Author: kingstonhortsoc

Thursday November 10, 2022

7:00 p.m. Social 
Treats will be provided, please bring your own mug and drink.

7:30 p.m. AGM Business Meeting
The key documents to be approved at our AGM can be accessed by The Columbine newsletter which has been emailed to members. Please read them. Paper copies of the documents will not be provided at the meeting.

8:30 p.m. Entertainment
We all know to admire our gardens, to “smell the roses” and to touch the velvet of some leaves and flowers, but what about listening to our plants? Not just listening to the rain or the wind, really hearing music created by the plant’s inner movements. Curious? Please join us!

According to our by-laws we require a minimum of 15 members in order to conduct our AGM. 

Please RSVP if you plan to attend so that we can ensure sufficient numbers for a quorum. See The Columbine newsletter for more details.

We need your support in this process.

Please don’t assume that we will have enough members without YOU. We promise to keep the business portion of the meeting as brief as we can.

Our meeting location is the 2^nd floor hall of Unitarian Place, located at 206 Concession Street, Kingston, between MacDonnell Street and Victoria Street. Parking is at the back of the building.

This will be an in-person meeting.

Mary Ann van Berlo: Winter interest in the garden

Admission is free to members of Gardening Kingston. The Guest fee is $3.00.

Our meeting location is 2nd floor hall of the Kingston Unitarian Place, located at 206 Concession Street, Kingston, between MacDonnell Street and Victoria Street. Parking is at the back of the building.

KUF can be reached by using Kingston Transit. Route 16 runs by KUF every half hour from Monday to Saturday, and hourly on evenings and Sunday. Buses also run along Princess Street, three blocks away from KUF, every 15 minutes Monday to Saturday. For more information, check out Kingston Transit.

This will be an in-person meeting.

Orchestrated Chaos: a Garden Tour

Presented by Wilma Kenny
The story of a personal garden: how it began, major influences, and lessons I have learned over 40 years.

Round Table Discussion – successes or problems in your garden this summer

Flower and Vegetable Parade – bring one or more to “show off”! Prizes

Admission is free to members of Gardening Kingston. The Guest fee is $3.00.

Our meeting location is 2nd floor hall of the Kingston Unitarian Place, located at 206 Concession Street, Kingston, between MacDonnell Street and Victoria Street. Parking is at the back of the building.

KUF can be reached by using Kingston Transit. Route 16 runs by KUF every half hour from Monday to Saturday, and hourly on evenings and Sunday. Buses also run along Princess Street, three blocks away from KUF, every 15 minutes Monday to Saturday. For more information, check out Kingston Transit.

Please join us for special tours of the Pollinator Garden and the Paterson Garden on June 12 and June 18, respectively. Both tours are open to the public and anyone interested in gardening is welcome to speak with our gardeners, as well as members of the Kingston Area Seed System Initiative (KASSI):

• On Sunday, June 12, 10:00-12:00, we would like to showcase the Pollinator Garden at the Memorial Centre. We will unveil our new Little Seed Library. 
• On Saturday, June 18, 10:00-12:00, we invite you to Roden park, where we have the Paterson Garden, a rock garden at the top of the hill. Again, our gardeners and KASSI members will be available to answer your questions. And another Little Seed Library is planned for this location.

As an additional event, for Gardening Kingston members: we have arranged to have Terrence Radford explain to us the Spirit Garden he designed at Lake Ontario Park. This is planned for Friday, June 17, at 4:00 p.m. and at 5:00p.m. Please watch the June newsletter for a survey to choose your preferred time. Members are invited to bring a friend or partner.

KFPL is partnering with The Kingston Horticultural Society for a plant swap! Bring your favorite green fellows to swap with others! 

Spring has sprung! Bring your green little friends to the swap and find them a new home while taking away some of your own!

Registrants are asked to arrive twenty to thirty minutes prior to start to set up their plants. The event will start at 2pm.

More details here.

Would you like to capture the essence of your garden to enjoy it year round?

Leslie will share some tips to improve your floral photographs; whether it’s specimens from your own garden or display gardens you have visited.

Photography is a terrific companion hobby for gardeners  and an excellent way to share our love of horticulture.

Full meeting details and instructions to join in person or online are on the June Meeting page.

At the May 12 and June 9 meetings, you will have the opportunity to “show off”: if you have a flower in your garden that you would like to show all of us, please cut it and place it in a little vase, and bring it to the meeting. There will be no judging as in years past, but we do have a participation prize for all members who bring at least one flower at the May meeting. 

Because there is no judging, we cannot call this a “flower show”, so we thought of a parade: we can line up all our vases as if in line for a parade!

In June, to follow the suggestion from the folks who planned the Year of the Garden, we would like to see red flowers, but again, the parade can be multi-coloured… because we love all flowers!

A little tip: if you need a small vase, there are quite a few at Value Village.

Thursday, May 12, 2022 at 7:00pm

In-person and Virtual Meeting

Speaker: Joyce Hostyn

Presentation: Little Forests Kingston…Big Plans

Nature Canada recently presented the Conservation Partner of the Year award to Little Forests Kingston. We’ve invited Joyce to share her vision of growth for the Little Forests project.

To Join GK Online with Zoom:

Members: watch for your May issue of The Columbine to register by April 20^th.

Non-members: if you are interested in joining this zoom session, become a member. It’s only $20 to join, and there are many member benefits. Fill out the Membership form here and email it to kingstonhortsoc@gmail.com.

To Join in Person:

Our meeting location is 2nd floor hall of the Kingston Unitarian Place, located at 206 Concession Street, Kingston, between MacDonnell Street and Victoria Street. Parking is at the back of the building.

KUF can be reached by using Kingston Transit. Route 16 runs by KUF every half hour from Monday to Saturday, and hourly on evenings and Sunday. Buses also run along Princess Street, three blocks away from KUF, every 15 minutes Monday to Saturday. For more information, check out Kingston Transit.