A night full of awards, honours and dedications

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Tuesday, October 15th, 2014 the society had a number of awards presented at their meeting. Beryl Harris was honoured by the Ontario Horticultural Society, District Four for her many years of dedicated service with our local society as well as … Continue reading

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Recent media coverage (including great photos!)

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The Lakefield Herald, Peterborough Examiner and Peterborough This Week all had some great articles in their respective papers recently.  Enjoy a few photos by the talented Clifford Skarstedt and Lance Anderson. Also click link to SNAP to see lots more … Continue reading

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The New CHEX Daily

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Monday August 11th we filmed an episode of The NEW CHEX Daily to promote the Lakefield Antique and Flower Show.  If you missed it on TV you can watch it here on Youtube!  A shortened version will be available soon… … Continue reading

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Growing your own plants from seed – Pam Chellew

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Growing seeds indoors provides the home gardener with a lot of pleasure over the winter months. It is necessary to have a good source of light (either the the direct sun or a grow light) and for germinating seeds, a … Continue reading

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Read our blog!

Please visit our “blog” page for great gardening information and advice.  We have a lot of great gardeners, master gardeners and gardening business owners in our membership. If you have an article you’d like to share with us, please contact … Continue reading

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Pruning made easy

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How many pruners do you have?  Do you make the annual trek to one of the Big box stores each year and add another $10 pruner to your collection? There’s a reason why it only costs $10.00.  Here the adage … Continue reading

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The Perfect Perennial – Daylilies

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With it being one of the easiest to care for perennials the day lily is one of the best picks for the home and ‘cottage’ landscape, where we like to enjoy our gardens not just work in them.  The day lily, … Continue reading

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Why all the hype over Hosta?

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Start by saying they are the easiest perennial to grow in partial shade.  Really only bothered by slugs and snails and this is a pest you can control.  Just stick with the thicker leaves and not a worry at all.    … Continue reading

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Growing and Dividing Peonies

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Peonies have been referred to as the ‘Queen of the Garden’ and they truly deserve this title. They are available as single, semi-double and huge fully double shapes in numerous colours including white, yellow, pink, red and very dark burgundy. … Continue reading

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Delphinium Elatum

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Delphiniums are tall, spectacular plants known as the ‘Queen of the Border’. They are one of the few garden plants that flower true blue but also may be mauve, purple, pink, cream, white or bicolour. Surprising to most gardeners, is … Continue reading

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