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DIANE HUNTER diane.hunter@eap.on.ca
heard about this method at a convention she went to. It’s such a great idea.” “You don’t have to join to come to a meeting,” said Higginson. “People can just come and see what we are all about.” The group meets on the third Thursday of each month at the community centre in Vankleek Hill. Membership is encouraged for a small fee in order to help defray costs. “We have speakers that come and talk to us about different things,” Higginson explained. “We have someone coming to talk to us about herbs and weeds soon.” Other speakers throughout the season speak on topics such as preventative medicine from the garden given byMonica Giacomin, floral décor for the home presented by Jill Crosby, and water gardening presented by PondWorld owners, Doug and Judy Harvey. The Vankleek Hill Horticultural Society met for the first time in January 1906 and held its first flower show in April 1907. In 1984, the society began the tradition of planting a tree with the graduating class at Pleasant Corners Public School. Mill Street Park was created by the society along with the collaboration of the town of Vankleek Hill in 1994. In 2002, the tradition of planting a tree with the graduating class began at St. Jude’s Catholic Elementary School. The
For more than 100 years, the Vankleek Hill and District Horticultural Society has been meeting to discuss horticulture and friendship. The society met March 19 to begin this year’s season and discuss a recent trip to the PhiladelphiaHorticultural Society (PHS) flower show, as well as upcoming events for this season. Severalmembers shared their experiences on the recent trip to Philadelphia. “It is the biggest indoor flower show in the world,” said Charles Freeman, district director. “You could easily spend three or four days in there just poking around in amazement at the work and incredible beauty.” Joan King, treasurer for the society, took several pictures at the PHS show. “There is a different theme for the show each year,” said President Mary Higginson. “The theme this year was based on PIXAR and Disney movies. They had the most fantastic flower arrangements.” The society has come up with some new initiatives for this year including a seed library at the Champlain Library. “You can go in and get just a few seeds with instructions,” Higginson said. “The librarian, Lynda Poyser,
Beautiful tulips from the Philadelphia Horticultural Society flower shower, the biggest indoor flower show in the world.
society is responsible and cares for the flowers and plants at the town signs at each end of town. The society will be hosting a few shows this season including the Children’s Tulip &
Spring Show onMay 9, a plant sale onMay 21, and their annual Flower and Tea show on June 28. More information about the VKHHorticultural Society can be found at http://www.vkhhorticultural.ca/.
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