theMeins Vermeer High School bursary.

Sioux Lookout saw a heavysnowfall and a cold, wet spring get themoff to a slow start. The group was busyhosting the district meeting, plantingsat the extended care outside and inside,plant and bake sale, flower show, andworkshops. People keep inquiringabout the Bee Friendly Garden speaker.

Geraldton held their seconddedication and an additional 10 treeswere added to the Memorial Grove.Included in the ceremony was a sprucetree planted in the Fisher Court groundsin the memory of Con P. Velyan whofounded the society in 1975. A newaddition to the hospital grounds was alarge perennial bed with plants andshrubs. The ‘welcome bed’ at theentrance to the town had a Canadian

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flag planted in rememberance of the latesociety member Lollie Vaudrin.

Longlac held a craft sale thathelped increase their annualmembership. Spring saw this group offto a good start with a presentation onthe care and transplanting of nurserystock, a workshop on painting anddecoupaging garden signs, decoratingstepping stones and making concreteplant markers. They kept busy bycompleting the retaining walls at theFriendship Centre, a garden contest,tours, and a float in the SummerfestParade.

Nipigon-Red Rock had fourmembers as recipients of VolunteerService Awards for 25 and 40 years ofservice. Pumpkin and potato growingcontests were a great success for thesociety. The group planted and weededthe town flowerbeds in Red Rock andNipigon, and the trail head perennialbed located between the two towns.They celebrated their 40th Anniversarywith a garden tea that had three artisanspresent. Other activities were a flowerand vegetable show and a Christmasworkshop.

Terrace Bay saw it’s adopt-a-bedprogram continued and expanded andthe beds received special attention forthe Father’s Day Ceremony which is anannual event sponsored by the town.The pond tour and garden stroll wereheld to coincide with an annual DragRace event. The fall fair was held inSeptember along with the pumpkin,squash, and potato contests. Their yearended with a candle-making workshopfor members who wished to place acandle at the cemetery at dusk. Thisevent is held in conjunction with theAnnual Christmas Tree Bulb Lightingceremony.

At a Glance

District 14 is located innorthwestern Ontario with tensocieties spanning ageographical area east ofThunder Bay to Nipigon-RedRock, Terrace Bay and north toGeraldton then Longlac. Tothe west is Thunder Bay,Atikokan, Fort Frances,Dryden, Sioux Lookout andVermilion Bay.

All of our societies havebeen very busy with plant sales,garden tours, flower shows,planting beds in theircommunities and therebybeautifying the towns.

The District meeting washeld in Sioux Lookout chairedby Marj Larson. The topicscovered were repotting of anorchid with a display, BeeFriendly Garden, and TheSecret Life of Plants.

The OHA past presidentWilma Wood and I attended theAugust Memorial GroveDedication and potluck supperin Geraldton. In the fall wetravelled to Dryden for theirannual plant and produceexchange.

Two societies celebratedspecial anniversaries this year.Fort Frances for 35 andNipigon-Red Rock for 40.

Our district’s annualJudges Workshop was held inheld in Thunder Bay.

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District FifteenDistrict Director - Liisa Wolfgram

Bolton maintained 19 communitygardens in Caledon, three of them new.Their most challenging project wasplanting 5000 Camassia bulbs and 400Iris versicolour plants (their clubflower) in the Mill Park Wetland theycreated in 1997. They had floats inthe Bolton Fall Fair Parade and SantaClaus Parade.

Brampton was involved in“Communities in Bloom” and focusedon their Front Garden RecognitionProgram sponsored by the BramaleaCity Centre, placing close to 500 signsin front gardens; and the Boys and GirlsClub Community Garden. Their first‘Volunteer Recognition Afternoon’ wasa social at Peel Manor garden. Theyheld three public seminars entitled“Gardening as a Hobby”, introducinggardeners to some basic gardeninginformation and membership to theirsociety was included in the seminar fee.

Chinguacousy celebrated their30th anniversary by inviting cityofficials to their colourful fall flowershow where archives were on displayand refreshments served. The youthproject was planting a new perennialgarden at the Terry Fox Public School.

