Annual General Meeting

Guest Speaker: Paul Gellatly

Topic: Success with Houseplants

Annual General Meeting with members includes:  nominations/election of officers, installation of new board.

Our guest speaker: A passionate life-long horticulturist, Paul Gellatly was recently featured on the new television documentary series ‘Visionary Gardeners’.   He is an avid collector of rare and unusual plants with a personal collection of over 800 tropical plants. He is also an experienced hybridizer of daylilies, with 46 registrations with the American Hemerocallis Society.

Paul has affiliations with the Toronto Botanical Garden as the former Director of Horticulture and The Toronto Zoo as former Curatorial Gardener managing one of Canada’s largest tropical plant collections. 

Many online garden lovers may know Paul through his strong online presence as The Tattooed Gardener, with social media posts reaching 25-30 million people per month.

Details of Paul’s presentation:

Paul Gellatly will uncover the mystery, and share some of his secrets for success with tropical plants. His presentation will cover the basics of indoor plant care, key watch-outs and how to treat common pests. 

For those who have been growing plants for decades, or are first-time plant parents, Paul’s presentation will leave you wanting to add to your collection… And you’re in luck!  Paul will be bringing some plants he’ll be highlighting to sell after his talk. 

Whether you’re interested in gesneriaceae, aroidacea, or orchidaceae, or you think I just swore in a different language, you’re sure to come out of this talk with a new sense of hope, some new information, and a greener thumb.

Meeting Activities: AGM, Speaker