 CALGARY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY
Non-profit, helping Calgary gardens grow since 1908.
Mandate to educate, promote & encourage gardening. Newsletter, spring & fall
plant exchanges, private garden viewing, workshops, internet discussion groups,
discounts, library, Springtime Serenade Garden Show. 208-50 Ave. SW
Calgary, AB T2S 2S1
Annual membership:
$32 idividual, $200 corporate, $42 family
Contact:
Tel: (403) 287-3469 Fax: (403) 287-6986
Email:
office@calhort.org
Website:
www.calhort.org
CANADIAN BEGONIA SOCIETY
To encourage and promote the interest in begonias.
To encourage the development of new varieties of begonias.
To provide a reliable source for information on growing begonias.
To provide an opportunity for interested growers to meet, grow, share and show begonias.
Email: avery@begonias.ca
Website:
www.begonias.ca
CANADIAN CHRYSANTHEMUM & DAHLIA SOCIETY
Promotes the cultivation of
chrysanthemums and dahlias, and develops the friendship
that goes with it. General Meetings are held at the Civic
Garden Centre, Lawrence Avenue East at Leslie Street,
Toronto on the last Thursday of the month in January,
February, March, April, May, June, August and October.
More info is available on our website.
Annual membership:
$20 within Canada, $20 outside Canada
Contact: Al Dormer , CCDS President , Phone 905-432-7972.
Email:
alvond@rogers.com
Website:
www.mumsanddahlias.com
CANADIAN IRIS SOCIETY
A non-profit organization with the objective to encourage, improve and extend the cultivation of the genus iris and to collaborate with other societies for this purpose. A Society primarily for the amateur gardener who enjoys growing irises. Newsletter published four times a year, shows, auctions and sales.
Annual membership: $15; $35 for three years
Email: cdn-iris@rogers.com
Website: www.cdn-iris.ca
CANADIAN
ORGANIC GROWERS INC.
A Canada-wide charitable
organization with more than 2000 members. COG
promotes organic growing in order to build healthy
local communities and ecosystems. Canadian
Organic Growers — National Office 323 Chapel Street, Ottawa,
ON, K1N 7Z2.
Email: membership@cog.ca
Website:
www.cog.ca
CANADIAN PEONY SOCIETY
The Canadian Peony Society (CPS) fosters the cultivation, collection and breeding of peonies, and, through educational materials and presence at horticultural events across the country, seeks to build a better understanding of the suitability of this plant for Canadian gardens. We encourage the sharing of information within our membership and beyond, and are actively involved in establishing and helping to maintain a number of public peony gardens from coast to coast. We hold one major annual show a year in one of our five regions, and publish four newsletters annually. The CPS also has a member's only root sale each fall, as well as a seed sale.
Annual membership: $15. $40 for three years, $65 for five years.
Contact: CPS Membership Chair, Box 69507, 109 Thomas Street, Oakville, ON, L6J 7R4.
Email: membership@peony.ca
Website: www.peony.ca
CANADIAN ROSE SOCIETY
Canada's National Rose
Society is devoted exclusively to the extension
and improvement of the culture of the Queen of
Flowers. Annual single membership includes a Rose
Annual “The Rosarian”, a magazine, published twice
a year, “The Composter”, a newsletter published
five times a year to keep you up to date on rose
events as they happen, as well as rose personalities
and gardens. The
Canadian Rose Society, P.O. Box 41262, 4141 Dixie Road, Mississauga, Ontario L4W 5C9.
Annual
membership: $30
Email:
info@canadianrosesociety.org
Website:
www.canadianrosesociety.org
COBOURG HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY
The Cobourg Horticultural
Society, aka Cobourg Garden Club, meets monthly
from February to June and September to December
at the IOOF Hall, 412 Victoria Street, on the
northeast corner of University and Victoria. Meetings
feature speakers and demonstrations, a members'
photo competition and a mini show. Other club
activities include a huge plant sale held annually
in May, a major summer flower and vegetable show,
members' garden tour and a bus tour to gardens
and garden centres in other communities. The CHS
also maintains some public gardens in Cobourg
and participates in numerous community events.
Annual membership:
$10 single, $15 family
Contact:
Judith Goulin, PO Box 294, Cobourg, ON, K9A 4K8
Email:
jgoulin@hotmail.com
COMMUNITIES IN BLOOM
Beautification and environmental
program through community involvement. 112 Terry Fox, Kirkland,
QC H9H 4M3
Annual membership:
$32 idividual, $200 corporate, $42 familiy
Email: bloom.fleurs@sympatico.ca
Website:
www.communitiesinbloom.ca
COMPOSTING COUNCIL OF CANADA, THE
National non-profit organization
to advocate and advance composting and compost
usage in Canada. Annual national composting awareness
week held first week of May. 16 Northumberland
St, Toronto, ON M6H 1P7
Contact:
Susan Antler, Executive
Director
Email:
info@compost.org
Website:
www.compost.org
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