Category: Short Notice

Changes and other last minute information for an event happening soon (48 hours or less).

Flower Farm Stories – March 12

Come and see and hear what it’s like to run a flower farm business from the owners of Ganden Gardens. They grow thousands of tulips, roses, dahlias and many other beautiful flowers.

Champlain Park Garden Club meeting Tuesday March 12 at 7:00 pm at the field house. Drop in fee is $5.00.

Nancy Jordan and her daughter Katrina Blackburn from Ganden Gardens in Winchester will bring us a slideshow and talk on operating a prosperous flower farm in our area. They offer bouquet subscriptions, sell at local stores and the night market at Parkdale.

[Flowers in a vase]

Garden Club – January 30

via Laurie on Facebook…

The Champlain Park Garden Club meeting on orchid growing that was rescheduled from earlier this month (cancelled due to weather) is now tomorrow night, Tuesday January 30 at 7 pm at the field house.

Drop in-fee is $5.00 (and you must have a current Champlain Park Community Association membership).

Janet Johns from the Ottawa Orchid Society will present and slide show and talk on growing these stunning beauties.

[Photo of an Orchid blossom]

See the Garden Club page for details about the meeting location.

Let’s Talk Lansdowne – October 11

via Heather…

Let’s Talk Lansdowne! will be held on Wednesday, October 11 at 7:00 pm in the Horticulture Building at Lansdowne Park.

A city-wide coalition of community associations and civic groups is organizing a public forum on Lansdowne Park 2.0. This is an opportunity for everyone to hear about and express their views on the Plan that will be presented to City Council.

If you can’t make it in person, you can watch the live-stream at rogerstv.com/letstalklansdowne. A recording will be made available on Youtube.

Note: the poster contains a link to EventBrite. There is no need to register to attend on October 11, but completing the EventBrite form will trigger a reminder message prior to the event.

[Poster for the Lets Talk Lansdowne meeting]

A summary of the Good, the Bad and the Ugly…
20231007 Lansdowne Report Menard summary.pdf

Garden Club: Shrubs – October 10

After a 3 year absence the Champlain Park Garden Club is reconvening it’s monthly meetings. (We meet the first Tuesday of the month from September to June) We have talks, demonstrations, workshops and garden tours.

[An English Garden with Shrubs]

Join us tonight at 7 pm for a slideshow/talk on Shrubs with interest throughout the year. Our speaker is Master Gardener and owner of Green Thumb Nursery, Mary Reid (heard today on Ontario Today’s garden phone-in) we meet at the field house. Masks are optional and we’ll distance the chairs.

Membership is $30 for the year. As well you must have a current Champlain Park Community Association membership (purchased online). There is a drop in fee of $6.00.

Community Sleigh Ride Cancelled!

Some bad news – the sleigh ride is cancelled!

Jim got a call from sleigh-owner regarding the sleigh ride tomorrow. As feared he is not comfortable coming downtown with his horse rig with the imminent snow storm tomorrow evening. This happened twice before. He was most apologetic, and he looks forward to the winter carnival date, but will not be coming tomorrow.

Patricia Oak Celebration – June 14

Celebration of life

Patricia Avenue neighbours invite one and all to gather opposite 203 Patricia Avenue to celebrate the life of an old-growth burr oak on the street. It is known as “The Party Tree” because for years the shade of the tree hosted the Patricia Avenue Labour Day street party.

The tree is being removed by Forestry Services on Wednesday, June 15 because it was irreparably damaged by the recent fierce storm (derecho).

Drop by tomorrow (Tuesday, June 14) between 7 and 8 pm, to share stories with neighbours about this and other significant trees. The Patricia Bur Oak is one of only a handful of pre-confederation trees in the neighbourhood, linked genetically to the ancient oak forest that developed along this stretch of the Ottawa River some 9,000 years ago (for details on the history, see https://www.champlainoaks.net/ and in particular https://www.champlainoaks.net/post/ode-to-the-party-tree).

[Giant Bur Oak on Patricia]

Blasting at Tunney’s Pasture

Just so you know what’s making that loud thump noise every few hours, and other sound effects, we received this message from Steph at councillor Jeff Leiper’s office…

With help from Yasir’s office, our message got through to the government team overseeing the construction at the heating/cooling plant at Tunney’s currently. We asked about the work, to be sure, and any ways to get a timeline/notifications on the work. Here’s the response we got:

“From now until the end of March 2022, the construction team will be conducting controlled blasts at the site on weekdays from 8:00 to 4:00 Monday to Thursday and from 8:00 to 1:00 on Fridays. There will be no more than one per hour. From time to time there may be hoe ramming done on site as well to break up rock.

Members of the public interested in learning more about the ESAP project or asking us a question by email should visit https://nationalcapitaldistrictenergy.ca. There is also a contact us page on the site which allows people to ask questions directly to the construction team.”

I would suggest those with concerns get directly in contact with them through that page. I suspect the major disruption is coming from the hoe-ramming, in addition to the blasting. I know our power is limited in a project like this, but I nonetheless wanted to pass on the information to you and neighbours as soon as we got it.

Public Prayer for London Ontario’s Afzal and Salman Family – June 11

From our city councillor Jeff Leiper, originally posted on Twitter. See https://ottawamosque.ca/london/ for more details.

Here’s what I tweeted. They told me yesterday they don’t mind if I make it public:

The @OMA_Mosque will hold a public prayer in the parking lot this Friday after the 8:30 PM Magrib prayer. Collections will be donated to the family of the London attack victims (ottawamosque.ca/london/)

Jeff Leiper, Kitchissippi ward (15)
613.580.2485 | @kitchissippiott