Cloverleaf was busy with their60th Anniversary events which includeda special Flower Show Extravaganzawhere Paul Zammit was the guestspeaker, archives were on display, raffle

prizes distributed and refreshmentsserved. They held a private membersgarden tour, aside from their annualpublic tour. Cloverleaf was one of theclubs to participate in the first annualMississauga Flower Show held at theMeadowvale Theatre.

Credit Valley celebrated their 20thanniversary. They support theircommunity with plantings at Erin MillsLodge, and the planting of native trees,shrubs and perennials at the Springbanksite where with funding from Friendsof the Environment, they are restoringa landfill site. They also do plantingsat a women’s shelter. During theholiday season they purchase anddeliver Poinsettias and Clementines tothe hospital and women’s shelter. Over$1100 is donated to four scholarshipfunds. They also participated in theMississauga Flower Show.

Etobicoke continues gardenprojects at the Brentwood Library andthe Montgomery Wildflower Meadow.New projects began at the EatonvilleLibrary and the Long Term CareFacility at the Trillium Health Centre.The Centennial Park Conservatoryfeatures a new collection of Bromeliadsfunded by the society. They had twoworkshops, “Decorative Design” and“Making a Copper Trellis”. Avolunteer appreciation afternoon teawas held at the Humber Arboretum.

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Members visited four junior schoolsand assisted over 200 youth in makingholiday centerpieces.

Nobleton and King City keepsvery busy with twelve differentcommunity planting projects during theyear. They had two tree plantings inmemory of deceased members.

Parkdale and Toronto’s history isa double whammy since they areactually two amalgamated societies.This year the Toronto, the oldesthorticultural society in Ontario,celebrated its 160th Anniversary.Reprinted in their newsletters wereinteresting excerpts from the earlyhistory, including its connection withAllan Gardens. Although no youthclub, they work with youth at Dover-court and Dewson School. Childrentend gardens on the school grounds.

Richmond Hill celebrated their90th anniversary by holding a birthdayparty which included archive photos aswell as old gardening tools from amember’s collection. They held asummer garden party at the HeritageHouse where the society looks after theherb garden. Their front gardenrecognition program kept them busyfrom June through August posting 600recognition signs in front gardens.

Roselands established a closerelationship with West Park Hospital’sLong Term Care Facility by taking onthe planting of three courtyards andthree terraces. Profits surpassed allother years with fund raising campaignsthat included plant sales, bake sales, anda penny and silent auction. Spring bulbswere donated to nine local schools.

Schomberg participated in theSpring Fair and the Main StreetChristmas. They held a successfulgarden tour highlighted by a barbeque.

Streetsville expanded communityplanting and beautification bydeveloping partnerships with otherorganizations. They increased theirinvolvement at the Old BritanniaSchoolhouse to include garden planningand maintenance. They also plant inRotary Park. With summer workshopsthey reached a goal of year-roundactivities for members. They also tookpart in the Mississauga Flower Show.

Swansea worked hard to create anew constitution. Improvement of theiryearbook paid off by winning first prizeat the District Meeting. A volunteerappreciation luncheon was held at theTown Hall. At the picnic, five membersreceived Volunteer Service Awardsfrom the Attorney General of Ontario.

Thornhill celebrated their 90thanniversary with a special program anddinner at the Heintzman House. Theymaintain the Percy Bone Parkette inVaughan. The spring plant sale set arecord and hopes are for the same inSeptember.

Westway had an ambitious project-- the rejuvenation of the garden at theRichview Public Library. Shrubs weredug and replaced with low maintenanceperennials and a plaque installed toacknowledge their work. The secondsummer tea party was held with adecorated hat and a floral display in atea cup contest. Westway updated theirconstitution.

Woodbridge hosted the DistrictAnnual Meeting. They take pride inassembling 40 to 50 flower boxes atmajor bridges in town. They adoptedthe historic Wallace House anddesigned, supplied and planted a largeperennial garden and walkway aroundthe house, while decorating through theseasons.

