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Richmond Hill 

Garden & Horticultural SocietyBeautifying Richmond Hill since 1914

Events Calendar

For a printable one-page PDF of our 2025 Events, click here. 

  • Holiday Celebration

    • December 02, 2025
    • 5:30 PM
    • Richmond Hill Country Club, 8905 Bathurst Street
    • 18
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  • Annual General Meeting

    • January 13, 2026
    • 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
    • Virtual (Zoom) and McConaghy Centre, 10100 Yonge Street, Richmond Hill

    This is our annual business meeting and during it, we will elect our Officers and Directors. The meeting will cover our 2025 finances and activities.  Awards, recognition certificates and service pins will be presented.

    Members: Instructions for virtual participation via Zoom will be emailed to members twice - once on the Friday prior to the meeting, and again on Monday. Instructions are also available by logging into our site and checking the "members-only" version of this event, which will be available in early January.

    Visitors: Guests are welcome to participate in this hybrid meeting at no charge. Instructions for virtual participation via Zoom will be emailed to non-society members who fill out a registration form prior to the meeting start time by clicking on the "Register" button, which will be available in late December.

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    Past events

    November 04, 2025 November General Meeting: Hobby Night and Craft Fair
    October 07, 2025 October General Meeting: Guest Speaker Kiki Alwan, "Flowering Plants Indoors: Orchids and More"
    October 07, 2025 Houseplant Sale and Swap
    September 14, 2025 Members' Garden Visits
    September 06, 2025 Richmond Hill Blooms Summer's End Garden Social participation
    September 03, 2025 Millennium Garden Silver Jubilee Garden Party
    September 02, 2025 September General Meeting: Guest Speaker Claudette Sims, "A Gardening Conundrum: Why are Invasive Plants Sold in Nurseries?"
    August 17, 2025 Members' Garden Visits
    August 05, 2025 August General Meeting: Guest Speaker Karen Hollingshead, "Preserving the Harvest"
    July 20, 2025 Members' Garden Visits
    July 08, 2025 July General Meeting: Guest Speaker Heather Auld, "Weather and Climate Smart Gardening"
    June 22, 2025 Members' Garden Visits
    June 19, 2025 Mayor David West's Sustainability in Our City event
    June 03, 2025 June General Meeting: Guest Speaker Tony Spencer, "Wildscaping: Planting Design with a Canadian Twist"
    June 02, 2025 Richmond Hill Blooms Nominations
    May 28, 2025 BUS TOUR - RBG and Northland Nursery
    May 24, 2025 Richmond Hill Spring Fair
    May 14, 2025 Richmond Hill Blooms Kickoff Workshop and Plant Sale
    May 10, 2025 PLANT SALE
    May 06, 2025 May General Meeting: Guest Speaker Heather Gray, "Special Exhibits"
    April 12, 2025 Mayor David West's Maple Syrup Festival
    April 05, 2025 Seedy Saturday at Richmond Hill Public Library
    April 01, 2025 April General Meeting: Guest Speaker Carson Arthur, "Going Green to Save Some Green"
    March 27, 2025 Behind-the-Scenes Tour of Richters Herbs
    March 18, 2025 Mayor David West's Sustainability in Our City event
    March 04, 2025 March General Meeting: Guest Speaker Patterson Webster, "Creating a Personal Paradise: The Story of Glen Villa Art Garden"
    February 13, 2025 CANCELLED Volunteer Appreciation Tea
    February 04, 2025 February General Meeting: Guest Speaker Chris Kingdon, "Problem Solving: How a Wildlife Garden Evolves"
    January 14, 2025 Annual General Meeting
    December 03, 2024 Holiday Celebration and 110th Anniversary
    November 05, 2024 November General Meeting: Guest Speaker Jennifer Doubt, "Conquering Moss-trophobia: A Supervised Encounter with Mosses and Some of their Closest Cousins"
    October 01, 2024 October General Meeting: Guest Speaker Marion Jarvie, "Hellebores - Four Seasons of Beauty"
    September 07, 2024 Richmond Hill Blooms Garden Social & Sustainability Event participation
