About

If there is interest among the membership, this committee is struck to plan and organize an annual bus trip in June or July, to view other public and private gardens. The bus trip  is revenue neutral, with participants paying a fee that covers all expenses associated with the trip.

This Committee is responsible for supervising the planting and maintenance of the public gardens within Fergus. Generally the Committee is composed of 2-3 members. The Committee coordinates activities with the Centre Wellington Staff and directs the members of the Diggin’ in the Dirt group as to their duties. The Committee Chair is responsible for ensuring any expenses are kept within the allotted budget, and providing timely reports to the Board through the appointed Director Liaison. The Civic Beautification committee is active from April to October each year.

This committee consists of 2 or 3 members, and coordinates the refreshments for the two coffees  in Terry Fox Park in June and in Templin Gardens in July.

At least 2 members are needed to organize the public viewing of 3-5 private gardens in late June. The duties include soliciting and visiting prospective gardens, arranging for volunteers to host at each location, co-ordinate the pre-tour viewing a few days before the event, and finally, complete the garden tour. This committee is active for several months prior to the June garden tour, with the bulk of work in April to June.

A small team of 4 members gets together primarily from May to July each year to spot and celebrate the awesome gardens around Fergus. The committee wants to recognize those homeowners who make their neighborhoods, and our town, look stunning. Who can nominate? Anybody! Then the nominated gardens are visited and the top 4-6 are selected. In July, the committee reaches out to the selected homeowners to see if they are agreeable with being featured, and  gathers the information to promote the selections through the medi

This committee requires 1-2 members, and is primarily active during the month of May. Its responsibility is to coordinate the materials and volunteers necessary to staff a booth at the Lions Club Home Show. The original purpose of this committee was to introduce children to gardening by helping them pot up a free annual plant to gift to their mother. In the past, the Lions Club Home Show was held just prior to Mother’s Day, and so it was ideal for this purpose. Unfortunately the event date has changed to the end of May, so the committee will need to morph into another way to introduce children to gardening.

This committee of 4-6 coordinates all advertising for the Society. It is active throughout the year, and ensures timely promotion of planned events by coordinating with relevant committees. This committee ensures that arrangements are made to advertise on the Grand 101, in the Wellington Advertiser, and on social media platforms. The committee is also responsible for maintaining the website, publishing the Newsletter, preparing and publishing the Yearbook, and communicating to the membership via emails.

The membership committee requires 2-3 members, and is responsible for signing up new members, collecting annual membership dues, maintaining a current list of members, and arranging for the printing of membership cards and name tags. The membership committee is active all year round. Membership arranges for a representative at special events such as seedy Saturday, the plant sale and the garden tour.

The Nominating Committee is composed of 3 members, one of whom is the Past President. This committee is active in the late summer and fall of each year, and is tasked with identifying and selecting members who are willing to join the Board in order to replace outgoing Board members. In addition, the Nominating Committee selects 2 members at large to act as Auditors for the Annual Financial Statements. 

The plant sale committee requires 2-3 members to organize the May plant sale. Most of the work occurs between March and May of each year. The committee members coordinate activities with Marketing and Membership, organize the volunteers who pot up prior to the sale, arrange for adequate numbers of volunteers for the day of the sale, and keep track of all expenses and receipts for submission to the treasurer.

This committee is usually active from about late September to November, and requires a chair and a team of 3-4 other people. The first duty is to pass out a list to the membership to solicit the various foods for the potluck. The society pays for the turkey, ham, punch, and other refreshments. The society
also pays for the centerpieces, gift baskets, tablecloths, serviettes, and other supplies. The committee needs to arrange for volunteers and a coordinator to purchase supplies and make the centerpieces for the tables. On the day of the AGM, the committee needs to coordinate activities in the kitchen of the Legion, prior to, during, and after the potluck.

The program committee requires 1-2 members, and is active throughout the year. It arranges for speakers for the monthly member meetings,  determines the speakers audiovisual requirements, and purchases door prizes for each of the monthly meetings. The slate of speakers is required prior to mid-November of each year, so that the slate can be published in the yearbook and online. On the day of the presentation, the Program Committee greets the speaker, introduces the speaker at the meeting and thanks the speaker at the conclusion of the presentation.

This committee is a joint committee between the Fergus & District Horticultural Society and the Elora & Salem Horticultural Society and is active from September to March of every year. They coordinate the event, currently held at the Wellington County Archives. The committee is responsible for soliciting sponsors, vendors, guest speakers, and collecting seeds for the free exchange table.

This committee requires a chair and 1-2 other members who are responsible for organizing the show schedule for the horticultural and photographic competitions held at member meetings. They are active in November to develop show schedules and categories for publication in the yearbook and on the website. Following that, they are active primarily during the months when shows are held, usually late spring, early summer, and early fall. On the day of each show, they arrange the display tables, ensure participants have entry cards and forms, and invite judges to attend the competitions.

This committee consists of a chair and two assistants, and coordinates the refreshments for the monthly meetings, as well as the plant sale in May. This committee is active throughout the year. They solicit 3 volunteer members per meeting to provide snacks for the meetings from January to October. The society owns 2 coffee urns for use at the meetings, as well as some serving pieces. Members are asked to ‘lug a mug’ to the meetings so that we can avoid cleanup.