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District SixteenDistrict Director - Dorothy Shropshire

Alliston & District participated inthe Millpond Gallery’s ‘FloralInterpretations’ show where floraldesigns complimented paintings ondisplay. These floral entries wereavailable for sale to the public. Alongwith a plant and bake sale and a bustour to Grey County, they had anongoing ‘Open Garden Tour’ of eightmembers’ gardens. Improvements tocommunity gardens continued to be animportant focus and they maintained theMemorial Gardens and Arboretum andthe Riverdale Gardens. They are proudto have developed their ownConstitution and Bylaws this year.

Angus celebrated their 75thAnniversary. In March, HomeHardware asked them to put on ademonstration of starting seeds indoors.This was a chance to develop moreinterest in the society. To celebrate thisspecial year, they had a dinner cruiseand a year-end dinner. Essa Townshippresented them with a maple tree whichthey planted in the library grounds.Other plantings included FloweringCrabs at the Farewell Gardens,perennial beds at the MillenniumGardens and more trees at the library.Welcome and Goodbye signs for Anguswere placed on the Brentwood Road.In November the Lion’s Club presentedsociety President, Wendy Harry, withthe 2004 Citizen of the Year Award.

Barrie Garden Club was busywith their May Plant Sale with peoplelining up at 7 a.m. to take advantage ofa varied selection of perennials chosenby John Clarke, sale co-ordinator. TheCity of Barrie donated $100,000.towards the Sesquicentennial Pavilionand Botanix came through with plants.The ‘Tranquility Garden’ in theArboretum is maintained by three hiredstaff. The Spring Seminar featuredMarjorie Harris as the keynote speaker.

Beeton participated in the HoneyFestival as well as plantings on MainStreet and at the new library. Monthlymeetings featured an array ofinteresting speakers plus a ‘make andtake’ craft night.

Bond Head & District tend thecontainers and a Hosta bed at the cornerparkette. They held a garden tour, plantauction and Mother’s Day sale. Theysupported the Bradford Santa ClausParade, Beeton Agricultural Fair andtook part in Communities in Bloom.The youth started a natural compostarea at the school which they used forpumpkins and gourds. A bus trip toNiagara area and the Royal Winter Fairgave needed play time.

Brentwood held plant sales and aStrawberry Social. A new flower bedwas created at the Pioneer Cemeteryand they tended the Brentwood andNew Lowell Community Centres, New

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Lowell School, library, park andBrentwood Triangle. Although noyouth group, students were helped withschool plantings.

Coldwater & District planted andupgraded seven community gardens. Anew ‘Memorial Garden’ was begun andwill be completed in 2005.

Collingwood did a cleanup at theArboretum, held a plant sale, rose andflower show, bus trip to Grey and BruceCounties, an Arboretum rededicationceremony, a fall flower and vegetableshow, a tea and bake sale, and theawards night and banquet. They tendseven parks and the public buildings.

Creemore took part in the Homeand Garden Show and their booth ranchildren’s activities. The ‘SpecialProject Award’ from the OHA wenttowards the downtown park, which isa combined effort with ‘Station on theGreen’. A new Heritage Garden, at thesmallest jail in North America, is aproject they look forward tocompleting. A new event, a combinedart and flower show at the church,included a children’s workshop plusevents at the town Art Gallery.

Gilford & District began the yearwith a ‘Snowflake Soiree’. They had abooth at the ‘Get Growing’ gardenshow, a plant sale with MasterGardeners on hand for advice, a fallflower and vegetable show, and kepttheir youth group busy planting seedsand tending school flower beds. Theytend gardens in Churchill, Gilford andLefroy. A garden tour with a Victoriantea and barbershop quartet rounded outtheir 25th Anniversary year.

Midland plant the Main Streetplanters, other town beds and the dockareas. Tree replacements were donatedto private residences. A plant sale and

Communities in Bloom involved mostmembers. Trips included CanadaBlooms and the Owen Sound area.

Orillia continue to work on thearboretum and spent 450 hours tendingit with the hopes of raising awarenessof their society. Bus tours took themto Gratrix Lily Gardens, HumberNurseries and gardens of District 16.

Oro-Medonte planted a RedMaple to honour Alastair Crawford,their first President, then DistrictDirector and then OHA President. The260 youth, from four schools, wonmany prizes at the district level and atthe OHA convention in London.

