GARDEN CALENDAR
Great Gardening Weekend Saturday. May 24. One-day bus tour to the Montreal Botanical Garden includes a stop at the Jean Talon Market and room for purchases. Registration is $75, space is limited. 613-230-3276 friendsofthefarm.ca/events.htm#bus
Lilac Walk Tour Central Experimental Farm, May 24, 2 p.m. Take a guided tour with the Friends’ Lilac Team and discover the many varieties of lilacs and their history at the CEF. Meet at Macoun Garden in the CEF Ornamental Gardens, follow signs, park at Ag Museum lot, donations kindly accepted. 613-2303276 friendsofthefarm.ca/events. htm#garden
Ottawa Horticultural Society annual plant auction and sale, May 27, 7:30 p.m. Auctioneer Marilyn Light. Plant sale of popular varieties from members’ gardens occurs after the auction, starting 8:45 p.m. Tom Brown Arena, 141 Bayview Rd. www. ottawahort.org Master Gardener Lecture, May 27, 7 to 9 p.m. Water Gardening: the final touch to your Landscape with Diane McClymont Peace, $12 member, $15 non-member, Bldg. 72 CEF Arboretum east of Prince of Wales roundabout. 613-230-3276 friendsofthefarm.ca/events.htm#lectures
Carleton Place & District Horticul-- tural Society meeting, June 4, 6 p.m. for 6:30 p.m. potluck supper. St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church Hall, rear of 39 Bridge St., Carleton Place, Mary Sherman Reid of the Green Thumb Garden Centre will speak on climbers.
Westminster Presbyterian Plant and Spring Sale, June 7, 8 a.m. to noon, 470 Roosevelt Ave. in Westboro community. Get ready for summer: buy plants for your garden, books for a relaxing read, baking for entertaining family and friends and sit down in our café for a refreshing morning pause and a visit with friends. Info: 613-722-1144.
Preston Lilac Tour, June 7, 9 a.m. to noon at CEF. Take a guided tour of the Isabella Preston Lilac Collection with the Friends’ Lilac Team. Preston bred lilacs at the CEF in the 1920s and produced the first Canada-hardy hybrids. Meet at the Friends’ shed in the CEF Ornamental Gardens, follow signs, park in Ag Museum lot, donations kindly accepted. 613-2303276 friendsofthefarm.ca/events. htm#garden
Peony Tour, June 7, 2 p.m. at CEF. Take a guided tour of the CEF Peony Beds with the Friends’ Peony Team. Get tips on what works best in your garden and ways of keeping your peonies happily blooming.