Flower Shows
Welcome Flower Show Lovers!
We will be updating this section frequently to share photos, recipes and information from our monthly Flower Shows.
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Emma Biggs, our February speaker, has a website shop that offers books and seeds for unique and covetable tomato varieties.
Click on the green button to access her website shop.
For a Limited Time Only!!!
Success with Houseplants
Our January 4th 2023 speaker, Paul Gellatly is kindly sharing his fantastic presentation with EHS members only.
Click on the green button below to view his presentation which will be online until January 13th. Please note, this has expired.
Please do not share with the public.
Note: In order to post the presentation, we had to reduce file size considerably which has affected image sharpness.
Our September speaker, Sean James has shared his presentation and a list of nurseries where you can find native plants.
Please click on green buttons to access his presentation and Nursery list.
Special Discount for EHS members only!
Our May 4th, 2022 guest speaker Lorraine Roberts has created a special discount for Etobicoke Horticultural Society members.
This is a one-time use coupon for perennial purchases at her nursery: Plant Paradise Country Gardens in Caledon.
For online orders, members can enter the discount code: Etobicoke before checking out and receive 10% off their perennial purchases.
Please note that this is a one time use coupon, so make sure everything you want to order is in your cart before proceeding to payment.
To visit her website, click on the following: Plant Paradise Country Gardens
Irish proverb:
Never iron a four leaf clover, because you don’t want to press your luck.
Irish Blessing:
May you always find three welcomes in your life: in a garden during summer, at a hearth during winter and in the hearts of friends throughout all of your years.
Our March speaker, Helen Battersby has shared a list of Irish Gardens in her presentation, some charming Irish quotes and a plant list.
List of Gardens Visited
Helen Battersby’s Irish Gardens: Prehistoric, Historic, and Modern
Prehistoric:
Céide Fields, County Mayo
Ireland’s most extensive Neolithic archeological site, dating back nearly 6,000 years, and the oldest known system of walled agricultural fields in the world.
https://ceidefields.com
Inisheer, Aran Islands
With signs of habitation from the Bronze Age, at least 1,000 years ago, Inisheer is the smallest of the three Aran Islands. Today, these islands in their entirety are listed as Special Areas of Conservation due to their extensive diversity of endemic plants.
https://www.aranislands.ie
Historic:
Powerscourt House and Gardens, East Wicklow
With gardens dating from 1731 – and, in fact, an important site from medieval times – Powerscourt has been rated by National Georgraphic as #3 of the top-10 gardens in the world, after Versailles and Kew.
https://powerscourt.com
Kylemore Abbey, Connemara
Originally created as a residential manor by Mitchell Henry and his wife Margaret in 1867, since 1920 it has been managed as a girls’ school and, now, garden attraction by Benedictine Sisters. The Victorian Walled Garden is a living garden museum.
https://www.kylemoreabbey.com
Ilnacullin on Garinish Island, West Cork
On an island in Bantry Bay, Ilnacullin was intended as the home for John Annan Bryce and his wife Violet, and the sub-tropical plants they collected. Built between 1911 an 1914, and designed by Edwardian landscape architect Harold Peto, it’s one of Ireland’s most-visited gardens. https://garinishisland.ie
Modern:
Jimi Blake’s Hunting Wood Gardens, Wicklow
One of Ireland’s most exciting contemporary gardens from garden designer and plantsman Jimi Blake. A book about the garden A Beautiful Obsession is co-written by Noel Kingsbury. https://www.huntingbrookgardens.com
Quote from the garden:
“I would like to live like a river flows, carried by the surprise of its own unfolding.”
– Irish poet John O’Donohue from the poem ‘Fluent’ in his book Conamara Blues.
June Blake’s Garden, Wicklow
Five minute’s drive from her brother Jimi’s garden, this is the creation of a brilliant but untrained garden designer and nursery grower. Like Jimi’s, the contemporary garden surrounding Victorian farm buildings is set on a portion of the former family farm. http://www.juneblake.ie/cms/
Quote from the garden:
“May I have the courage today/To live the life I would love,/To postpone my dream no longer,/But do at last what I came here for/And waste my heart on fear no more.”
– John O’Donohue
Helen Battersby’s Irish Gardens Presentation:
Jim Blake’s Top 25 Plants List - Ireland
How to Pot Up Plants
Topic: How to properly pot up plants for our Spring Plant Sale
Janet Haynes Graham is a member of the Etobicoke Master Gardeners. She joined the group shortly after retiring 4 years ago, following a life time of gardening and a career in earth science and environmental compliance. Janet is growing her interest in native plants and understanding the battle against invasives in our natural and cultivated areas. And of course she is engaged in the constant challenge of getting the garden “just right”.
At our April 6th meeting, Janet shared the proper steps to potting up plants.
Please click here for a printable version of her instructions.
