Garden Club Cancelled – January 13

Due to a freezing rain forecast, today’s Garden Club meeting is cancelled.

Garden Club – January 13

The next meeting of Champlain Park Garden Club is Tuesday, January 13th, 7:00 p.m. at the fieldhouse in Champlain Park.

Escape the snow and come watch and hear a talk about unusual wild plant and flower treasures from the Ottawa valley. Brian Carson who discovered a rare double trillium will be our guest.

Visitor drop-in fee is $5.00

Garden Club – November 11

Hi Gardeners:

The next meeting of Champlain Park Garden Club is Tuesday, Nov. 11th, 7:00 p.m. at the fieldhouse in Champlain Park.

Ottawa Master Gardener Candace Dressler will discuss plants that are native to the different eco-regions of North America. Her emphasis will be on Ontario natives and how to use plants tags to determine if a plant is native to the Ottawa region.

Hope to see you there.

Judy Billingsley

Garden Club – October 14

via Laurie Fagan’s Facebook post:

Join the Champlain Park garden club tonight, October 14 as Ottawa master gardener Mary Ann Van Berlo gives a slide/talk on the gardens of New Zealand. She’ll include indigenous wild flowers from the Kiwi nation.

Champlain Park field house at 7 pm.

Join the garden club or drop in fee of $5.00.

Garden Club – May 13

Plan to attend the Champlain Park garden club’s May slideshow/talk on goth gardening.
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Garden Club – April 8

Join the Champlain Park Garden Club on Tuesday April 8 at the field house for a talk/slideshow on the history of kitchen gardens.

Master Gardener Judith Cox presents the history of kitchen gardens from those at Monasteries to the Victorian-era and the varieties planted during the two World Wars. She’ll also give a brief history of walled gardens.

7:00 pm at the Champlain Park field house.
Drop-in fee is $5.00 and all are welcome.

Garden Club – March 11

Just a reminder that the next Garden Club meeting will be on Tuesday March 11, 7pm.

Cindy Cluett, owner of Beyond the House Nursery in Russell, will present a slideshow and talk on new and emerging trends in perennials, annuals and shrubs. Not to be missed, she’s a wealth of knowledge.

7:00 pm at the Champlain Park field house.
Drop-in fee is $5.00.

[Photo from Garden Centre page of Beyond the House]

Garden Club – February 11

Just a reminder that the Garden Club meeting (Tuesday February 11, 7pm) will be a talk and slideshow on Phenology by Master Gardener Rebecca Last.

Phenology is the study of how the seasons affect the life cycles of plants and animals. Rebecca will focus on how climate change is affecting the life cycles in the plant world.

Drop in fee $5.00.

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Garden Club: Rain Ready – Reminder

Just a reminder that the Garden Club meeting tonight (Tuesday January 14) will be Connor Renouf from the city of Ottawa on the Rain Ready project (how to capture water aside from rain barrels).

Garden Club Drought Resistant Perennials – November 12

Champlain Park Garden Club tonight at 7:00 pm at the field house.

Laurie Bachand owner of Stone ridge Gardens and Nursery in Clayton gives a talk a slideshow on: Drought Resistant Perennials. An important topic given climate change and our summers that have periods of drought. Drop in fee is $5.00