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Beyond our regular meetings, OVRGHS has a variety of social events and activities that our members actively organize and participate in - from geology and/or quarry tours in the fall, to our regular photo competitions and seed exchange in the winter, and botanical walks, open gardens, bus trips, and workshops in the spring and summer.   Come and have fun with us!

Upcoming Events

  • Event Deferred March 2023 - Voting for the Annual Photo Competition

​This event is organized by Just Food. OVRGHS is not organizing this event but we will have a booth with remaining seeds from both our and the NARGS seed exchange, items of general interest, books and information. To volunteer, contact Dorothy Tol at d.tol@rogers.com.

  • Event Deferred April-May 2023

​​​​Normally we organize a coach trip in the April/May timeframe in partnership with the Ottawa Horticultural Society. planning for this event has not yet resumed

We will be selling plants which will include some Alpines and other plants donated by members 

  • [TBD] 2023 - Garden Tour

  • [TBD] Sept 2023 - Annual plant sale​​

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See Past Events
 

Photo Contest

2021-22 Photo Competition

7  Classes - Knowledge Building : Pollinators, Bloom Times, Troughs, Seeds, Construction - See Details!


Entries accepted up to December 30, 2021

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!!! Vote for YOUR Favourites at the February Meeting !!! 

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Past Events

Past Events

2022

  • March 2022 - Voting for the Annual Photo Competition

​This event is organized by Just Food. OVRGHS is not organizing this event but we will have a booth with remaining seeds from both our and the NARGS seed exchange, items of general interest, books and information. To volunteer, contact Dorothy Tol at d.tol@rogers.com.

  • [TBD] April-May 2022

​​​​Normally we organize a coach trip in the April/May timeframe in partnership with the Ottawa Horticultural Society. planning for this event will resume in 2023

We will be selling plants which will include some Alpines and other plant

  • [TBD] 2022 - Garden Tour

  • Sept 2022 - Annual plant sale

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2020

  • January 11th 2020 1pm-4pm, Seed Exchange Seed Sorting and Social

  • March 7th 2020 - Ottawa Seedy Saturday at the Ron Kolbus Lakeside Centre

  • April 25th 2020 - coach trip to Peterborough Flower show

  • May 10th 2020 - Friends of the Farm Plant Sale

  • June 2020 - Annual plant sale

  • June 18-20 - NARGS AGM at the Beautiful Cornell Campus in Ithica, NY.  If you would be interested in car pooling or going as a group by Coach please send an email to specialevents@ovrghs.ca

  • 31 December 2020 - Deadline for our Photo Competition Entries

  • Nov-December 2020 - Seed Exchange Seed Sorting

​Normally members would be invited to meet at the Thomas Neatby Building at 1 pm to sort and package the donated seeds and package them up. Seeds would then be for sale this day to members, only (48 packets for $5). However this year due to the Covid pandemic we are going this all by mail instead - see details on the SEEDEX page.
Even if you don't grow from seed, don't be shy to come - it’s relaxed, fun and educational. Please bring some goodies to share.

 

2019:

  • 15 June 2019 - OHA/OVRGHS Bus trip to Tweed Cannabis and Area Nurseries (Contact specialevents@ovrghs.ca)

  • June 2019 - Trough Workshop

  • July 2019 - Annual BBQ

  • September 7th 2019 - Old Ottawa South Porch Sale,  8am at the Hopewell Ave. School

  • September 21st 2019 - Geology Trip in Arnprior area (Contact specialevents@ovrghs.ca)

  • November 2019 - Entry for Annual Photo Competition Closes

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