Welcome to the Pakenham Horticultural Society, your local garden club!
We are a group of energetic gardeners of all ages and levels of experience. We happily share our love and knowledge of gardening in the Ottawa Valley.
You need not be an expert to join our garden club.
We meet in the village of Pakenham, the third Wednesday evening of most months, at St Andrews United Church Hall. Click here for a detailed schedule of meetings and events
For over 85 years, the volunteers of this Society have been "Making Ontario Beautiful". This year we participated in Communities in Bloom and are proud to say our community was awarded 4 out of 5 blooms. We maintain plantings at the Five Span Bridge Park, the Arena, the Cenotaph, as well as barrels and planters along the main street of Pakenham.
   
We also stage three fun Flower Shows each year, including the Flower and Vegetable Show at the Pakenham Fair. The 2011 Award winners are........
And for you shutterbugs out there, we also have a Photography Competition.
2011 President's Message
This past year has been full of activity and accomplishments – all due to the diligent work of many Pakenham Horticultural Society members – as you will see in the many reports on this website.
 Highlights for me have been the Flower Shows – which illustrate the love and care we invest in our gardens and the skills of those who do the floral designs. I always regret that the whole village of Pakenham doesn’t come to see these shows. We’ve got some ideas to fix that this year.
The OHA District 2 AGM, hosted by Almonte and Pakenham Hort Societies was a huge success. Congratulations and thanks to Lori Ray, Myrna Blair, Judy McGrath, Karen Richter, Gwen Ross and Gwen Flewelling for their creativity and organizational skills.
Sherryl Smith provided us with excellent guest speakers who focused on the topic of trees. And we planted many trees to mark the United Nations Year of the Forest.
Our first year of being part of Communities in Bloom was a great success. Rhonda Tees created a document that has inspired us all. The efforts of a crew of gardeners, led by Judy McGrath, impressed the CiB judges.
I am grateful that Sherryl Smith is taking on the task of President for this coming year so that the Pakenham Horticultural Society can continue its excellent work.
And special thanks to Lori Ray who was so helpful as she guided me though the duties of the President.
Thanks to all for your enthusiasm and support,
Happy Gardening, Fern Martin
Incoming Presidents’ Message for 2012
As we “delve into 2012”, the Pakenham Horticultural Society has many new beginnings!
We have decided to share the responsibilities between two Co – Presidents - Fern Martin and Sherryl Smith; Fern will continue to be our primary contact with District 2 and Communities in Bloom and the Chair of our Beautification Committee and Sherryl will look after developing the program and facilitating our meetings and chairing the Board. Two heads are always better then one!
Some other changes this year are our continued involvement in Communities in Bloom. The Town of Mississippi Mills was awarded a 4 Bloom status last fall and this effort motivated lots of creative ideas including closer links with our sister Horticultural Society in Almonte. We hope members of each will participate in our Flower shows and attend each others meetings over the next months. We especially hope to have a huge turnout for our special joint meeting with featured speaker Ed Lawrence Sept 24. The Town website has postings of our program schedules to make it easy to do.
We are looking forward to an exciting series of speakers and activities for 2012 and our regular meetings will be starting at 7:30 pm - new this year!
All of this information and more will be available in our new Web-based Yearbook - another innovation for 2012!!
We hope it is a prosperous one for everyone involved,
Sherryl Smith and Fern Martin
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All photos courtesy of Judy McGrath and Lani Holland
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