Another Beautiful Day in Paradise
17.2.2016 | 22:55
The first meeting of 2016 is Wednesday Feb 17 at 7:00 pm in the Sunshine Room at SIGN on North Street
Guest Speaker – Sasha Howland – “Making honey and what’s happening to the bee population”
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17.2.2016 | 22:31
The Yorkton and District Horticultural Society is pleased to offer Junior Gardener bursaries to schools or daycares to encourage young gardeners! Teaching youngsters about gardening has multiple benefits: not only are they made aware of the miracle of watching things grow, but they also learn valuable lessons about how to care for living things, where their food comes from, and the joy of picking and eating something that they have grown themselves!
Once instilled, an interest in gardening can “grow” into a lifelong hobby that promotes care of the earth, beauty in the gardener’s yard, and a healthy and active lifestyle! Hard to imagine that all those great things can come from teaching a child how to plant seeds!
Teachers are encouraged to apply for the Junior Gardener bursaries. If your application is selected, you will receive a bursary each year for three years.
Bursaries are to be used for permanent gardening items which can be used again year after year: growing tables, planters, grow lights, gardening books, garden tools, or teaching aids related to gardening. Money can be used for indoor gardening projects or education during the school year.
Each successful applicant is required to provide a written report at the end of the gardening (school) year, complete with pictures of their projects.
Deadline for application is March 1 2016.
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23.1.2016 | 21:02
YORKTON AND DISTRICT HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY
JUNIOR GARDENER BURSARY APPLICATION FORM
Name Of School_______________________________________________________
Address______________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________
Postal Code_______________________
Phone #___________________________
Teacher Contact Name_________________________________________________
Email (optional)______________________________________________________
Age Group of Class____________________________________________________
Number of students in the class_________________________________________
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29.10.2015 | 12:48
The next meeting of the Yorkton and District Horticultural Society will be on Wednesday, November 25. This is our AGM and banquet at Melrose Place, and is for members and invited guests only. Please call Liz at 782-2830 for full details.
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29.10.2015 | 12:41
Congratulations to three hard-working gardeners from the Yorkton and District Horticultural Society who were awarded honorary lifetime memberships at the SHA convention: Sonja Pawliw, Ed Sek, and Glen Tymiak. A bouquet of roses to all of you! These gardeners have been long-time, hard-working members of the society and have brought much wisdom, enthusiasm and inspiration to the group! Thank you for being the special people you are!
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29.10.2015 | 12:39
Let’s begin with a bouquet of “thank yous” to many people who made the Saskatchewan Horticultural Association convention last week a great success! This interesting event was hosted by the Yorkton and District Horticultural Society, and it was wonderful to meet with gardeners from all over the province and discuss various aspects of gardening and horticultural societies.
First, a thank you to our many kind sponsors of the event: Skinners Classic Greenhouse; Molly`s Greenhouse; Young’s Plant World & Greenhouse; Peavey Mart; Canadian Tire; Great Canadian Superstore; Yorkton Co-op Assoc. Ltd; Cornerstone Credit Union; Toronto-Dominion Bank; Giant Tiger; McDonalds Restaurant; Dollarama; Growers Direct; All About Flowers; Florissima Flowers & Crafts; Custom Printers Ltd; Painted Hand Casino; City of Yorkton; Tourism Yorkton; C. Jones Trucking Inc.; Canamera Carriers (A Trimac Company); and Parkland Printers Ltd. Thank you to all of you for your generosity and support! It was very much appreciated!
Thank you to our many guests who travelled from various points in Saskatchewan: it was a pleasure to share your company and we hope you enjoyed your stay in our beautiful city!
Next, a thank you to members of the Yorkton and District Horticultural Society who helped in so many ways: planning, baking, decorating, serving, and attending the event. A special rose of thanks to our president Liz Jones who worked tirelessly taking care of many details that sometimes might go unseen but are vital for making the event flow smoothly. Thank you, Liz!
And also thank you to our fascinating speakers who gave us much to learn and much to inspire—Stephanie Buckle from All About Flowers; Warren Crossman; Don Stein from the Godfrey Dean; and Sonja Pawliw. Thanks to Jeff and the staff at St. Gerard’s Parish Complex for the great venue and delicious banquet; to Mayor Bob Maloney for making time in his busy schedule to officially open the convention; to the City of Yorkton for graciously declaring October 23 to be “Horticulture Day” in Yorkton; to the Yorkton Public Library for housing a display to celebrate this event; to Jackie Guy for the beautiful music at our banquet, it was wonderful and we enjoyed it immensely; and to Access Communications for their coverage.
A great event!
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9.10.2015 | 01:17
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23 IS “HORTICULTURAL DAY” IN YORKTON!
The Yorkton and District Horticultural Society is delighted to announce that the
City of Yorkton has proclaimed Friday, October 23, 2015 as Horticultural Day
In Yorkton. The horticultural society held their first flower show at City Hall
on September 7, 1906, and we are so pleased that this special recognition
has been bestowed on us from the City. This is a very special way to begin
the SHA Convention and AGM.
During an earlier City Council meeting, Randy Goulden expressed thanks and appreciation on behalf of the City to the Horticultural Society for their continued efforts to beautify the city and educate local gardeners over the years.
Friday, October 23, 2015: “Horticultural Day” in Yorkton!
We thank the City of Yorkton for this great honor!
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7.10.2015 | 22:56
Interested gardeners are invited to the Saskatchewan Horticultural Association Provincial Convention and AGM which will be held in Yorkton on October 23 and 24 and hosted by our Yorkton and District Horticultural group.
Just click on the link https://www.yorktonhort.ca/?page_id=80 for all the details and plan to join us!
There will be interesting speakers including a fall flower arranging presentation by All About Flowers; a gardening presentation by Warren Crossman; a session with Don Stein from the Godfrey Dean Gallery teaching us how to do garden photography; and a presentation by Sonja Pawliw about her beautiful Healing Garden!
PLUS… a banquet on Friday night with music by Jackie Guy!
It will be great! Please note that you do not have to be a member of the group or any hort society to attend: if you are an interested gardener, you are more than welcome to join us!
And if you would like to come just to the banquet, you can do that, too!
Please call Liz at (306) 782-2830 for further details!
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16.9.2015 | 14:51
The Yorkton and District Horticultural Society would like to thank Access
Communications for the “Talk Of The Town” segments that they did
this summer with our group! It was great working with the wonderful
team from Access, and fun to present information about the group
on TV. Thank you, Access!
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5.9.2015 | 20:37
The Yorkton and District Horticultural Society will be holding their “Fall Plant and Bulb Sale on Friday, September 25 from 9:30 AM till 5PM at the Parkland Mall, Yorkton.
Great plants at great prices! This is the time to add to your garden collection: there is still plenty of time for your new plants to get established.
There will be other gardeners on hand to answer any gardening questions. Don’t miss it!
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