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NEWSLETTER
ANCASTER HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY
APRIL, MAY, JUNE 2015
From the Co-Presidents’ Grapevine:
Contact List
Welcome to Spring and to the beginning of gardening season——well
almost! but it is the busiest season for our Society.
Our program has lots to interest you from getting our bodies ready to garden
‘without the ache’ in April, to amazing Peonies in May and loads of beautiful
Hydrangeas in June.
Plans have been underway all winter to make this year’s Plant Sale one of our
best. (See page 3 & the insert for information about potting days and how you
can help.) We’ve worked with Intrigue Media to create a video ad for the sale
which will appear in many public locations. (We’ll post a link in the next
NEWS FLASH) & we’ll have new large banner signage from Advantage Signs.
Fieldcote Museum gardens need volunteers to help with the garden cleanup
on April 18th. Already our Trillium Award directors are planning for the
Trillium nominations & judging in June & July and we have an exciting new
design for the awards this year. They’d love to have you help to judge the
100 prettiest gardens in Ancaster.
This summer is special for AHS and for all the societies in OHA District 6.
Preparations have been underway for the past year to host the
OHA 109th Annual Convention this July 3 - 5 at Redeemer University. There is
an exciting line up of speakers, tours, workshops, a flower show and fun.
Because the convention is right here on our home turf, it’s an excellent
opportunity to join Hort. members from all across the province. Registration
is open. Details can be found on p. 4 and on the OHA web site. You can
still volunteer with various committees and reduce the convention fee for
yourself. Bob Wilt would be happy to link you with the right committee
chairs. Sat. April 11th is a chance for a “mini convention” experience at
Dist 6 Spring Workshop & Flower Show in Oakville. (details inside)
This really is our busy season. Follow us on our web site and on Twitter.
We hope to see you out this spring!
Donna Parker and Bob Wilt
A WARM WELCOME TO OUR NEW AHS MEMBERS
Marilyn Burgan
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Kelly Heinrich
Co-Presidents:
Bob Wilt
905 648-3369
[email protected]
Donna Parker
905 304-6110
[email protected]
Membership:
Dorothy Macintyre 905 627-4381
[email protected]
Florascape/NEWS FLASH Editor:
Donna Parker
905 304-6110
[email protected]
Mailing Address:
Ancaster Horticultural Society
P.O. Box 81056
Ancaster, On L9G 4X1
Web: ancasterhort.org
Twitter: @hortancaster
Page Content
1...........Co-Presidents’ Grapevine
1............New Members
2............Fieldcote News
2……… Trillium Awards
3……… Plant & Bake Sale
3……… Decorate a Boot!
4……… Upcoming Events
Insert 1…(p. 5 digital edition)
Upcoming Area Events
What are Haskap Berries?
Insert 2 ..(P.6 digital edition)Plant List
for donations to Plant Sale
Helen Nichol
ANCASTER HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY, P.O. BOX 81056, ANCASTER, ON L9G 4X1
ANCASTER HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY
NEWSLETTER
APRIL, MAY, JUNE 2015
Fieldcote Clean Up Day
Sat. April 18th
9:30 to 12:30
Rain or Shine!
Fieldcote Gardeners Need your Help!
submitted by Mavis Baker 905-304-3708
We would love to have more volunteers for both the spring clean up and for our regular
Thursday gardening days. We do not ask for a regular commitment, just come to the gardens,
when you can, at 9:30 on fine Thursday mornings beginning in May and there you will find
our team.
Spring Clean Up day is a wonderful opportunity for any students needing
community service hours. Please pass this information along.
Refreshments will be served!
The 2015 Trillium Awards are coming!
submitted by Sheila Oddy 905 648-2320
Spring will soon be here and we are already starting to think Gardens, Gardens, Gardens! We would like to
urge our members to take a look around their own neighbourhoods and nominate any gardens they feel
would merit the title of ‘One of Ancaster’s 100 Prettiest Gardens’. We normally require name, address, phone
number and email address but, don’t worry if you don’t know who the occupant is, we can find that out. The
more entries we have the better, as it makes the winning of one of our trophies more meaningful.
