2020 Fruit, Flower and Vegetable Show

8.7.2020 | 23:44

       2020 Virtual Yorkton and District

               Horticultural Society

         Fruit, Flower and Vegetable Show

 

           We can’t have coffee and dainties this year,

              but we can share photos of the entries we

               would have entered in the show!

 

            VIRTUAL SHOW BEGINS ON

             WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5 AT 10:00 am

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Mystery Plant

27.6.2020 | 21:55

Can you guess what this plant is, it is growing in one of our member’s gardens.

Try a guess by adding a comment at the end of this post. To add a guess, click on the green comments link at the end of the post. This also allows you to see other guesses.

Our Mystery Plant is an ” Egyptian Walking Onion”

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Late Spring flowers

10.6.2020 | 22:12

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June Meeting Cancelled

3.6.2020 | 21:30

Attention, Yorkton and District
Horticultural Society Members!
Our June meeting and wind-up has
been cancelled.
Looking forward to when we can all
get together again!

Happy Summer!

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Amarayllis Flowering

31.5.2020 | 16:34

Two weeks in the flowering of an Amaryllis.  15 flowers on 4 stems.

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May 2020 Meeting and Spring Plant and Bulb Sale Cancelled

1.5.2020 | 13:30

The Yorkton and District Horticultural Society
May 2020 meeting is cancelled.
Also, our Spring Plant & Bulb Sale
is also cancelled.
We’re as disappointed as you are,
but let’s keep calm
and keep on gardening!

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The Yorkton and District Horticultural Society: Then, Now, and Tomorrow

30.4.2020 | 19:28

The YDHS had its first flower show on September 7, 1906, at the Yorkton town hall. It is difficult to imagine that in those challenging times of a young Yorkton, people took time out to have a flower show! But they did, and the group has been around, in various forms, since that time. The group has evolved from a group that consisted mainly of gardeners with large prairie gardens to a group that has a wide spectrum of gardeners, some with big gardens right to some with their “garden” in containers on a deck or patio. It doesn’t matter: the mandate of the group is to encourage an interest of horticulture in all forms.

The group has always focused on education, and to this end, our meetings still have speakers or presentations at most meetings. The topics cover everything from planting and maintaining a garden, growing flowers, growing trees and shrubs, planting containers, landscaping, and a fine focus on caring for the environment, with talks about bees and pollinators or how to make compost. We also have two plant sales every year.

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Yorkton This Week Community Newspaper

16.4.2020 | 13:02

The Yorkton and District Horticultural Societywould like to thank
the amazing team at Yorkton This Week.

YTW has been supporting and covering
the Horticultural Society’s eventsfor decades.
We would like to say “thank you” for your
outstanding support and commitment to our community!

Community newspapers are facing many challenges,
and your support can help.
Donate online at www.yorktonthisweek.com
or stop in at the office on Third Avenue North in Yorkton.

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Protect Yourself From Covid-19

15.4.2020 | 21:09

Ways to protect yourself from Covid-19:

  • Stay home and only go out for essential services
  • If you go out, use physical (social) distancing (minimum 6 ft)
  • Use hand sanitizer on skin and disinfect all surfaces with disinfectant wipes that are in potential Covid contact
  • Wash hands with soapy water well for at least 20 seconds which destroys the fatty  protective skin of a virus ( better than hand sanitizers )
  • If you don’t feel well self isolate for 14 days
  • If you have a fever and cough phone Healthline:  811
  • For more info and self assessment tool check out Sask. Covid -19 website:

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Forcing Tulips

8.4.2020 | 15:55

  1.  Plant bulbs in pot, water  and put in bag or box for 8 weeks in fridge or cold room
  2.  Put uncovered pot in bright window for 2 weeks  in cool place when leaves break ground
  3.  When flower buds are ready to bloom, bring into warmer room and into bright window
  4.  Enjoy

 

   

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