The Columbine K I N G S T O N H O R T I C U L T U R A L S O C I E T Y INSIDE THIS ISSUE: President’s Message 2 Website Contest 3 Upcoming Meetings 4 In The Spotlight 5 Hidden Treasures Garden Tour 6 KHS Classifieds 7 Vesey’s Fall Bulb Campaign 7 Home-made Borax Based Weed Killer 8 MARK YOUR CALENDAR: • May Days flower show & guest speaker Bill Allen—May 9th • Spring Plant Sale— May 25th • Joys of June flower show & guest speaker Paula Allen—June 13th • Hidden Treasures Garden Tour—July 14th • Vesey’s Fall Bulb Campaign orders due—September 12th May / June 2019 Under license from Microsoft Corp Celebrating 130 Years Our society is 130 years old this year. Do you have a story of the ‘good old days’? We'd like to reminisce and reflect on what our members have been doing all these years...not that any current members can go that far back in time! But anything goes: 10, 20, 30 years ago? For sure, life has changed, but gardens and gardening endure: let's celebrate our shared interest and activity. Send your stories to [email protected] to be included in a feature for the Sep- tember/October issue. Spring Plant Sale The race is on. Start your engines The race is on. Start your engines The race is on. Start your engines The race is on. Start your engines First of all, we need the weather to co- operate and give us some more sunshine to awaken the plants, don’t you agree? Sec- ondly, we need everyone to get in the start- ing gates and get your en- gines ready. Thirdly, we need all the support we can gather to gear up for Friday night set-up and our Satur- day sale, providing excep- tional customer service. The starting gates are open The starting gates are open The starting gates are open The starting gates are open You have signed up to vol- unteer on Friday and/or Saturday but now we need you to visit the Plant Sale Table at the May meeting and direct your energies toward one of these specific tasks: Digging up crew, Carriers, Plant Identification, Pricing and Labelling, Customer Service, Tallying Chit Sheets, Cashing Out, etc. You have ordered your prepared mini-blind labels with detailed plant information, or you will be picking up some blank mini-blind la- bels to get ready to insert into each of your potted plants. Ba- sic information (e.g. height, sun or shade, colour) is important, especially for novice gardeners, to learn more about the ideal habitat for the potential new addition to their garden. You are scouting your garden to see which specimens can be divided. Get your pots and healthy soil ready. Potting-up one week in advance of the sale helps the plants get established and look perky and (Continued on page 2) Only 3 weeks to our Spring Plant Sale Saturday, May 25 th
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The Columbine K I N G S T O N H O R T I C U L T U R A L S O C I E T Y
I N S I D E T H I S
I S S U E :
President’s Message 2
Website Contest 3
Upcoming Meetings 4
In The Spotlight 5
Hidden Treasures Garden Tour
6
KHS Classifieds 7
Vesey’s Fall Bulb Campaign
7
Home-made Borax Based Weed Killer
8
M A R K Y O U R
C A L E N D A R :
• May Days flower show
& guest speaker Bill
Allen—May 9th
• Spring Plant Sale—
May 25th
• Joys of June flower
show & guest speaker
Paula Allen—June
13th
• Hidden Treasures
Garden Tour—July
14th
• Vesey’s Fall Bulb
Campaign orders
due—September 12th
May / June 2019 U
nd
er li
cen
se f
rom
Mic
roso
ft C
orp
C e l e b r a t i n g 1 3 0 Y e a r s
Our society is 130 years old this year. Do you have a story of the ‘good old days’? We'd like
to reminisce and reflect on what our members have been doing all these years...not that
any current members can go that far back in time! But anything goes: 10, 20, 30 years
ago? For sure, life has changed, but gardens and gardening endure: let's celebrate our
shared interest and activity.
Send your stories to [email protected] to be included in a feature for the Sep-
tember/October issue.
S p r i n g P l a n t S a l e
The race is on. Start your enginesThe race is on. Start your enginesThe race is on. Start your enginesThe race is on. Start your engines
First of all, we need the weather to co-
operate and give us some more sunshine to
awaken the plants, don’t you agree? Sec-
ondly, we need everyone to get in the start-
ing gates and get your en-
gines ready. Thirdly, we
need all the support we can
gather to gear up for Friday
night set-up and our Satur-
day sale, providing excep-
tional customer service.