We will also be looking for more judges amongst our members. If you don’t have much time to
donate to the Society, this is one of the ways you can contribute without committing a lot of hours. Judging
is fun and gives you an opportunity to see some of Ancaster’s loveliest properties—possibly in a part of
Ancaster you have never seen. If you’ve never judged before we will send you out with someone who is
experienced. It will take only about 3 to 4 hours of your time at a time that suits you. Step forward and give
us a hand! Contact one of us below.
This year we are taking entries in 3 ways: -by email: [email protected]
- OR by mail: Ancaster Horticultural Society Box 81056, Fiddler’s Green
PO. Ancaster L9G 4X1
-OR in person: Jackie’s Travel in Food Basics Plaza
Entries accepted: June 4th to June 19th
Judging takes place: July 11th to July 26th
Trillium Award Presentation Ceremony:
Fieldcote Museum Grounds August 18th
Donna Foster: 905 648-4588; Sheila Oddy: 905 648-2320;
Kelly Gowland: 905 648-9883
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One of 2014’s Diamond Trillium Awards
The Dmetrichuks Photo: S. Oddy
ANCASTER HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY
NEWSLETTER
PLANT SALE
Co-Directors: Sue Freshwater 905 648-0524
Donna Parker 905 304-6110
Saturday May 16th 2015 8:00am to 1:00pm
Perennials
Potted Herbs
Heirloom Vegetables
Flowering Shrubs Hostas
New this Year: Haskap Berry Bushes
(a nutritious alternative to Blueberries -see page 5 for details)
Potting Days begin at Whiteside Farms:
(1160 Jerseyville Rd.)
Monday April 27, 9:30 to Noon (ish) for set up
and continues every Wed., Fri., Sat. until the sale.
Join us for some or all of the potting days.
Bring your divided or unwanted perennials
(See notice below and plant list on page 6 back of insert)
APRIL, MAY, JUNE 2015
Calling all our
Artistic Members!
We need your help!
As part of our preparation
for the Convention,being
hosted by District 6 this
July 3 to 5, every Society
in the District is being
asked to decorate some rubber boots in a
creative way to represent their home Society.
These will decorate tables at the Convention.
So…we’d like to do 3 to 5 boots to represent
Ancaster. Each boot can be different; can be
a single or group effort. We need to submit our
number of boots by May 1st. so start getting
creative. If you’re up to the challenge, please
let us know so that we can submit our numbers.
(Boots to be completed by end of June)
Donna Parker [email protected]
905 304-6110
Bob Wilt
[email protected]
905 648-3369
The Bake Sale Needs You!
Photo: D. Puskas
LOOK TO YOUR GARDENS AND TO YOUR
NEIGHBOURS’ GARDENS FOR PLANTS
TO DONATE TO THE SALE!
April is a great time to split overgrown perennials!
* Check out the enclosed Plant List!*
If you need help to dig up plants,
contact Sue Freshwater
at [email protected] or 905-648-6733
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Bake Sale Requests
We need: loaves, pie (savory & fruit),
cakes, cookies, muffins (very popular),
tarts, tortes, jams, jellies, pickles,
rhubarb (very popular) gluten-free items.
Items should be packaged on a tray or
plate and labeled (indicate nut content).
Drop off between 7-8:00 am at Sale.
If you have items prepared early & would like
them picked up, contact Dorothy Bolf or
Julia Aitchinson: 905 648-6842
ANCASTER HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY
Upcoming Events
Monthly meetings of the Society are held on
the third Tuesday of each Month (Jan. to
June and Sept. to Nov.) in the Old Town Hall,
Wilson St. Ancaster.
Meetings begin with a social and
refreshments at 7:30 pm and the formal
meeting at 8:00 pm. Guests welcome!
April 11 OHA Dist. 6 Spring Workshop &
Flower Show
‘Spring in the Southern Tier’
Halton Region Municipal Bldg.
