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District 2: Grenville, Lanark, Ottawa, Renfrew

Chrysanthemums District 2 is composed of the city of Ottawa as well as Renfrew, Lanark and Grenville counties. A warm welcome awaits you from over 2000 members in 20 societies that are active in communities across the region.


Join your local Horticultural Society:

Ottawa Valley Societies

Mississippi Basin

 

Ottawa Basin

 

Rideau Basin

Almonte

 

Beachburg

 

Gloucester

Carleton Place

 

Deep River

 

Kanata- March

Pakenham

 

Eganville

 

Kemptville

Perth

 

Madawaska

 

Manotick

Stittsville

 

Pembroke

 

Nepean

West Carleton

 

Petawawa

 

Ottawa

   

 

 

Ottawa Valley Rock Garden

       

Smiths Falls

New: Greater Ottawa Water Garden

Events in District 2

Thank you to Rock Wall Gardens, the organizers, presenters and all who attended the 2010 District 2 Fun Day .

Thank you from the OHS for the work on the District 2 Summer Flower Show

  

District 2 links

  1. How to search the OHA speaker's list (Instructions)
  2. OHA Speaker's list on the GardenOntario web site
  3. 2010 District 2 Society Contact List (PDF) updated  district2 password required. 
  4. District 2 meeting minutes since 2003 district2 password required.
  5. District 2 Constitution
  6. Calendar of OHA and District activities for Societies
  7. District 2 expense form
  8. District 2 letterhead
  9. District 2 Budget 2009 - 2010

District 2 Executive

District Director

Jeff Blackadar

Past District Director

Sheila King

Secretary-Treasurer

Bonnie Gray

Assistant Directors

Mary Ann Van Berlo
David Archer
Karen Haddon
Jocelyne Laframboise

Judges Update Coordinator

Auditors 2010-2011

Sheila King

Margot Belanger, Jane Keeler

  

 

Service Award Winners

1976 Sandy Cavaye - Ottawa

1992 Hugh Stewart - Kemptville

1977 Clarence Brown - Ottawa

1993 Mimi Edmondson - Pakenham

1978 Mary McGrogan - Gloucester

1994 Gwen Kidd - Beachburg

1979 Betty Aspinall - Deep River

1995 Helen Halpenny - Almonte

1980 Helen Groskopf - Kemptville

1996 Mary Harris - Manotick, Ottawa

1981 George Rossow - Pembroke

1997 Callie Basham - Ottawa

1982 Frances Lemke - Pembroke

1998 Doreen Bell - Stittsville

1983 Maurice Marshall - Ottawa

1999 Judy Shedden - Ottawa

1984 Harvey and Bernice Fraser - Pembroke

2000 Sylvia Giroux - Pembroke

1985 Trevor and Brenda Cole - Ottawa, OVRGHS

2001 Ken Fink - Beachburg

1986 Gladys Skuffam - Almonte

2002 Owen Munn - Manotick

1987 Joe Rawson - Perth

2003 Eva Gallagher - Deep River

1988 Anstance Esmond-White - Kemptville

2004 Anne Tokaruk - Carleton Place

1989 Christine Temple - Kanata March

2005 Hazel Hawthorn - Beachburg

1990 Farrell & Margaret Chown - Pakenham

2006 Brian Carson - OVRGHS, Manotick

1991 Lenore & Arthur Fentiman - Kanata March

2007 Margo Fulford - Perth
  2008 Jane Anderson - Manotick
  2009 Fran Dennett - Gloucester
  2010 Lee Boltwood - Stittsville-Goulbourn

 OHA District 2 Photo Competition 2011:

 

The District 2 competition will take place at the 2011 District 2 Annual General Meeting.

The rules are basic:

  • Color print from film or digital to be  4" x 6"
  • Un matted
  • Write your name and society on the back
  • Only one entry per competitor per class                         

Display and prize giving will be at the District AGM.

Prizes for each class (if warranted ) 1st: $3.00, 2nd: $2.00, 3rd: $1.00.

Classes 2011

  1. As the plot thickens - photo of a garden in full growth or bloom
  2. Drama on a small scale - photo of a vibrid container garden
  3. Mysterious dark side - photo of dark coloured bloom(s) or foliage
  4. Riddle of the rockery - photo of a rock garden
  5. Under House Arrest - photo of a house plant
  6. A Veiled Clue - photo of a flowering vine
  7. The Witness(es) - photo of wildlife in the garden
  8. The Good Guys - photo including a pollinator
  9. Green edivence - photo of foliage
  10. Inscrutable bulbs - photo of early spring bulbs

Judging Points Scale: Horticultural Value 40%, Photographic Value 40% and Appearance & Impact 20%.

Send your entries to:

Chairperson: Owen Munn
9 Thorncliff Place, Nepean, ON K2H 6L4
Phone (613) 596-1213

Entry deadline is March 31st 2011
Please call 613-596-1213 or e-mail emunn(-at-)magma.ca with any questions.

Ontario Horticultural Association Photo Competition.

For information on Photographic Competitions at the OHA convention see: http://www.gardenontario.org/sho/pho.php

Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs

Effective Organizations Factsheets

Updates to this webpage 

Please direct any comments, updates or questions about information on this page to web@ottawahort.org

or

Jeff Blackadar
1143 Burgundy Lane
Ottawa, ON
K1C 2M9

Tel: 613-841-9263 (please use e-mail if possible)

 

District 2 Newsletter, 22 November 2009
by Jeff Blackadar

 

Upcoming Society events in the District:

Please send these event notices to your newsletter and yearbook editors.

Ottawa Is Blooming is the 12th annual Kanata Garden & Landscape Show.

Start Date: April 23, 2010

End Date: April 25, 2010

Location: Kanata Recreation Complex 100 Walter Baker Pl
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Last Updated: 2010-08-22