Painswick particiated in the ‘GetGardening’ show where over 400youngsters left with ‘magic beans’. Asuccessful plant sale was held in May.Stroud Parkette, phase I, was com-pleted with benches and a pergola.Knock Historical Site had a HeritageGarden created, complete with anirrigation system and heritageperennials and bulbs. A historicalplaque for Andrew Hunter was placed.

Penetanguishene tended the bedsat the town entrance, placed hangingbaskets at Centennial Museum and atthe Ecology Garden where twomemorial planters were hung.

Stayner toured Canada Blooms.They invited the neighbouring societiesof Creemore and Brentwood to theirgeneral meeting and potluck supper,planted the beds around town, held aTulip, Spring Iris and Rose Show andan August flower show.

Tottenham & District proposeda new landscaping plan for GlimmerMemorial Garden. Membership wasincreased and plans are to increase itagain next year. They held three flowershows and a photo exhibit.

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District SeventeenDistrict Director - Kathryn Carnegie

On a leisurely drive through theDistrict, one will pass through severalchanges of scenery, from pastoralfarmlands, shoreline communities,through urban sprawl. On the southshore of Lake Simcoe, “green thumbs”from the Beaverton HorticulturalSociety maintain the town square, siteof plant auctions and Canada Daycelebrations, complete with itsmillennium sculpture and colourfulplantings. Commemorative trees areidentified for participants in the annualGarden Tour. Bus trips and the AugustTea and Show at Gillespie Gardens, towhich the seniors who are resident thereare invited, are annual events. Amembership campaign is afoot.

Following Pefferlaw Brook to thesouth, one enters the Village, home ofthe Georgina-Brock Garden Club,and to the east along the BeavertonRiver, Cannington HorticulturalSociety. Both pastoral and riparian innature, these two groups serve a vastarea. The Georgina-Brock GC,supported by various partners in thecommunity, has undertaken long-termcommitments to the enhancement ofCooke’s Pioneer Cemetery and WilfredUnited Church. Meanwhile, theCannington HS is expanding McLeodPark Nature Trail (assisted by a TDFriends of the Environment grant), andthe barrel planters in the downtown.

Meandering further south, LakeScugog becomes the focus of an areaserved by the Pine Ridge GardenClub (Nestleton). April 2005 marksthe second year for “The Scugog SpringGarden Show”, presented in partner-ship with the township, and open to allsociety members in D17. An autumncorn roast is open to the community.To the west, Uxbridge HorticulturalSociety continues sponsorship for theFair, and was represented on the 2004Communities in Bloom Committee. Anirrigation project is underway at thelibrary, and naturalization with severalthousand bulbs daffodils is beingpromoted throughout the community.

A short drive to the southeast,brings the traveler into the Village ofBrooklin, now annexed into the Townof Whitby. Home of the BrooklinHorticultural Society, the village andits environs benefit from beautificationprojects, parade floats and TheButterfly Meadow, Post #1 on theLions Wilderness Trail, for which thesociety won the 2004 Durham RegionIrene Kock Education/CommunicationAward. Brooklin HS is represented onthe ‘05 Whitby Communities in Bloomcommittee. In honour of Whitby’ssesquicentennial, they hosted the AGM2005 at the refurbished historicalCentennial Building in Whitby, an oldcourthouse rumoured to be haunted!

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Heading west along the 401corridor, one could take a break at thewaterfront trail in Ajax, site of memorialtrees and benches, donated by the AjaxGarden Club. They continue tosupport Ajax in Bloom, and membersare volunteering for committeesplanning the town’s 60th Anniversary.The plant sale will coincide with AjaxHome Week in June. In 2006 the Clubwill be the AGM host. The PickeringHorticultural Society retains a proudhistory of public plantings, especiallythose at the Esplanade and Gazebo,adjacent to one of the busiest shoppingmalls in the region. Naturalizationprojects at the Nuclear Station areongoing. To the east, the OshawaGarden Club has participated in thecity’s internationally winning entries inCommunities in Bloom. The Club isalso a partner in developing the OshawaValley Botanical Gardens, celebratingits grand opening in June, with a PeonyFestival. Heritage peonies from theGilbert collection were donated by amember of Brooklin HS in conjunctionwith The Canadian Peony Society. Tocelebrate its 75th year in ‘06, a gazebo/pergola will be donated to OVBG.

