A Chapter of The North American Rock Garden Society
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Member Society of OHA District 2
2024-2025 Meeting Calendar
Sat. Sep 14th 2024 1:30 PM
Rob Stuart - The Art of Rock Gardening
** Location TBA due to construction
This presentation is directed towards those starting out in Rock Gardening experience. A brief history of the art of rock gardening will be given, along with identifying those individuals whom have made large contributions to the introduction of rock garden plants from around the world. Types of Rock Gardens will be discussed as well as placement and construction of the same. Finally, the identification of plants for sun and / or part shade are given based on the presenter’s own experience, successes and failures
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Rob has been gardening since 10 years old - now a master gardener. Since 2003, he has focused on alpine gardening and is currently a Co-President of the Ottawa Valley Rock Garden & Horticultural Society. He is an avid grower most of his plants from seed and cuttings.
Sat. Dec 7th 2024 1:30
Laura Caddy - UBC Alpine Garden
Full description to follow
Sat. April 12th 2024 1:30
Ken Allison - Exciting Plants in the Alvar
Full description to follow
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An alvar is a unique type of grassland or open woodland found on shallow, nutrient-poor soils over bedrock, often with a flat, rocky surface. These ecosystems are characterized by sparse vegetation and high biodiversity.
These plants are well-adapted to the harsh, dry conditions of alvars.
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Sat. Oct 19th 2024 1:30
Conner Smith - Alpines, a Scotman’s Perspective
** Change in location TBA
Full description to follow
Sat. Feb 8th 2024 1:30
Carlo Balistrieri - TBD
Carlos is a author a photographer. Author of the book "The Complete Idiot's Guide to Rock and Water Gardening"
Sat. Nov 9th 2024 1:30
Laura Grant - Geophytes
Full description to follow
Sat. Mar 8th 2024 1:30
Ben O’Brien - Growing in Grit
Ben is a landscape architect. He will be giving a talk about grow plants in a planting medium mostly composted of grit think granular-A the material used to construct road beds.
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See his article on Ontario Landscape Architect Association
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ABOUT US
​The Ottawa Valley Rock Garden & Horticultural Society (OVRGHS).
We are affiliated with both the North American Rock Garden Society (NARGS) and the Ontario Horticultural Association (OHA).
Our Society was formed in November 1992. Although the faces have changed somewhat since then, the objectives of the Society have remained the same: to promote and support "rock gardening" on a non-profit basis.
Over the years, we have built upon the solid foundation of the original group. We offer our members:
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monthly meetings from September through May featuring local, national and international speakers,
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periodic newsletters per year
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an annual seed exchange,
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spring plant sales each year,
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garden tours and field trips,
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workshops and demonstrations,
New members are always welcome.
Contact
Zoom details for each meeting are sent by email or can be accessed on the members-only page
St. Mark's Anglican Church
1606 Fisher Ave,
Ottawa, ON K2C 1X6
MEETING HOURS:
Doors open: 12:45pm
​​Announcements:1:30pm
Duration: approx1.5hrs