Links

Growers and Seed Companies

• Blossom Hill Nursery: www.blossomhillnursery.com/
Blossom Hill Nursery, near Peterborough specializes in award-winning delphiniums and peonies. We hybridize our own hardy Delphinium elatum from the British strain. We also grow 330+ varieties of peonies including species, heritage and modern herbaceous.

• Gardens North: www.gardensnorth.com/

• Gardens Plus: www.gardensplus.ca/
Peterborough nursery (with online shopping), specializing in Hostas, Daylilies, Low Maintenance Perennials

• Heritage Perennials: www.perennials.com/

• Hortico: www.hortico.com/
Wholesale roses, perennials, trees and shrubs

• Ontario Tree Seed Plant: www.mnr.gov.on.ca/en/business/forests/2columnsubpage/stel02_166052.html
Ontario's Tree Seed Facility.

• Richters Herbs: www.richters.com/

Government Agencies

• Environment Canada: www.ec.gc.ca/
Comprehensive source for environmental info and weather 70 Cremazie St., Gatineau, Quebec K1A 0H3 Telephone: 819-997-2800 or 1-800-668-6767 Fax: 819-994-1412 TTY: 819-994-0736 (Teletype for the hearing impaired) E-mail: enviroinfo@ec.gc.ca

• Ministere de l'Agriculture et de l'Alimentation de l'Ontario: www.omafra.gov.on.ca/french/index.html

• Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food: www.omafra.gov.on.ca/english/index.html

• Trillium Foundation of Ontario: www.trilliumfoundation.org/
The Ontario Trillium Foundation, an agency of the Ministry of Culture, receives annually $100 million of government funding generated through Ontario's charity casino initiative.

Competitions

• Communities in Bloom: www.communitiesinbloom.ca/
Which is the "bloomingest" town or city in Canada? The Communities In Bloom program is municipal competition that compares like-sized municipalities.

Associations and Nonprofits

• Adopt-A-Pond Programme: www.torontozoo.ca/
Toronto Zoo 361A Old Finch Ave. Scarborough, ON M1B 5K7E-mail: aap@TorontoZoo.ca Telephone: 416-392-5999 Fax: 416-392-4979

• Calgary Horticultural Society: www.calhort.org/

• Canadian Peony Society: www.peony.ca/

• Canadian Rose Society: www.canadianrosesociety.org/

• Canadian Wildlife Federation: www.cwf-fcf.org/
350 Michael Cowpland Drive,Kanata, ONK2M 2W1Phone: (800) 563-WILD (9453) or (613) 599-9594 (Ottawa Area)Fax: (613) 599-4428Email: contact@cwf-fcf.org

• Charity Village: www.charityvillage.com/cv/research/index.asp
Charity Village is Canada's supersite for the nonprofit sector --- 3,000 pages of news, jobs, information and resources for executives, staffers, donors, and volunteers. If philanthropy and volunteerism are part of your world, this is your place.

• City Farmer: www.cityfarmer.org/
Horticultural Information about city farms and gardens in Canada and other spots in the world. Urban Agricultural notes prepared by City Farmer, Canada's office of Urban Agriculture, Vancouver, B.C.

• Composting Council of Canada: www.compost.org/
16 Northumberland Street, Toronto, ON M6H 1P7Ph: (416) 535-0240;1-877-571-GROW(4769)Fax: (416) 536-9892E-mail: ccc@compost.org

• Conservation Council of Ontario: www.greenontario.org/
Conservation Council of Ontario is a province wide association of organizations and individuals whose mission is to promote conservation solutions, raise public awareness and build a strong province wide conservation movement

• EcoAction Teams Program - a program of Earth Day Canada: www.ecoactionteams.ca/
503-111 Peter Street, Toronto, Ontario Canada M5V 2H1. Tel: 416-599-1991ext. 106 Outside of Toronto: 1-888-28-EARTH (32784) ext. 106. Fax: (416) 599-3100 Email: info@ecoactionteams.ca

• EcoKids & Earth Day Canada - a program of Earth Day Canada: www.earthday.ca/

• Horticulture Centre of the Pacific: www.hcp.bc.ca/

• Landscape Ontario Horticultural Trades Association: www.landscapeontario.com/
7856 Fifth Line South, RR4,Milton, ON L9T 2X8Toll Free: (800) 265-5656Phone: (905) 875-1805Fax: (905) 875-3942

• Nova Scotia Association of Garden Clubs: www.nsagc.com/

• Organic Landscape Alliance: www.organiclandscape.org/
The Wicket 777 Bay Street, P.O. Box 46009, Toronto, Ontario, M5G 2P6toll free: 1 866 824 7685 e-mail: Fax: 1-866-824-7685info@organiclandscape.org

• Ottawa Botanical Garden Society: www.ottawagarden.ca/

• Perennial Plant Association: www.perennialplant.org/

• Royal Botanical Gardens: www.rbg.ca/
Hamilton, Ontario

• Seeds of Diversity: www.seeds.ca/
A group of gardeners and farmers who grow heritage varieties of plants and share them with one another.

• Society of Ontario Nut Growers: www.songonline.ca/
SONG offers a manual on growing nut trees in Ontario as well as all of the past issues of "The Nuttery" newsletter.

• Toronto Botanical Garden: www.infogarden.ca/

• Wm. Saunders Rose Society: www3.sympatico.ca/wm.saundersrose/

Educational Institutions

• Guelph Turfgrass Institute: www.guelphturfgrass.ca/

• Ridgetown College - University of Guelph: www.ridgetownc.uoguelph.ca/
Degree, Diploma, and Certificate programs in landscaping and horticulture, offered at the University of Guelph's southwestern regional campus, Ridgetown College

• University of Guelph: www.uoguelph.ca/

Publications

• Canadian Gardening Magazine: canadiangardening.com

• Ontario Gardener Magazine: www.localgardener.net
Look for OHA's colour ad in their magazine devoted to Ontario gardens and gardeners.

• Trees native to Eastern Ontario database: www.ofnc.ca/ofgac
The native trees database is searchable and sortable by name, water and light requirements as well as salt tolerance. Notes are available on each type of tree.

Gardening Shows

• Success with Gardening Show: www.home-show.net/successfulgardening/index.html
The 17th Annual Success with Gardening Show will be held March 19-22, 2009 at the Toronto International Centre, 6900 Airport Road. The OHA holds an Annual Plant & Flower Competition with over 350 entries in design and horticulture.

Associate Members

• Hamilton & Burlington Rose Society: hbrosesociety@sympatico.ca
The Rose Society promotes interest in, and love for, the care and cultivation of roses. The Society is associated with the RBG and the Canadian Rose Society. For information please e-mail the Secretary at hbrosesociety@sympatico.ca

• Ontario Hosta Society: www.ontariohostasociety.com

• Orchid Society of Royal Botanical Gardens: www.osrbg.ca

• Toronto Cactus & Succulent Club: torontocactus.tripod.com
Founded in 1977, the TCSC is a specialized group for anyone with an interest in cactus and other succulent plants. Eight meetings per year are held on the 3rd Tuesday of the month (7:30 p.m.) at The Toronto Botanical Garden.