The Bowmanville HorticulturalSociety is spotlighting civic improve-ment projects. Refurbishments at theClarington Tourism Office and the westHwy #2 entrance are now complete(TD Canada Trust, Friends of theEnvironment and Trillium grants). TheTown Hall and downtown core are nowtargeted. Newcastle HorticulturalSociety hosted AGM ‘04 in therefurbished Town Hall, held a RoseShow in June (04) to celebrate its 90thAnniversary, and participates in theClarington Apple Blossom Festival.The day’s meanderings bring the

traveler to the quiet village of Orono,passing along the way, several newflowerbeds. The HorticulturalSociety participates in the ClaringtonApple Blossom Festival, sponsorsYouth Classes at the fair, and makeswreaths for Decoration Day.

At a Glance

District 17 has five GardenClubs and seven HorticulturalSocieties. Suburbia is envading;membership demographics arechanging; boards are busy withthe challenges and revampingprograms; and speakers’ listsreflect a broader spectrum oftopics. Societies reach out totheir communities with tours,beautification projects, opengardens, and horticulturalshows. Photography interest isincreasing and show schedulesare becoming more creative.Barbeques, picnics, teas, andsuppers are held throughout theDistrict.

New district committeeswere created over the last threeyears: *email communications’network, managed through theInternet Coordinator, isexpanding *the Ways andMeans Committee deals withgrants and awards *the Showsand Competitions Committeeprovides mentorship, andorganizes seminars. Thiscommittee hosted “Let’s Go ToThe Show”, with Lil Haworthproviding savvy enlightenment.

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Argyle changed the venue of theirflower show from the Lions Club to abig tent at “Strawberry Fields” inconjunction with an artisans and craftshow. Instead of having a tea they hada barbecue which was a great success.

Baysville installed two large rocksat the entrances into their town fromHuntsville and from Dorset. The rockswill be inscribed with “Welcome toBaysville”. As well they led a group toinstall a smaller rock with a plaque thathonoured Sid Thomas, a dedicatedvolunteer, who helped many Baysvilleclubs with his talent as a sign painter.

Bracebridge continued to lookafter seven public gardens. One wasplanted by the junior gardeners in anantique horse trough. A hypertufaworkshop, a plant buying bus tour anda garden tour highlighted their year.

Gravenhurst conducted a tin mangarden structure workshop along withmany other interesting meeting topics.They assisted in finding gardens for aCommunity in Bloom garden tour. Theyouth group started seeds in a growingroom, transplanted them, and weededand deadheaded the Centennial Garden.

Huntsville meets from March toNovember with the exception ofAugust. The Spring and Summer Showand Plant Sale was held at theHuntsville Mall and created a lot ofinterest. They moved their July garden

tours up to a Friday evening andSaturday in June and this was verysuccessful. In October, two hundredbulbs were planted at the library. Theyouth group crafted willow baskets andmade garden statuary.

Callander conducted a “crittercontest” for the youth on Canada Day.They hosted the District 18 FallWorkshop where we had great funmaking dried centrepieces for thebanquet tables at the convention inAugust, 2005. First time arrangerswere particularly proud of their work.Instead of having a Summer or FallFlower Show, they opted to experimentwith a show and had a drop-in socialrather than the lunch they usually serve.

Mattawa used their Trillium grantto build a boardwalk at Park Mattawanand held a ceremony to open itofficially. Trees were planted at thelocal nursing home with the help ofsome young people. Katimavik youthcontinued to help with painting flowerbenches and gazebos at Dufoe Park.

North Bay again manned a boothat the Lung Association GardenFestival. The plant sale was moved toChrist Church Anglican. This was verysuccessful as there was more space,better parking and refreshments wereadded to the sale. The flower showshowed a 50% increase in participantsfrom the year before.

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The second recipient of theMadeline and Don Hobson District 18annual Civic Beautification Trophy wasParry Sound for their garden plantedat the corners of Bowes and LouisaStreets. They hold quite a few showsincluding one for house plants, as wellas ones for spring, summer, fall andChristmas. Their photo competition isheld in October. They used the newlycertified judges to judge the fall show.

