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Time to renew your 2024-25 Membership
Membership Renewal for 2024-25:
Printable 2024-25 Membership Form
2024-2025 Agenda
Meetings are back to being in-person !
(Specific meetings may still be held virtually via Zoom. The Zoom Meeting details
would be sent out to paid members and guests a day or two in advance of the date.
Please check this website after 4:00 P.M. on the day before a meeting for any last minute changes.)
Sept. 11/24 Late Bloomers for a Fall Fling – As the days grow shorter and the nights become cooler it is hard to say goodbye to our summer garden. Luckily with some planning we can enjoy a second wave of beauty with fall blooms and ornamental plants. Cindy Cluett of Beyond the House will share many plants that will help us embrace the changing season.
Oct. 09/24 Best Shrubs for Multi Season Interest- Shrubs play many roles in the garden, be it to create structure, colour, texture and interest. Many are stunning for two or three weeks then fade into the background. Shrubs just don’t produce spectacular flowers for a limited time, many offer other features such as fruit production to attract wildlife, brilliant fall colours, attractive bark or unusual trunk or branching formations. If well chosen, they can make a large and exciting statement in your landscape. Join us as Mary Reid from Green Thumb Garden Centre talks about the best shrubs to achieve a Multi-season exciting garden.
Nov. 20/24 Holiday Florals- Join us for our annual evening event with Jessica Barrett and Sophiane Laib of Mill Street Florist. Watch this amazing duo create fabulous holiday centrepieces. Learn tips to create your own at home pieces. You may be a lucky recipient of one of their amazing arrangements. Net proceeds are donated to the Barrhaven Food Cupboard. PLEASE NOTE THIS EVENT WILL BEGIN AT 7:00 PM AT THE BARRHAVEN UNITED CHURCH, 3013 JOCKVALE RD.
Dec. 11/24 Members’ Holiday Season Celebration– Details to follow
Jan. 08/25 Mix and Match: Beautiful Combinations of Native Plants (ZOOM PRESENTATION)- As individual specimens, native plants provide much beauty and many ecological benefits, but in luscious combinations, they can take your garden to new levels. In this illustrated talk, Lorraine Johnson shows how you can mix and match tried-and-true performers that flourish together, focusing on flowers, foliage, shape, colour, texture and garden design. Lorraine is an activist and advocate of the environment and an author including her latest book: A Garden for the Rusty=Patched Bumblebee: Creating Habitat for Native Pollinators: Ontario and Great Lakes Edition.
Feb. 12/25 When is a Weed More Than Just a Weed? (ZOOM PRESENTATION)- Many of the common plants that we sometimes call weeds are actually useful, rich in nutrients, and can be used to make herbal remedies and are even growing in our own backyards and local forests. Dr. Shawn Yakimovitch, Kemptville Naturopathic Clinic, and Claude Smith, Kemptville Greenhouse Campus, will discuss plant identification, how to forage, medicinal properties and preparation for use.
Mar. 12/25 Growing From Seed- Join us as Rachel Gill from the ever popular “How Does Your Garden Grow?” Facebook page, talks about everything you need to know about starting seeds at home. She will cover such topics as supplies needed, recommendations on what to look for when purchasing seeds, tips for germination, water/temperature/lighting requirements, common mistakes and challenges and hardening off before transplanting.
Apr. 09/25 Hydrangeas: Selection and Care- Hydrangeas are one of the most popular flowering shrubs with new cultivars continually entering the market. So how do you choose? Joan Johnston of Peter Knippel Nursery and Garden Centre will focus on varieties that will thrive in your garden adding colour, elegance and beauty. These include paniculata, arborescens, petiolaris and macrophylla cultivars. Planting, pruning tips and growing requirements will be highlighted.
May 14/25 How to Grow and Care for Magnolias, Rhododendron and Azaleas in the Ottawa Area– Magnolias, Rhododendron and Azaleas are the epitome of spring. Their showy displays of color excite the senses and have a way of taking centre stage in the landscape. Robert Glendinning from the Central Experimental Farm will talk about planting, general care, preferred species/cultivars, winter concerns, pruning and will briefly touch on propagation..
May 31/25 Annual Plant Sale: Garden Club Fundraiser- Larkin House- 9:00 AM-1:00 PM
June 2025 Club Members’ Summer Celebration- Date and location to be confirmed
June/July 2025 Tours and Outings
Rob Stuart is a member of the Barrhaven Garden Club, is a volunteer at the Rock Garden at the Central Experimental Farm and the Co-President of the Ottawa Valley Rock Garden & Horticultural Society. He and Mark LeBlond, another CEF volunteer, installed the Demonstration Crevice Garden at the CEF with the intent of making visitors to the Gardens aware of this Rock Gardening technique for smaller spaces.
Please see page 6 of the Friends of the Farm Newsletter for more on this Garden at CEF: Fall 2023
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The Barrhaven Garden Club wishes to thank the publisher of the Neighbours of West Barrhaven and Cedarhill and Neighbours of Stonebridge magazines for their story on our Garden Club.
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The Barrhaven Garden Club, founded in 1977 is committed to promoting interest and education in all areas of horticulture.
Benefits of Joining:
- · Monthly speakers
- · Social Events
- · Plant exchanges and sales
- · Discounts at select Garden Centres
- · Local garden tours and outings
Join us and meet fellow gardeners who share a passion and interest in gardening. Learn new skills and share your experience with others. Membership is open to all persons interested in gardening regardless of skill level or experience.
In-person meetings are the second Wednesday of the month (on the dates listed in the Agenda above) at 7:30pm at Larkin House, located at 76 Larkin Drive (adjacent to the tennis courts), unless otherwise stated. Non-members will be charged $5.00 per meeting. Please double-check the specific event to see if it is being delivered via Zoom.
Information: email BarrhavenGardenClub@gmail.com