    September 03, 2024 September General Meeting: Guest Speaker Jeff Mason, "30 Years on a Sand Dune"
    August 06, 2024 August General Meeting: Guest Speakers Sharon and John Bowler, "Winter Hardy Cactus Garden"
    July 07, 2024 Open Gates Artful Gardens Tour
    July 02, 2024 July General Meeting: Guest Speaker Julia Dimakos, "Tea Gardening for Beginners"
    June 04, 2024 June General Meeting: Guest Speaker Cathy Kavassalis, "Transforming Landscapes in a Changing Climate"
    May 31, 2024 Richmond Hill Blooms Nominations
    May 25, 2024 Richmond Hill Spring Fair
    May 15, 2024 Richmond Hill Blooms Kickoff Workshop and Plant Sale
    May 11, 2024 PLANT SALE
    May 07, 2024 May General Meeting: Guest Speaker Marion Jarvie, "Vertical Plants for Drama and Artistic Looks"
    April 02, 2024 April General Meeting: Guest Speaker Sean James, "Simply Shrubs"
    March 23, 2024 Seedy Saturday at Richmond Hill Public Library
    March 21, 2024 Richmond Hill Blooms Webinar - "Seed Starting 101"
    March 05, 2024 March General Meeting: Guest Speaker Stephanie Rose, "The Regenerative Garden"
    February 20, 2024 Webinar: "Designing Beautiful, Biodiverse, Resilient Gravel Gardens" with Ben O'Brien
    February 06, 2024 February General Meeting: Guest Speaker Kevin Kavanagh, "The Growing Importance of Gardening for Nature"
    January 18, 2024 Theatre Night - "Deathtrap"
    January 09, 2024 Annual General Meeting
    December 05, 2023 Holiday Celebration
    November 07, 2023 November General Meeting: Guest Speakers Mike McCallum and Antonio Munafo, "David Dunlap Observatory Park Master Plan and Woodlot Restoration"
    November 07, 2023 Houseplant Sale and Swap
    October 03, 2023 October General Meeting: Guest Speakers Myles O'Brien and Diana Shermet, "The Role of Urban Forests in Building a More Resilient Richmond Hill"
    September 10, 2023 Richmond Hill's Heritage Summit participation
    September 09, 2023 Members' Garden Visits
    September 09, 2023 Richmond Hill Blooms Summer's End Garden Social participation
    September 05, 2023 September General Meeting: Guest Speaker Khrysta Lyn, "Greening the City of Richmond Hill"
    August 20, 2023 Members' Garden Visits
    August 01, 2023 August General Meeting: Guest Speakers Dianne and Gary Westlake, "Thrifty Gardening"
    July 16, 2023 Members' Garden Visits
    July 04, 2023 July General Meeting: Guest Speaker Harold Hunter, "Garden Photography"
    June 20, 2023 Richmond Hill Blooms Webinar - "Planning your Pollinator Garden"
    June 17, 2023 Members' Garden Visits
    June 13, 2023 Richmond Hill Blooms Webinar - "Pollinators in Peril"
    June 06, 2023 June General Meeting: Guest Speakers Kate Brewitt and Terry Laurin, "Irises: Four Months of Blooms...and Beyond"
    June 02, 2023 Richmond Hill Blooms Nominations
    May 20, 2023 Richmond Hill Spring Fair
    May 18, 2023 Richmond Hill Blooms Webinar - "Front Yards Gardening: Intro."
    May 13, 2023 PLANT SALE
    May 07, 2023 Members' Garden Visits
    May 02, 2023 May General Meeting: Guest Speaker Helen Battersby, "Designing with Edible Plants"
    April 04, 2023 April General Meeting: Guest Speaker Sean James, "Growing Gracefully: The Evolution of a Garden"
    March 25, 2023 Seedy Saturday at Richmond Hill Public Library
    March 07, 2023 March General Meeting: Guest Speaker Jonas Spring, "An Exploration of Hardscape Plants"
    February 07, 2023 February General Meeting: Guest Speaker Wolfe Bonham, "Creating Spaces that Resonate"
    January 10, 2023 Annual General Meeting
    December 06, 2022 Holiday Celebration
    November 01, 2022 November General Meeting: "Richmond Hill - Rose Capital of Canada"
    October 04, 2022 October General Meeting: Guest Speaker Ingrid Janssen, "The Aging Gardener"
    September 15, 2022 Richmond Hill Blooms Event with Frankie Flowers, "Why Gardeners are Healthier Humans"
    September 06, 2022 September General Meeting: Guest Speaker Mike Prong, "Fusion Gardening"
    August 18, 2022 Richmond Hill Blooms Webinar - "Garden Maintenance"