Powassan hosted District 18’sAnnual Meeting in the spring and did abang-up job with phenomenaldecorations. They raised funds for andbuilt raised flowerbeds of stone in theCommunity Heritage Garden. Theyaccepted and planted Heritage trees,shrubs and flowers which were donatedby community members in memory ofloved ones to help celebrate themunicipality’s 100th year in 2005.

Rosseau was incorporated in Apriland by October had 39 individualmembers and 16 family memberships.They planted existing barrels andplanters with annuals throughout thevillage. For the fall, they collectedevergreen boughs and dried material tomake seasonal arrangements in theplanters. A field trip to “Lilies in theValley” was very enjoyable.

The “Gardening Library” ofSprucedale was redesigned in 2004.Their “portable” Garden Library travelsto each of their four meeting locations.Books, videos and information sheetsare used extensively by their members.Over 200 books and videos are in thelibrary. Members use the resourcesextensively and new literature ispurchased each year. The Flower Showand Garden Tour participation fulfilledtheir expectations. Volunteers workeddiligently in the four garden locations

maintained by the society. A portablesound system was purchased enablingmembers to hear speakers more clearly.

Sundridge went to CanadaBlooms in March and held a garden tourin July. A workshop and sale of freshwreaths was particularly enjoyable. Asuccessful arrangement workshop washeld in November.

In the various communities thatWhitestone and District look after,many barrels were planted with eitherWave Petunias or Marigolds. Thepetunias made a great show as theyoverflowed the barrels. They also tenda number of beds which includeperennials, annuals and summer bulbs.

At a Glance

District 18 has beenworking very hard on preparingfor the Ontario HorticulturalAssociation convention that weare hosting in 2005. Acommittee was set up with eachsociety being asked to nominatemembers to it. This committeemeets regularly, each societytaking turns to host it. We packour lunches and usually finishedaround 2:00 in the afternoon.

We finished our JudgingSchool with twenty new judgesgraduating and four recertified.

All the societies worked onpublic plantings, revampingsome, starting new ones andkeeping the ongoing onesdeadheaded and weed free.Garden tours continued to bepopular.

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District NineteenDistrict Director - Mary Young

Ayr held seven public meetings.Our November meeting took the formof a Poinsettia Wooden Angelworkshop. In May, our 84th AnnualFlower Show had a record number ofplants for sale. We built phase one ofan interlocking stone MemorialWalkway replacing a gravel path. Wealso built a storage shed for thesociety’s watering cart and othermaterials used for our annual flowershow. A new bench was added to thepark. A donation of $2500 went tolandscape our new village library.Members of the society helped judgehorticultural entries in the local SchoolFair and we donated prize money.15 planters, 24 hanging baskets and thecenotaph were planted and maintainedas well as Roseville Community Centreand village parks. A spring cleanup daywas organized with village youthdonating their time to help pick up litter.Our society partners with the Townshipof North Dumfries to pay for the plantwatering and litter pickup.

Elmira had seven educationprograms. May brought our AnnualPlant Sale. A garden tour in July hadeight homes featured. Refreshmentswere served at Leisureworld, a newsenior’s nursing home. The DecemberCandlelight Christmas Tour had fourhomes and a church this year with over300 tickets sold. Thirteen community

flower beds were our major focus in2004. The township provides most ofthe funding, and volunteers from oursociety doing the planning, planting andmaintenance. We have also completedphase 2 in a major garden at BristowPark. We purchase 20 hanging basketswhich are a wonderful attraction toElmira’s downtown. There were 11gardeners in the Junior Garden Programwho began the year painting the fencearound their plots, and ended the yearwith a judging competition. Our newproject is to provide a scholarship of$500 to a graduating student fromElmira District High School, who ispursuing studies in horticulture at apost-secondary institution.

Hespeler had Ellacott Lookout asan addition to our civic improvements.In cooperation with the City ofCambridge, a plan was drawn up for aparking boulevard on Queen Street inHespeler, Cambridge. Old evergreenswere removed and the bed amendedwith fresh soil. The design includedornamental grasses and new shrubs.The bed was planted with the citycontributioning woody material andarmour stone. In the fall, more bulbswere purchased for Ellacott.