The starting gates are openThe starting gates are openThe starting gates are openThe starting gates are open
You have signed up to vol-
unteer on Friday and/or Saturday but now
we need you to visit the Plant Sale Table at
the May meeting and direct your energies
toward one of these specific tasks: Digging
up crew, Carriers, Plant Identification, Pricing
and Labelling, Customer Service, Tallying
Chit Sheets, Cashing Out, etc.
You have ordered your prepared mini-blind
labels with detailed plant information, or you
will be picking up some blank mini-blind la-
bels to get ready to insert into
each of your potted plants. Ba-
sic information (e.g. height, sun
or shade, colour) is important,
especially for novice gardeners,
to learn more about the ideal
habitat for the potential new
addition to their garden.
You are scouting your garden to
see which specimens can be divided. Get
your pots and healthy soil ready. Potting-up
one week in advance of the sale helps the
plants get established and look perky and
(Continued on page 2)
Only 3 weeks
to our Spring
Plant Sale
Saturday,
May 25th
P a g e 2 T h e C o l u m b i n e
P r e s i d e n t ’ s M e s s a g e
What is it they say—April showers bring May flowers? Let’s hope we get sprinkled with a few more showers to spring
the flowers up in our gardens. Are you seeing the blooming crocuses surfacing amongst the scented hyacinths sup-
ported by the wintry green hellebores interspersed with the happy faces of daffodils and smiling tulips? So much is
going on. The shredded fall leaves that protected them for the winter are now being ‘submarined’ by the earthy
worms to depths below. If only they could tell us about how happy they are to finally get out from under all the heavy
ice and feel safe to reach for the warming skies protecting their strength against the fearless invaders. Safe and
sound.
We are awakening to the sunshine invigorating us to slowly spring back to life and stretching out our muscles in
preparation of breathing fresh air and getting us ready for another beautiful season of colourful sights and sensory
stimulations. We slowly unwrap our layers releasing our winter tensions and frustrations to be in a happier place
amongst the organic landscapes. Breathe in. Breathe out.
Just like the emerging changes, we reconnect with all of you as we join together to share and participate in new life
at Gardening Kingston. Yes, there are new developments that have been transforming our landscape—check out
our new revitalized website at kingstonhort.ca with easier access and updated images; be inspired by the vibrant
retractable banners that will stop visitors in their tracks; and give some due diligence to the revised membership
brochure. The OHA’s new Garden Ontario website has finally been revamped after three years of transformation; a
new lease on life with benefits and rewards to come.
As we start our planning for another exciting year, take some time to share your thoughts and ideas with us as well
as your memories in our continuing celebration of KHS—130 years in the making. Enjoy your summer whatever it
may bring, indulge in our upcoming Hidden Treasures Garden Tour, or drop by for an afternoon visit in my gazebo.
Until we meet again in September…Happy trails.
Jean Barna, President
happy to find a new home. Lining the bottom of the pot with newspaper will reduce the
trail of soil tracking across the gym floor. Keep in mind: wilted and bare root plants will
not sell. Victoria Day weekend is the perfect time to dig and pot up, don’t you think?
Revving up the engines and getting into gearRevving up the engines and getting into gearRevving up the engines and getting into gearRevving up the engines and getting into gear
Friday night set-up begins at 5:00 pm with members dropping off plants at around 6:00
pm. The shop will close-up by 8:00 pm and re-open Saturday morning after 8:00 am. Check out the website under
Plant Sale/Information for Members, for more details. The race begins at 10:00 am and we will cross the finish line
at 1:00 pm followed with the usual task of cleaning up.
Doing the victory lapDoing the victory lapDoing the victory lapDoing the victory lap
Just imagine the cheers and applause as we walk off the field together in celebra-
tion. We pat ourselves on the back for a job well done and rest our weary bones.
Thanks to everyone for your support in another successful fundraiser from your
Events Portfolio committee members: Jean, Lorna, and Suzanne.
(Continued from page 1)
S p r i n g P l a n t S a l e
Images under license from Microsoft Corp
P a g e 3 M a y / J u n e 2 0 1 9
Our new website https://kingstonhort.ca/ is now up-and-running! To celebrate our new on-line home we are running a
contest. Come and check out our completely new design and search through the site for answers to the contest ques-
tions. Submit your answers for a chance to win two tickets to the Hidden Treasures Garden Tour.