RIDEAU LAKES HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY presents speaker Joanna Kowalczyk – The Art and Science of Pruning starting at 7:15pm at the Portland Community Hall. All Welcome! ($5.00 admission for non-members)

The Society provides free refreshments and door prizes, as well as information and advice on all your gardening needs.

Opening in 2000, with only one section of the debris-filled foundation of a collapsed dairy barn cleared and a few newly planted gardens, the Walls have gone on to create a destination that provides a unique gardening experience.

Finding the weather in our area to include fairly significant droughts and hot spells, the Walls decided to focus on long-blooming, drought tolerant, lower maintenance succulents and alpines. They seek rare and unusual seeds from around the world and not normally found in the retail trade, which they germinate, grow in their gardens and observe for a year before offering to their customers. They also offer workshops in hypertufa containers and decorative leaf art, which you can use as water features, birdbaths, planting containers and stepping stones.

Judy Wall trained in Horticulture at University of Guelph and is a Lanark County Master Gardener. She is the Past President of the Ottawa Valley Rock Garden and Horticultural Society, and a member of the North American and Ontario Rock Garden Societies.

Date :
May 4, 2016 at 7.15 p.m

Location event :
24 Water St, Portland, On. (Portland Community Hall)

Contact :
John Carley 613-359-6031

RIDEAU LAKES HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY presents speaker Judy Wall – Alpines, Succulents & Rocky Plants starting at 7:15pm at the Portland Community Hall. All Welcome! ($5.00 admission for non-members).

The Society provides free refreshments and door prizes, as well as information and advice on all your gardening needs.

Opening in 2000, with only one section of the debris-filled foundation of a collapsed dairy barn cleared and a few newly planted gardens, the Walls have gone on to create a destination that provides a unique gardening experience.

Finding the weather in our area to include fairly significant droughts and hot spells, the Walls decided to focus on long-blooming, drought tolerant, lower maintenance succulents and alpines. They seek rare and unusual seeds from around the world and not normally found in the retail trade, which they germinate, grow in their gardens and observe for a year before offering to their customers. They also offer workshops in hypertufa containers and decorative leaf art, which you can use as water features, birdbaths, planting containers and stepping stones.

Judy Wall trained in Horticulture at University of Guelph and is a Lanark County Master Gardener. She is the Past President of the Ottawa Valley Rock Garden and Horticultural Society, and a member of the North American and Ontario Rock Garden Societies.

Date :
April 6, 2016 from 7 :15 pm to 9 pm

Location event:
24 Water St, Portland, On. (Portland Community Hall)

Contact name :
Marsha Ferguson at 613-273-8557 or via mail : marferg@aol.com

Open to both boys and girls, instructed by Emily Beelen, this recreational dance program will offer fun and fitness in an informal, recreational setting.  Proper technique will be taught.  There will be no exams or competitions.  The last class will have an opportunity for parents to view their young dancer’s achievements.  Classes are held upstairs in the Portland Community Hall.  Dancers need not have traditional dance shoes, but should wear running shoes or be prepared to dance in bare feet.  Dancers should wear comfortable clothing and bring a water bottle.

Parents are encouraged to drop your children off 5 minutes prior to the start of their class and pick them up at the exact time class ends.  Parents may wait in the downstairs portion of the community hall if they so desire.

Participants may be asked to purchase a Rideau Lakes Dance shirt prior to their last class to be worn for the “recital”.

To register your child please fill out the registration form found in the Spring and Summer Leisure Services Brochure, online here or at the Municipal Offices in Chantry and mail it along with the appropriate registration fees to the Township Offices by April 5th.

 
REGISTRATION OPENS MARCH 14TH

Registration Fees:  $25.00 per child to a maximum of $60.00 per family
Minimum Number per class: 8   Maximum Number per class:  18
Deadline to Register is April 5th

Date :
Saturday Mornings April 9 to June 11 (no class May 21) | 8:30 am to 10:45 am
Thursday Evenings April 14 to June 9 | 4:35 pm to 8:30 pm

Location event:
Portland Community Hall, Rideau Lakes, ON

Come to the Portland Community Hall on Friday, December 5 from 10am-1pm and create your very own Christmas Arrangement. Join Terri Olivo as she guides you in making your own outdoor holiday winter arrangement!
Workshop brought to you by the Friends of the Rideau Lakes Public Library.
$25.00 per person. Register at friends.rideaulakeslibrary@gmail.com
or call 613-485-6528 (first come , first served).
Funds raised will support the Box of Books Program.

November 5 join the RIDEAU LAKES HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY as they explore the trends in Christmas decorating. Colleen Kahrman of Hidden Garden Floral Designs is the guest speaker, she’ll be presenting “Trends in Christmas Decorating – Traditional Tinsel to Modern Edgy” at the Portland Community Hall.

For more information call, 613-359-6031.