Kitchener upheld its motto ‘CivicBeauty is a Civic Duty’ through itscontinued commitment to thebeautification of Rockway Gardens and

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in its programs to the membership.They received a grant from theKitchener-Waterloo CommunityFoundation and a donation from theKitchener Lions Club for theconstruction of a pedestrian bridge overthe central pond at Rockway Gardensand for surrounding landscaping. Ourmembership in 2004 was 394. Thesummer garden tours attracted between90 and 110 on each of the threeevenings. The plant exchange with theKitchener Master Gardeners, and thebulb sale were successful fund raisingevents. The 19 children involved withthe Youth Group met weekly from Maythrough to October plant and maintaingardens at J. Steckle HeritageHomestead.

Preston maintains the flowerbedsin Gore Park, installed a 6’ high chainlink fence between the railway tracksand the garden and removed old Juniperbushes, later replanted with Hostas anda variety of bulbs. Our plan is to plantenvironmentally friendly perennials.During May 2004 we had our first plantsale.

Waterloo had a speaker encouragemembers to travel to Strathroy to seeCuddy Gardens, so a bus tour wasarranged with stops at Hosta ChoiceNursery and Swain Greenhouses. Abooth was organized at the annual “GetGrowing Garden Show”. Workshopswere held at Sheridan Nursery, HomeHardware and garden sites. The Flowerand Vegetable Show was a piece of “eyecandy” showing “the jewels” ofmember’s gardens. The “Best ofShow” trophies have been retired andcash prizes are now given. Withsummer lingering into November,Waterloo hosted the fall meeting ofDistrict 19.

Wellesley Township had amembership of 123. There are sixcentres throughout Wellesley Townshipwhere the society plants and maintainsflowerbeds. We have displays at localHome Shows and Agricultural FallFairs. For society events, we have aSummer Garden Tour and a Christmaspotluck. Our pledge for 2005 is to bemore active in “Green” issues.

Wilmot was privileged to havePaul Zammit in June, when we hadvisitors from other societies. Regularmeetings are held at the HaysvilleCommunity Centre. The CivicBeautification Committee proudlyreceived Wilmot Township’s “Citizenof the Year Award” for theEnvironment, which was presented atthe New Hamburg Fall Fair.

At a Glance

District 19 has ninesocieties within the Region ofWaterloo.

We held a very successfulfall workshop with participantsof all ages going home with aterrarium and ideas for “theright tool for the right job”presented by staff of Lee Valley.

It is the hope of the DistrictDirector and Secretary/Treasurer to visit all societiesthroughout the year and to visitgarden plots, civic flowerbedsand projects throughout thesummer months, along withmeeting new friends and fellowgardeners.

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Honour Roll of Past Presidents1906/1907 - W. Burgoyne* - St. Catharines

