OHA Report on the Ottawa Horticultural Society in 1973

Ottawa Horticultural Society

The Ottawa Society planted annuals and spring-flowering bulbs at the Bronson Home for the Aged and at the Home for the Blind. They donated perennials and shrubs to Senior Citizens Housing Apartments and placed a healthy supply of trees and shrubs of Canadian origin in the City Nursery for spring transplanting into the Centennial Garden at City Hall.

Five major shows and two smaller ones were held. There were many good entries in the Garden Photography Competition. Four trillium award certificates were presented to the winners in the garden competition in one city former postal zone, as judged from the street in spring, summer and fall.

One member provided valued help to juniors in flower arranging, and classes for school students were in all the major shows. Flowers from some shows were sent to hospitals and homes.

The society sponsored a bus to the Garden Club of Toronto spring show and two buses in June to Belleville to the Corby Rose Gardens and Belleville Garden Club Show. A mid-winter tour of the greenhouses at Central Experimental Farm was organized in February.

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