    August 02, 2022 August General Meeting: "Richmond Hill Gardens Maintained by our Society"
    July 12, 2022 Richmond Hill Blooms Webinar - "Gardening with Your Kids"
    July 05, 2022 July General Meeting: Guest Speaker Susan Poizner, "Growing Healthy Organic Fruit Trees"
    June 26, 2022 Open Gates Garden Tour
    June 18, 2022 BUS TRIP (A Day of Wine and Roses) POSTPONED - TBD
    June 16, 2022 Richmond Hill Blooms Webinar - "Layered Designs for Natural Gardens"
    June 10, 2022 Richmond Hill Blooms Nominations
    June 07, 2022 June General Meeting: Guest Speaker Marina Dimitriadis, "The Allergy Fighting Garden"
    May 26, 2022 Richmond Hill Blooms Webinar - "Potager Gardening"
    May 07, 2022 PLANT SALE
    May 03, 2022 May General Meeting: Guest Speaker Niki Jabbour, "Veggie Garden Remix"
    April 05, 2022 April General Meeting: Guest Speaker Marie-Claude Limoges, "Montreal Botanical Garden"
    March 15, 2022 Webinar - "Kingsbrae Garden" with Brad Henderson
    March 01, 2022 March General Meeting with Guest Speaker Darren Heimbecker, "Whistling Gardens"
    February 15, 2022 Webinar - "MUN Botanical Garden" with Todd Boland
    February 01, 2022 February General Meeting with Guest Speaker June Bergman, "The Botanical Gardens of Silver Springs"
    January 11, 2022 Annual General Meeting
    December 07, 2021 December General Meeting with Guest Speaker Kiki Danninger, "Indoor Flowering Plants"
    November 02, 2021 November General Meeting with Guest Speaker Ken Brown, "Spring Bulbs"
    October 26, 2021 Closing the Garden
    October 11, 2021 Fall Bulb Sale CLEARANCE (Online)
    October 05, 2021 October General Meeting with Guest Speaker Cathy Kavassalis, "Trees for Small Spaces"
    September 07, 2021 September General Meeting with Guest Speaker Sean James, "Extending Interest in the Garden"
    August 03, 2021 August General Meeting with Guest Speaker Ben Cullen, "Take Your Harvest to the Next Level"
    July 06, 2021 July General Meeting with Guest Speaker Christine Gill, "Growing Beautiful Delphiniums"
    June 01, 2021 June General Meeting with Guest Speaker David Dutkiewicz, "Gypsy Moths in Ontario"
    May 28, 2021 Richmond Hill Blooms Nominations
    May 04, 2021 May General Meeting with Guest Speaker Jeanne McRight, "Low Maintenance Boulevard Gardens"
    April 23, 2021 PLANT SALES - Online, Curbside Pickup
    April 19, 2021 Feed Your Soil. Fuel Your Family. Fight Climate Change.
    April 16, 2021 Rain Barrel Fundraiser
    April 06, 2021 April General Meeting with Guest Speaker Paul Zammit, "Space Conscious Gardening"
    April 06, 2021 Worm Compost Fundraiser
    March 24, 2021 Growing Vegetables - Module 4, Selecting the Right Soil and Fertilizer
    March 10, 2021 Growing Vegetables - Module 3, Square Foot Gardening
    March 02, 2021 March General Meeting with Guest Speakers Molly and Alex Shannon
    February 24, 2021 Growing Vegetables - Module 2, Growing Vegetables from Seeds
    February 10, 2021 Growing Vegetables - Module 1, Planning Your Vegetable Garden
    February 02, 2021 February General Meeting with Guest Speaker Wolfegang Bonham
    January 19, 2021 Workshop - Terrarium Design and Maintenance
    January 12, 2021 Annual General Meeting
    December 01, 2020 December General Meeting with Guest Speaker Kate Seaver
    November 03, 2020 November General Meeting with Guest Speakers Mark and Ben Cullen
    October 06, 2020 October General Meeting with Guest Speaker Emma Biggs
    September 01, 2020 September General Meeting with Guest Speaker Antonio Valente
    August 04, 2020 August General Meeting with Guest Speaker Conrad Richter
    July 07, 2020 July General Meeting with Guest Speaker Stefan Weber
    June 02, 2020 June General Meeting (Virtual) with Guest Speaker Darryl Cheng
    May 29, 2020 Richmond Hill Blooms Nominations
    May 23, 2020 Richmond Hill Healthy Yards CANCELLED
    May 09, 2020 PLANT SALE - CANCELLED
    May 05, 2020 May General Meeting (Virtual) with Guest Speaker Liana D'Andrea
    April 09, 2020 Richmond Hill Public Library Gardening Q&A
    April 07, 2020 April General Meeting CANCELLED, Conrad Richter Postponed to August
