Kingston's Garden Club

Celebrating 119 years

The Kingston Senior's Centre, 56 Francis street.

The cost is reasonable for yearly membership at $21.00 for family, $16.00 for single and $3.00 per meeting for non-members- Effective February 1, 2007 .We are always happy to welcome new members. A membership form is located at the bottom of this page. If coming to a member, please show your membership card from the Kingston Horticultural Society or other Societies from other Districts.

History

The Kingston Horticultural Society is affiliated with the Garden Ontario-Ontario Horticultural Association[on the web] which was formed in 1906, they celebrated their 100th anniversary last year.The Kingston Horticultural Society is subject to the Constitution of the OHA and the provisions of the Horticultural Societies act, R.S.O. 1980, c.204. This organization gives guidance and support to all it's members.

Objectives of our Society

	to hold meetings for instruction and discussion on subjects connected with the theory and practice of horticulture
	to encourage the improvement of private and public grounds
	to interest youth and others in the study of Horticulture
	to hold exhibitions and award premiums for the production of vegetables, plants, flowers, fruits, trees and shrubs
	to promote the protection of the environment with appropriate horticultural projects
	to promote the circulation of horticultural information
	to distribute seeds, plants, bulbs, flowers, trees and shrubs in ways calculated to create an interest in horticulture

Accomplishments

The Kingston Horticultural Society has been involved with many Beautification projects over the years, such as maple tree plantings at the Frontenac Court House and the yearly planting and maintenance of flower beds at the Kingston Frontenac Public Library Central Branch and the Calvin Park Branch, the restoration of the Paterson Memorial Rock Gardens at the City of Kingston Greenhouses on Norman Rogers Drive, the Lemoine Point Native Plant Nursery and the MacLachlan Woodworking Museum Pioneer Garden Beds. Community involvement totalled 11,482 volunteer hours in 2006 with the major projects being Communities in Bloom Kingston and the Kingston Lung Association Garden Festival. Every year the Kingston Horticultural Society awards the Paterson Award to owners of outstanding gardens throughout the city and surrounding area. These individuals are presented with a Trillium Award to place in the garden, and a certificate.

The society was recognized by the City of Kingston for their outstanding volunteer service and beautification projects. KHS was also honoured by the province with the June Callwood Award for Outstanding Achievement in Voluntarism. Participation in the Lung Association Garden Festival and Communities in Bloom Kingston was a major portion of 2007's logged 13,387 volunteer hours resulting in the CIB National Winner designation. Kingston will be one of the stops on the new VIA Rail Corridor Garden Tour-starting with the station where Frontenac HS students built cement planters and Elginburg PS students planted them with KHS supervision. The students were provincial winners in the Schools in Bloom program and also competed locally under the "Kingston Blooms" umbrella where many KHS members not only volunteer, but also judge school landscapes, residential front gardens and business window displays. See for details and photos

We have over 240 members with a variety of backgrounds from master gardeners to brown thumbs. Some of our members, besides liking gardening in general, have special interests that include alpines, roses, orchids, Kingston Orchid Society(KOS) begonias, african violets, iris, wildflowers, herbs and flower arranging (anybody have any references for this?). There's a wealth of information to be shared.

Current Executive for 2008 President: Mary Elisabeth Poirier Vice President Vacant Secretary: Hugh Pollitt-Smith Treasurer: Mable Corlett Membership & Data Coordinator: Lisa Cook Website Coordinator: Kim Hay Past President: David White     Your invitation to Membership in the Kingston Horticultural Society   You need Adobe Reader to open the pdf version of the Membership Application form and some files on the KHS Website. If you do not have Adobe Reader it is available here Adobe Acrobat Reader Adobe KHS Membership Form Word Document KHS Memership Form Please fill out the form that you have printed above, make the cheque payable to the Kingston Horticultural Society and mail to: Lisa Cook C/O Membership P.O Box 774, Kingston, Ontario. Canada K7L 4X6 Contact Information for KHS Mary Elisabeth at 613-384-7790 or Jane at 613-542-9604 For Webpage Issues contact kim at starlightcascade dot ca Number of Visitors to this Page Since February 2, 2003 Page last updated, Nov 16 2008 kh This Web Space provided courtesy of WTC(Internet Kingston)