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GK in-person AGM and Presentation, Thursday, November 9 at 7pm

Stephen Gard is the new Executive Director at Loving Spoonful. His credentials include 25 years’ experience working in non-profit organizations with recognition as a Certified Association Executive in non-profit leadership. Gardening Kingston has long been a supporter of Loving Spoonful, especially in the Community Garden Network. We have invited Stephen to give us an overview of the full Loving Spoonful umbrella.  Have a peek at their website – www.lovingspoonful.org…you will be amazed!  

LOCATION

Our in-person Member’s Meetings will be held at:

Holiday Inn – Kingston West

205 Resource Road

Kingston, ON K7P 0K1

The location is fully accessible with ample free parking, and our meeting room is located on the ground floor.

Our Gardening Kingston banner will be located in the hallway outside of the meeting room, but hotel staff at reception will also be able to direct you.

Click on the map image below to link to the Google Map and a more detailed view of the surroundings.

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Gardening Kingston In-person Meeting: Thursday, October 12 at 7:00pm

Plant swap

Bring a plant, and get a different one in return. Bring two…get two. Any plant not chosen in a swap will then be available to other attendees. See complete instructions here.

Presentation by Cathy Christie, KASSI

“Be a Local Hero: Learn How to Grow, Save and Share Local Seeds”


“Our seeds are disappearing.

When seed varieties vanish from the marketplace, they evaporate not only from collective memory but also from the evolutionary story of the earth.  Seeds are more like Bengal tigers than vinyl records, which can simply be remanufactured.  Once gone, seeds cannot be resurrected.

Goodbye, cool seeds.  Goodbye, history of civilization.  Goodbye, food.

A seed makes itself.  A seed doesn’t need a geneticist or hybridist or publicist or matchmaker.  But it needs help.  Sometimes it needs a moth or a wasp or a gust of wind.  Sometimes it needs a farm and it needs a farmer.  It needs a garden and a gardener.

It needs you.”*  

Join us for an interactive hands-on session to learn how you can help build local climate-resilient, sustainable food systems by growing, saving and sharing local seeds. 

Bring your own seeds to share and swap.  Seeds – (including lots of tomato seeds) from the KASSI Living Seed Commons will be available by donation. 

We look forward to seeing you there!

* (from The Seed Underground:  A Growing Revolution to Save Food by Janisse Ray)

LOCATION

Our in-person Member’s Meetings are held at:

Holiday Inn – Kingston West

205 Resource Road

Kingston, ON K7P 0K1

The location is fully accessible with ample free parking, and our meeting room is located on the ground floor.

Our Gardening Kingston banner will be located in the hallway outside of the meeting room, but hotel staff at reception will also be able to direct you.

Click on the map image below to link to the Google Map and a more detailed view of the surroundings.

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Gardening Kingston meeting September 14

Learn. Grow. Share.

This is the Gardening Kingston tagline. What does it mean to you? Come share your thoughts, grow your understanding about your club, and learn from your fellow gardeners. 

Come share your plants, and the products of your labour. Arrive early, 6:30 pm, to enter your items in the flower show. Take a look as to the categories, the tags are available at the meeting, but bring your own vases. Enter in as many categories as you want. The more entries, the better likelihood to earn a prize! Everyone present will be asked to vote during the evening, including tasting the kitchen goods.

Even if you are not entering items in the show, please arrive early on September 14th, the meeting will start promptly at 7:00 p.m. NOTICE this new time! Same location as in the spring: Holiday Inn Express Kingston West at 205 Resource Road.

Looking forward to learning and sharing with you!

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Utilities Kingston Water Wise Garden Tours

The Utilities Kingston Water Wise Garden is an award-winning garden and gives us an opportunity to learn how to save water, time, and money, by building a water wise garden that ‘makes every rain drop count’. It promotes messages on water conservation, organic gardening and compost, runoff pollution prevention, and more. 

Tours are typically 30 minutes. It’s a great way to spend time outside and learn how to garden sustainably. Activities and crafts for small children are offered after the tour is completed. 

If you are interested in taking a tour, please reach out to Eleanor at esimonetta@cityofkingston.ca to schedule a time or perhaps a recurring weekly slot for you and your group. 

The garden is located at 1211 John Counter Boulevard and more information can be found here: https://utilitieskingston.com/water/conservation/conservationgarden

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In-Person Meeting reminder: June 8, 2023 at 7:30pm

Come meet your fellow gardeners, representatives from gardening organizations in our area and also a few local businesses that can support your gardening activities. The Lemoine Point Native Plant Nursery, the Kingston Area Seed Systems Initiative, Glocca Mora Farms, Bear Root Gardens, Sticky Forks Apiary, and Urban Nature will outline their organization or business for a few minutes, and then you will be able to talk to them at their information table. During that time, you will also admire the entries for the flower show and vote for the “best in show” in each category!

On the other side of the room, you will be enticed to bid for lovely items donated for our silent auction (cash or cheque only). All proceeds from the auction will be donated to the Partners in Mission Foodbank. We have also arranged for a large bin to be brought to our meeting so that if you wish ,you could drop off a non-perishable item for the foodbank.

There will be treats, so skip dessert at home and join us for a fun evening!

One last thing: we can’t have a flower show if no one participates. Come as early as 6:30 PM to bring your contributions. See you there!

NEW LOCATION: HOLIDAY INN – KINGSTON WEST

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In-Person Meeting reminder: Thursday, May 11, 2023 at 7:30pm

Planting for Success

Presented by Mary Ann van Berlo

We have one chance to get our plants off to a good start – so planting them properly is highly important. Much research and observation have changed the recommendations for the planting of trees and shrubs as well as perennials. Mary Ann will tell us why root washing and root pruning are important steps to ensure the vigour and longevity of your transplant. She’ll also explain why staking and amending the soil in the transplant hole no longer recommended.

Also Member Flower Show.

New Location: Holiday Inn – Kingston West