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The April 2024 Fergus & District Horticultural Society newsletter is here! Click here
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2024 Spring Trillium
We are excited to share the Spring 2024 Trillium with you! Enjoy this wonderful edition!!
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The March 2024 Fergus & District Horticultural Society newsletter is here! Click here
2024 Seedy Saturday
Seedy Saturday, sow much for so little We had another successful Seedy Saturday at the Museum. Saturday March 16. It was time to think about sowing seeds for this spring’s garden. There were so many benefits waiting for people at this free local event. We had almost double the vendors…
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The February 2024 Fergus & District Horticultural Society newsletter is here! Click here
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The January 2024 Fergus & District Horticultural Society newsletter is here! Click here
2023-2024 Winter Trillium
We are excited to share the Winter 2023/2024 Trillium with you! There are wonderful articles in the Winter 2023-24 edition of the OHA Trillium and it’s filled to capacity! There are photos and stories, exciting news about gardening, awards and creations that Horticultural Societies/Clubs all across Ontario have shared. On…
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The November 2023 Fergus & District Horticultural Society newsletter is here! Click here
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The October 2023 Fergus & District Horticultural Society newsletter is here! Click here
Growing Great Garlic by Claire McKay
Fall is planting time! Use good Canadian garlic stock (not from the grocery store) . You should use hardneck garlic for Ontario growing. Plant in October or 3 weeks before ground freezes. Rotate your crop of garlic to a different location each year (if possible). Break apart the cloves a…
2023 Fall Trillium
September 2023 The Autumn Trillium is here. This issue of the OHA Trillium is jam-packed with Garden Club/Horticultural Society updates, winners, lovely photographs, OHA Convention reports and what is going on at Garden Ontario! If you want to read it all at once, be prepared to have a long, satisfying break.
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The September 2023 Fergus & District Horticultural Society newsletter is here! Click here
Time to prepare your garden for winter
The Fergus Horticultural Society’s “Diggin’ in the Dirt” group has been preparing for the inevitable – winter! They know that snowdrifts and the freeze/thaw process are very hard on their gardens. Every October the society puts its 20 community gardens to bed. Let’s be honest. Garden cleanup can be an…
District 7 Newsletter
Newsletter #3 – August/September 2023 Another growing season is quickly passing by and we are soon looking to fall weather. For the Societies, it will be time to wrap up another year and to plan for the next one. I hope everyone has had a successful year. I really don’t…
Trilliums are wildflowers that belong in the woods
The May two four weekend brings back great memories for me. It’s the weekend I was introduced to camping, courtesy of my Boy Scout troop. I was sure that we had arrived at a remote forest, far, far away from home. But early the first morning I surmised we were…
Four home owners receive the Grand Garden Award
Four home owners were honoured with the Grand Garden Award this year recognizing the beautiful gardens they have created and maintain around their homes. The Grand Gardens Award is one of the many programs of our Society that help inspire the beautification of Fergus and the surrounding area. 199 St George…
2023 Coffee in the Gardens
This summer our members and friends got together to share coffee and treats and view the lovely gardens the Diggin’ in the Dirt crew have maintained so well. On June 13th we brought our lawn chairs and mugs to Terry Fox garden where the extensive peony collection and irises were…
All plants have one unique botanical name
When is a spade, called a spade or is it a shovel? Likewise, in horticultural terms, a rose by any other name, may not be a rose. At our annual plant sale, an old situation arose. Do we label the plants for sale with the common or botanical (Latin) name? …
4 beautiful gardens and a perfect day
This year’s Garden Tour was held on Sunday June 25th. We had four beautiful gardens on the tour hosted by the homeowners and our volunteers. It was a perfect day with crowds showing up half an hour before the official 12:30 start and a constant flow of people throughout the…
2023 Garden Tour!
This year’s garden tour hosted by the Fergus and District Horticultural Society is set for June 25 from 12:30 to 4:30pm. The four magnificent gardens, part of a self-guided tour, are at: – 199 St. George Street West, Fergus; – 629 Anderson Street, Fergus; – 6885 5th Line, Belwood; and – 31229 9th…
Another successful Best Bloomin’ Plant Sale
Big thanks to Michelle Goff, Kathy Bouma, Randy McLean and all the many volunteers who contributed time and plants. We brought in just over $4,500, funds we will use to promote our Society and further improve the public gardens in our community.
The pansy giveaway was a great success
Many thanks to all the volunteers who gave their time to put smiles on the faces of the children. The impact this event has on the kids can be seen in the note below that Ken Johnson received from a patron. Thank you to all the volunteers, past and present,…
2023 Seedy Saturday
A very successful Seedy Saturday event was held on March 25th at the Wellington County Museum & Archives, jointly organized by the Fergus & District and Elora & Salem Horticultural Societies. Primary feature was a free seed exchange table, with vegetable and perennials seeds voluntarily provided by society members and…