The Society is funded by membership fees of $7.00 per year and grants from the Town of Essex and the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food. Its aims are to provide members with a place to share information on gardening and co-ordinate efforts to beautify the area. Each year the Society has speakers at its monthly meetings and arranges special events related to horticulture, ranging from plant exchanges to day trips and flower shows.

Our volunteers plant, weed and maintain the downtown flower beds and created the Heritage Gardens at the Essex Railroad Station in 1999 and 2000.

Visitors are welcome to stop by to join our organization or to hear a speaker. Although many of our members have considerable knowledge of gardening and horticulture and a few are Master Gardeners, most members are average home gardeners. The only requirement to being a member is an interest in gardening. Meetings are held at 7:30pm the fourth Wednesday of each month, except in July, August and December, at the Kinsmen Field House on Fairview Avenue (near the Arena), between where Langtry St. and Westlawn Drive intersect with Fairview (very small building next to one of the ball diamonds) in Essex.

High School Students who need volunteer hours may contact us to help us prepare flower beds, plant and weed.

For further information please call Kathy Hudak at 519 776-5140 or Lynn Imeson at 519 839-4751.