Add some colour to your front step, a balcony garden, or deck with a planter designed for 3 season interest! This 3 in 1 container garden features fall and winter flowering annuals to provide colour now and through winter, and bulbs that will provide spring colour. Bring along your gardening gloves and we will provide […]
Instructor: Andrew Kent Join artisan Andrew Kent from The Willow Way for this full day workshop. In one day, with Andrew Kent's expert instruction, you can make and take home your own Bent Willow Rustic Chair. This is a great introduction to rustic building techniques. Learn how to make a square frame from pieces of […]
BAT INTERPRETIVE WALK Join the Habitat Acquisition Trust (HAT) on a walk-through HCP's natural areas and learn about our native and at-risk bat populations. Learn about the important role these animals play in our ecosystems and how you can enhance bat habitat close to home. There will also be a BAT Scavenger Hunt to challenge […]
Thursday, October 29 - 12:30pm - 3:30pm Please join Richard for a lovely safe day of art Thurs, Oct 29 starting at 12:30pm! Admission to the Gardens is included, so consider bringing a lunch to enjoy in the Garden before heading over to the Pavilion to learn how to paint the “Red-tailed Hawk” on Japanese […]
Saturday, October 31 - 1pm - 4pm Saturday, November 21 - 1pm - 4pm Sunday - December 13 - 1pm - 4pm Instructor: Diane Pierce Learn all about plants with Diane Pierce, expert gardener, designer and writer. Diane will introduce you to 25 new plants in each session. You will learn Latin & common names, […]
Random weave is one of Joan's favourite styles of baskets. The structure is beautiful reminding one of bird's nests. It is strong, durable and lends itself to sculptural forms on both small and large scale. We will discuss and cover several ways of approaching this technique. Our base material will be round reed along with […]
Saturday, November 7 & 14 - 10am - 1pm Instructor: Ryan Senechal Are you a hands-on gardener hesitant to prune small trees and shrubs in fear of injuring or undesirably altering them? This course with certified arborist Ryan Senechal will give you the skills you need to successfully prune your garden. In 2 sessions, basic […]
Sundays, November 8 & 15 - 10am - 1pm Instructor: Ryan Senechal Are you a hands-on gardener hesitant to prune small trees and shrubs in fear of injuring or undesirably altering them? This course with certified arborist Ryan Senechal will give you the skills you need to successfully prune your garden. In 2 sessions, basic […]
The Gardens will be closed on Saturday December 19 and re-open on Thursday, January 14 - 10am - 4pm. We look forward to seeing you again in the new year. Until then have a safe and happy festive season.
The Gardens are open Thursdays - Sundays starting on January 14th - 10am - 4pm. Please check our website if we have snowy conditions as we may be closed on those days.