1151 Bronte Rd. Oakville (QEW at Bronte Rd.)
For more info: See page 5
April 12 Hosta Society Forum
Glencairn Golf Club, Halton Hills
April 18 AHS Fieldcote Clean Up Day
at Fieldcote Museum & Park 9:30 - 12:30
All volunteers welcome—Refreshments served
NEWSLETTER
APRIL, MAY, JUNE 2015
Upcoming Events cont’d
Fri. May 15 Truck Loading for Plant Sale
If you have a truck or trailer for loading, please
contact Sue Freshwater at 905 648-6733
Sat. May 16 Plant & Bake Sale
6:00 am Truck Unloading at Plaza
8:00 am Sale starts
1:00 pm Clean Up starts
May 19 AHS Monthly Meeting
“Peony Garden-Always Something Different”
with member Mike Clare www.peonygarden.com
June 14 Carnegie Gallery Garden Tour
10:00 am to 4:00 pm Tickets $20
Includes complimentary Tea at Carnegie Gallery
& gardens in Dundas, north Waterdown/Carlisle
plus coupons for discounts at many shops &
nurseries. Tickets available at:
-Carnegie Gallery, Brian Prince Bookseller,
& the Keeping Room
(www.carnegiegallery.org)
April 21 AHS Monthly Meeting
“Plant & Rake without the Ache”
with Dr. Rachel Carson
June 16 AHS Monthly Meeting
“Growing Beautiful Hydrangeas”
with Olwyne Mitton
April 27 Potting Days Set Up
at Whiteside Farms, 1160 Jerseyville Rd.
9:30am - noon(ish)
Potting Days continue every
Wed., Fri., & Sat., up to sale
Early May (dates to be announced in April)
AHS Municipal Gardens Clean Up Day
(details at April Mtg. or www.ancasterhort.org)
OHA 109th Convention in Dist. 6
July 3 to 5 at Redeemer College, Garner Rd.
This is an opportunity, in your own backyard, to
be involved with this exciting conference!
Speakers, Seminars, Bus Tours, Silent Auction,
Entertainment, Fun Activities
~For Registration & more Information visit:
www.gardenontario.org and
https://donnas2015conventionblog.wordpress.com
Attend, Volunteer, Meet New Friends,
Design a Boot!
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ANCASTER HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY
NEWSLETTER INSERT
APRIL, MAY, JUNE 2015
Q: What are Haskap Berries?
“Haskap” is the Japanese name for Lonicera
caerulea, that is Edible Blue Honeysuckle. It
is native to northern boreal forests and has been found wild in every
province except BC. The fruit tastes like a cross between a blueberry and
raspberry and can be used in jams, baking and for fresh eating.
The exciting thing about Haskaps is that they have been proven to be
very high in anti-oxidants and vitamin C. They are cold-hardy and under
commercial cultivation now across Canada. Each shrub is 1-2 metres
tall, depending on variety, and the fruit is oblong approx. 1 cm in diameter.
For our Plant Sale, a limited number of shrubs, from a grower in Nova
Scotia, have been made available.
Q: How are they grown? Haskaps grow best in full to part sun in a
sheltered location. Soil should be rich with compost, moist but welldrained. (Acidic soil is well-tolerated). HASKAP PLANTS REQUIRE
CROSS-POLLINATION WITH A DIFFERENT VARIETY TO PRODUCE THE
BEST FRUIT, THEREFORE 2 DIFFERENT
VARIETIES MUST BE PLANTED.
Further information will be available at
the Plant Sale. Plants will sell quickly!
Info source: Haskap Growers Assoc. Nova Scotia
Stock Photo
D.Parker, Halton MG
Are you a shutterbug?
We have a place to display your fine
photography!
The Flower, Vegetable & Photo Show
Sat. August 16th
So keep that camera handy for photos of
spring flowers, birds and butterflies
and your “Favourite Things”
(More information in Summer Florascape)
The AWARDS COMMITTEE is
looking for those members
who have made significant
contributions to the Society for
this year or past several years.
