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Posted on Friday February 3rd, 2012Saturday, March 10, 2012 starting at 10:30 a.m. Location: Puslinch,Ontario(near Guelph). Create your own trough at a 3 hour hands-on workshop led by Nikola Warnock of Alpine Troughs. Max No. of participants: 12. Cost: $80.00 per person, including refreshments and trough making materials. To register, please contact info [at] onrockgarden [dot] com
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Posted on Thursday January 19th, 2012Enjoy a morning of hands-on instruction with Arie VanSpronsen, Darren Heimbecker and Brent Vanderkruk. Date: Saturday February 25, 2012. 9 a.m.- 12 noon. Location: Flamborough, Ontario. Maximum number of participants is 15. ORG&HPS members $35, Non-members $45 (limited availability). To register please contact info [at] onrockgarden [dot] com
Plant of the Month for February, 2012
(try-SIR-tiss HUR-tuh)
General Information:
Commonly called toad lilies, Tricyrtis will be the last flowering plant in your fall shade garden, providing much needed colour at that time of year. The cultivar ‘White Tower’ is one of the earliest blooming Tricyrtis, forming strong upright-arching stems that start blooming in mid fall and continues blooming...
Upcoming Speakers
Echoes of Wild Places
Liz Knowles
Liz Knowles has been gardening in the Hockley Valley for 36 years. During that time, she and husband George have developed several perennial beds and rock gardens, two ornamental ponds, a large grass garden, woodland gardens and assorted shrub...
Highlights of a Four Acre Garden in S.E. Austria
Fritz Kummert
Fritz Kummert had his apprenticeship in horticulture at the municipality gardens of Vienna, studied at the Horticultural College at Schoenbrunn at Vienna, and got his degree in 1963 and his academic degree "Dipl.-Ing." (similar to M.Sc.) in 1968,...