1908/1909 - H. J. Snelgrove* - Cobourg

1910/1911 - R. B. Whyte* - Ottawa

1912/1913 - Rev. A. H. Scott* - Perth

1914/1915 - J. H. Bennett* - Barrie

1916 - Rev. G. W. Tebbs* - Hamilton

1917 - Dr. F. E. Bennett* - St. Thomas

1918 - Thomas D. Dockray* - Toronto

1919 - William Hartry* - Seaforth

1920 - G. H. M. Baker* - Lindsay

1921 - Mary Yates* - Meadowvale

1922 - Rev. W. M. J. McKay* - Weston

1923 - J. P. Jaffray* - Galt

1924 - J. E. Carter* - Guelph

1925 - George Simpson* - Ottawa

1926 - F. A. Kent* - Port Perry

1927 - G. K. Klosterman* - Windsor

1928 - T. J. Hannigan* - Guelph

1929 - W. P. Bailey* - Fort William

1930 - F. C. Nunnick* - Ottawa

1931 - J. A. Smith* - Kitchener

1932 - Dr. A. T. Morrow* - Maxville

1933 - Fred Collins* - Chatham

1934 - C. A. Byam* - New Liskeard

1935 - H. Occaamore* - Guelph

1936 - J. B. Spencer* - Ottawa

1937 - Lionel Godson* - Toronto

1938 - R. R. Trudell* - Thamesville

1939 - A. H. MacLennan* - Guelph

1940 - W. E. Foster* - London

1941 - Mrs. D. W. Boucher* - Kingston

1942 - J. P. Reed* - Sault Ste. Marie

1943 - F. H. Fairs* - Woodstock

1944 - C. H. Jansen* - Breslau

1945 - J. S. Hall* - Toronto

1946 - Mrs. D. A. Gillies* - Arnprior

1947 - Howard Harty* - London

1948 - Percy Pone* - Thornhill

1949 - A. F. Johnson* - Stanford Centre

1950 - Rev. E. Rigby* - Hamilton

1951 - R. D. Little* - Richmond Hill

1952 - A. J. Jackman* - Owen Sound

1953 - W. M. Brown* - Elora

1954 - J. A. Tiffin* - Scarborough

1955 - H. Beilhartz* - Sault Ste. Marie

1956 - Ken Gardiner* - Brantford

1957 - Dr. B. Kendrick* - Toronto

1958 - St. C. Tennant* - Kleinburg

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1959 - R. F. Gunnell* - Hamilton

1960 - James Burston* - London

1961 - Rev. J. W. Siebert* - London

1962 - Mrs. K. W. Biglow* - Chapleau

1963 - Murray Smith* - Chatham

1964 - J. Decney* - Niagara

1965 - H. E. Fraser* - Pembroke

1966 - Dr. R. E. Ives* - Stayner

1967 - Mrs. G. Lemke* - Pembroke

1968 - F. Lejeune* - Ridgeway

1969 - John Smith - Hamilton

1970 - Donald Klinck* - Windsor

1971 - Philip Dodds* - Picton

1972 - Mrs. R. Bryan* - Englehart

1973 - Eric Slater* - Leamington

1974 - G. McLatchy - Richmond Hill

1975 - A. Crawford - Oro Station

1976 - Mrs. E. Whiteford* - Windsor

1977 - H. E. Markle* - Guelph

1978 - Mrs. M. Klie* - Hanover

1979 - Roy Carr - Callandar

1980 - Ed Endersby - Toronto

1981 - Pauline Richards - London

1982 - Bryce Japp - Brigden

1983 - Doris Lightheart - Ridgeway

1984 - M. Marshall* - Ottawa

1985 - Marjorie Durnford - Guelph

1986 - Madeline Hobson - Midland

1987 - Cam Stewart* - Toronto

1988 - Mary Yeoman - Burgessville

1989 - Gordon Winter - Maxville

1990 - Harry Wyma - Ridgetown

1991 - Bert Card - Richmond Hill

1992 - Dave Money - Agincourt

1993 - Jim Trotter* - Hastings

1994 - Metje Mabee - Gananoque

1995 - Anne Bourke - Whitby

1996 - Jim Anderson - Brampton

1997 - Earl Walker - Stoney Creek

1998 - Don Matthews - Harriston

1999 - Kevin Healey - Elmvale

2000 - Kathleen Petrie - Blackstock

2001 - Bruce Wilson - Englehart

2002 - Shirley Daniels - Mississauga

2003 - Wilma Wood - Thunder Bay

2004 - Ted Reed - Callandar

* deceased

Honour Roll of Past Presidents

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Silver MedalMetjeMabee

Past President’s Council

Trillium AwardMargaret

KilleyScarborough Horticultural Society

Silver Fir AwardJim

CruiseSimcoe & District Horticultural Society

Award of MeritKaarineEvans

Englehart & District Horticultural Society

Award of MeritRick

HeaslipEnglehart & District Horticultural Society

Community Improvement AwardGeraldton

Horticultural SocietyDistrict 14

Youth Leader AwardJane

McDonaldGuelph Township Horticultural Society

Youth Leader AwardBonnieWarner

Englehart & District Horticultural Society

Honour RollPauline

RichardsLondon Horticultural Society

Honour RollPearlWade

Ancaster Horticultural Society

Ontario Horticultural Association2005 Award Winners

Environmental AwardBrenda

GallagherLondon Horticultural Society

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