Please send nominations to the
Chair of Awards Committee:
Barbara Waddell: 905 648-0108 or
[email protected]
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Interested in attending? Contact:
Bob Wilt: 905 648-3369
What is Your Opinion? The City of Hamilton is conducting a
public art competition to select a permanent art work to be installed
along the walkway that connects Wilson St. to Fieldcote Memorial
Park. A jury has chosen 5 for public consultation. You are invited
to give your opinion in one of 2 ways:
Web Site: www.hamilton.ca/publicart Select link to Ancaster
Fieldcote Walkway in Current Projects section OR
Visit Ancaster Library on Sat. March 28 11am to 4pm
The Auxiliary of the Royal Botanical Gardens presents:
The 39th Annual Plant Sale
Thurs, Fri, Sat. May 7 to 9 9:00 a12:30pm
Arboretum, Old Guelph Rd. Dundas
RBG Members
Only Day
Wed. May 6th
9:00am-12:30
Free Parking-open at 8:00 am
Members receive 20% off
Past favourites, new cultivars,
unusual plants
Plants Needed for Ancaster Horticultural Society
Annual Plant Sale
Perennials Needed
Perennials Needed cont’d
Aster-Fall
Anemone-spring or fall varieties
Arabis/Rock Cress
Artemesia
Astilbe
Balloon Flower/Platycodon
Bee Balm/Monarda-esp named varieties
Beard Tongue/Penstemon
Bell Flower/Campanula -all varieties
Bergenia
Blanket Flower/Gaillardia
Bleeding Heart/Dicentra
Brunnera
Butterfly Bush/Buddleia
Columbine/Aquilegia
Coneflower/Echinacea
Coral Bells/Heuchera
Coreopsis
Corydalis
Cranesbill/Perennial Geranium
Daisy/Leucanthemum
Dahlia -corms
Daylily/Hemerocallis -esp. named varieties
Delphinium
Ferns-all varieties
Forget-me-Not--pink only
Foxglove/Digitalis
Gaura
Gayfeather/Liatris
Globe Thistle/Echinops
Globe Flower/Trollius
Goatsbeard/Aruncus
Grasses-all varieties
Hens & Chicks/Sempervivum
Hostas- esp. named varieties & other than
common green/white
Hyssop/Agastache
Iris--bearded, miniature, Siberian/Japanese
Jacob’s Ladder/Polemonium
Lady’s Mantle/Alchemilla
Lavender
Ligularia
Lily--oriental, Asiatic
Lobelia
Lupine
Mallow/Malva
Meadow Rue/Thalictrum
Meadowsweet/Filipendula
Monk’s Hood/Aconitum
Peonies
Phlox
Pincushion Flower/Scabious
Pinks/Dianthus
Poppy/Papaver
Rose Campion/Lychnis
Russian Sage/Perovskia
Sage/Salvia
Sedum-except Dragon’s Blood
Sneezeweed/Helenium
Soapwort/Saponaria
Speedwell/Veronica
Spiderwort/Tradescantia
Spurge/Euphorbia
Sunflower/Heliopsis
Thrift/Armeria
Turtlehead/Chelone
Yarrow
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Limited Need
Black-Eyed Susan/Rudbeckia
Corn Flower/Centaurea
Day Lilies -orange Tiger Lilies
Forget-me-Not--Blue
Hosta--plain green & common green/white
Lamb’s Ears/Stachys
Lily of the Valley
Lung Wort/Pulmonaria
Obedient Plant/Physostegia
Sedum --Dragon’s Blood
Solomon’s Seal
Violets/Viola
Yucca--doesn’t transplant easily
Shrubs Needed
Boxwood
Dogwood
Euonymus
Forsythia
Holly/Ilex
Hydrangea
Japanese Maples
Lilac
Redbud
Ground Covers Needed
Bugle Weed/Ajuga
Foam Flower/Tiarella
Lamium
Pachysandra
Sweet Woodruff
Vinca
Native Plants Needed
Gentian
Jack-in-the-Pulpit
Joe Pye Weed/Eupatorium
Ranunculus
Solomon’s Seal
Trillium
Milkweed/Asclepias
Herbs Needed
Basil
Chamomile
Dill
Marjoram
Parsley
Sage
Catmint/Nepeta
Chives
Lemon Balm
Oregano
Rosemary
Thyme
Invasive Plants Not Accepted
English Ivy
Goutweed
Japanese Knotweed
Ribbon Grass