Shirley Love – Pine Ridge Garden Club SCUGOG: What lovely pictures and great information Speaker David Retallick gave on Daylillies at the August meeting. The 113th OHA Convention was a great one except for the weather. One day it was 42 degrees Celsius, and I was on one of the bus tours which had to turn back to the hotel as some members, myself included couldn’t take the heat. The Ontario Horticultural Society was established in 1906 and now has 280 members in 19 Districts.

SCUGOG: At her store in Port Perry, The Dutch Girl Floral Co. owner Nikki Van Vugt has blended a big city atmosphere with a local feel. Ms. Van Vugt describes the store as a “boutique flower and plant shop”, featuring “lots of interesting indoor plants [and] fresh flowers.” She added she also specializes in “doing florals for weddings and events.” The Dutch Girl Floral Co. opened in April at 261 Queen Street. Ms. Van Vugt said it was just perfect timing for her to open this s

Shirley Love – Pine Ridge Garden Club Quite a number of members attended the July meeting and were quite impressed with the speaker on square foot gardening. A great way to garden as this way weeds have no chance to grow and you get a much larger crop of vegetables and flowers. Our next meeting will feature David Retallick a grower of Daylilies (Hemerocallis). He has been growing and hybridizing daylilies for many years and is quite an expert on these lovely flowers. The Fl