Meetings & Events
Pickering Garden Club Meetings & Events
Pickering Garden Club Meetings on the second Tuesday of the month feature entertaining and informative speakers who educate our members on various aspects of horticulture and gardening. The meetings are a mix of virtual and in-person meetings. In addition to speakers, we also have a variety of social activities as part of the monthly meetings and the May, September and October meetings usually include professionally judged flower shows. Points and prizes are awarded to worthy specimens at our flower shows, and all members are encouraged to exhibit and participate in this friendly competition.
Our team of volunteers also weekly maintain our community gardens.(Garden Locations )Here is our schedule if you would like to join us: (Public Garden Schedule)
DATE
SPEAKER
TOPIC
January 14, 2025 – Virtual
Tony Spencer (the New Perennialist)
Wildscaping
February 11, 2025 – Virtual
Sean James
Talk Dirty – An Appetite for Gardening
March 11, 2025 – Virtual
Joan Nieman Agapas
Plants That Changed the World
April 8, 2025
Anna Mizyn (Anna’s Perennials)
3 Seasons Of Colour In The Garden
May 13, 2025 – Flower Show
Gini Sage – Durham Master Gardeners
Around The World with Herbs
May 24, 2025
Plant Sale
Visit our booths at Artfest
June 10, 2025 – Flower Show
Wing Hong Tse (Kim’s Nature)
Plants You Have Never Seen Before
September 9, 2025 – Flower Show
An Engineer’s Approach To Houseplant Care
Darryl Cheng “the New Plant Parent”
October 14, 2025
Growing Gourmet & Medical Mushrooms
Geoff Norton
November 11, 2025
Annual General Meeting
& Members Potluck
O’Brien Room, Chestnut Hill Recreation Center
In-person Meeting Details
September through November and April through June monthly meetings are in-person and January through March will be virtual meetings. In-person monthly meetings are held in the O’Brien Rooms at the Chestnut Hill Developments Recreation Complex (formerly Pickering Recreation Complex) starting at 7:30 pm (unless otherwise noted). Doors open at 7:00 pm.
On Flower show dates, members who are exhibiting need to place their entries to be judged, before 7:15 pm. Out of consideration for the judges, the 7:15 pm deadline will be strictly enforced.
Virtual Meeting Details
January through March monthly meetings are virtual, and start at 7:00PM. The link to the meeting sent the week before the meeting.
Guests Are Welcome!
Guests are always welcome at our meetings, whether accompanying a member or just looking to see what we are about. You don’t have to be a member to attend one meeting as guest. For virtual meetings, please contact us at pickeringgardenclubinfo@gmail.com and ask to be sent the link for that month’s meeting. For in person meetings we are located in the O’Brien Rooms at the Chestnut Hill Developments Recreation Complex is via the Back Arena Entrance off of Diefenbaker Ct.