Welcome to the Cramahe Horticultural Society!
Thank you for visiting! Our Society and Membership is dedicated to Keeping Ontario Beautiful. We are associated with the Ontario Horticultural Association and District 4 of the OHA.
Also known as The Apple Country Garden Club, we meet the 3rd Tuesday of the month in the Rotary Room at the Keeler Centre, 80 Division St., Colborne. January to March our meetings are at 1:30pm; all others are at 7pm, unless otherwise noted (see below). No meetings July, August and December. We feature guest speakers or workshops during all of our meetings. See the schedule here **. We have some very exciting things coming up! You are welcome to come along as a guest at any time before deciding to join our Membership.
Welcome 2026!
Our first speaker of the year was Carson Arthur. Carson runs a garden centre in Prince Edward County called Carson’s Garden + Market. The topic for his visit to us was, The Dirt on Dirt. And wow, did we ever learn a LOT. We’ll never look at those ubiquitous bags of “soil” at nurseries (and many other places) the same again. Find out what’s actually in those bags before putting your hard earned money down. You will be surprised. (hint: it’s not good – shop carefully). Carson will be back with us May 19th to talk about food security and community gardening.
In February we got together to chase away the winter blues by bringing out the blues, the reds, the greens and yellows … for a super fun rock painting session! The results were as colourful and artistic as our members and will be those extra little pops of interest in our gardens come spring (if it ever gets here).
We also featured a houseplant show with member Karen Prins winning for her amazing Fishbone Cactus. Now, the Fishbone is fairly common as houseplants go, but Karen’s was in bloom, which none of us had ever seen before. Wow. Pictures of our garden rock creations and Karen’s winning Fishbone Cactus are on our Events & Speakers page.
In March we welcomed Catherine Davis to our meeting. Catherine is a proud member of Alderville First Nation and a university professor currently teaching at Queen’s University and Trent University. Her work centres on Indigenous education and knowledge, supporting learners and educators across all levels in building meaningful, culturally grounded relationships with Indigenous ways of knowing. Drawing on Anishinaabe teachings and a lifelong connection to community, that same approach carries into her gardening, which is rooted in Indigenous perspectives and a deep respect for the land. We throughly enjoyed having Catherine join us and welcome her as a new local garden friend!
In April we featured Ken Cox at our meeting. Ken’s the Southern Region Fire Advisor with Ontario’s Ministry of Natural Resources. We thoroughly enjoyed this presentation and learned a lot, about not only wildfire (it’s devastation and its benefits) but about the things we can do as homeowners to help protect our homes and properties from approaching fire. We can all be better prepared with some of these simple steps. We strongly urge you to find out more. Read about the Fire Smart program that Ken introduced us to here: http://www.firesmartcanada.ca. Thanks, Ken!
Two exciting things that are coming up for us: Our second Trivia Night on May 5th and our famous Plant Sale on May 30th. Here are the posters for both. Be sure to reach out if you have any questions. We hope to see you!
