Bus trip
Bus Trip
This year our society will be hosting a bus trip to Canada Blooms in Toronto, on Thursday March 18,2010. The cost is $40.00 for members and $50.00 for non-members( which will give you a membership to our society) The bus will be leaving the Elmira Pencostal Assemly parking lot at 8:00am (please park at the rear of Church) and will leave Toronto at app.4:00pm. For tickets or more information please contact Dianne Coulman at 519-669-8271
All meetings are at the Trinity United Church Elmira, enter at the rear of the church
For more information on speakers or the education meetings please contact Karen Smart 519 669 2458 for a list of speakers please chick on "about us" above
ABOUT
Elmira and District Horticulture Society was founded in 1900 and at that time the local newspaper expressed concern that the community might not support a Horticulture Society. After 106 years and a membership of 200, the society has done well.
The Society Members plant and maintain flowerbeds at the Woolwich Community Services, Gibson Park, Memorial Park, South Welcome Sign, North Welcome Sign, Union Cemetery, Lions Park, Woolwich Visitors Centre, Floradale Beds and Planters, Bristow Park Garden and Breslau Gardens and we also subsidize the Hanging Baskets down town.
The Society also holds educational meetings on the 3rd Monday of the month. Guest speakers are invited, to help with your planting problems, and to give new ideas to help plan your gardens. Everyone is welcome.
We also have bus trips to different areas, to check out other gardens. A plant sale is held every spring, bring in any two plants the night before at set up, and receive a coupon for a plant on sale day. This is a great way to purchase plants at reasonable prices. Garden walks are another fundraiser, where you can tour a variety of delightful gardens in our community. Every other year we have a candlelight tour where one can enjoy homes that are decorated for the Christmas season.
As you can see the society has a lot to offer but if you have any suggestions to offer or any programs that you feel that would improve the community, or have any questions about gardening, please let us know by contacting Anne & Tony Vorstenbosch at 519 669 8802 or you can e-mail us at atvorst@hotmail.com.
MEETINGS The Elmira Society meets at Trinity United Church in Elmira, usually the 3th Monday of the month. The tentative schedule for 2010 can be found in the by "clicking" the "about us" link in the above bar.
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