    March 07, 2020 York Region Seedy Saturday
    March 03, 2020 March General Meeting with Guest Speaker Tara Nolan
    February 04, 2020 February General Meeting with Guest Speaker Stefan Weber
    January 14, 2020 Annual General Meeting
    December 03, 2019 Holiday Celebration
    November 05, 2019 November General Meeting with Guest Speaker Terry Kennedy and Volunteer Committee Expo
    October 01, 2019 October General Meeting with Guest Speaker Ken Brown
    September 19, 2019 Fifth Annual Richmond Hill Blooms Gala
    September 03, 2019 September General Meeting with Guest Speaker Jeff Mason
    August 18, 2019 Members' Garden Visits
    August 06, 2019 August General Meeting with Guest Speaker Dan Cooper
    July 21, 2019 Members' Garden Visits
    July 02, 2019 July General Meeting with Guest Speaker Charlie Dobbin
    June 23, 2019 Members' Garden Visits
    June 15, 2019 Bus Trip to the Purple Hills of Mulmur
    June 04, 2019 June General Meeting with Guest Speaker Jim Lounsbery
    May 31, 2019 Richmond Hill Blooms Nominations
    May 25, 2019 Richmond Hill Healthy Yards Event
    May 22, 2019 Oak Ridges Moraine Corridor Park Schools Planting
    May 13, 2019 Tips and Hacks for Gardening
    May 11, 2019 PLANT SALE
    May 07, 2019 May General Meeting with Guest Speaker Shari-Lyn Safir
    April 06, 2019 Seedy Saturday at Richmond Hill Public Library
    April 02, 2019 April General Meeting with Guest Speaker Frank Ferragine
    March 05, 2019 March General Meeting with Guest Speaker Dugald Cameron
    March 02, 2019 York Region Seedy Saturday
    February 05, 2019 February General Meeting with Guest Speaker Mark Peck
    January 08, 2019 Annual General Meeting and Photographic Recap of 2018
    December 17, 2018 "Garden Sunshine" Roses for Sale
    December 04, 2018 Holiday Celebration
    November 06, 2018 November General Meeting with Guest Speaker Vicki Simkovic
    October 11, 2018 Screening of "An Inconvenient Sequel"
    October 02, 2018 October General Meeting with Guest Speaker Lorraine Johnson
    September 13, 2018 Fourth Annual Richmond Hill Blooms Gala
    September 04, 2018 September General Meeting with Guest Speaker Glenn Brunetti
    August 07, 2018 August General Meeting with Guest Speaker Scott MacIvor
    July 14, 2018 Open Gates Pollinator Garden Tour
    July 03, 2018 July General Meeting with Guest Speaker Celia Roberts
    June 16, 2018 Garden Ontario Week Bus Trip to Whistling Gardens
    June 05, 2018 June General Meeting with Guest Speaker Julia Dimakos
    June 01, 2018 Richmond Hill Blooms Nominations
    May 26, 2018 Richmond Hill Healthy Yards Event
    May 12, 2018 PLANT SALE
    May 10, 2018 Oak Ridges Moraine Corridor Park Schools Planting
    May 01, 2018 May General Meeting with Guest Speaker Paul LaPorte
    April 03, 2018 April General Meeting with Guest Speaker Paul Zammit
    March 06, 2018 March General Meeting with Guest Speaker Kevin Kavanagh
    March 03, 2018 York Region Seedy Saturday
    February 06, 2018 February General Meeting with Guest Speaker Marion Jarvie
    January 09, 2018 Annual General Meeting and Photographic Recap of 2017
    December 05, 2017 Holiday Celebration
    November 07, 2017 November General Meeting with Guest Speaker Heinke Thiessen
    October 14, 2017 Bus Trip to Bala Cranberry Festival at Johnston's Cranberry Marsh
    October 03, 2017 October General Meeting with Guest Speaker Pat de Valence
    September 14, 2017 Third Annual Richmond Hill Blooms Gala
    September 12, 2017 Theatre Night - "Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike"
    September 05, 2017 September General Meeting with Guest Speaker Frank Kershaw
    August 20, 2017 Members' Garden Visits
    August 01, 2017 August General Meeting with Guest Speaker Dan Cooper
    July 23, 2017 Members' Garden Visits
    July 18, 2017 "Flowers and Veggies" Bus Trip CANCELLED
    July 04, 2017 July General Meeting with Guest Speaker Carol Pasternak
    June 06, 2017 June General Meeting with Guest Speaker Dugald Cameron
    June 04, 2017 Mill Pond Splash
    June 01, 2017 Richmond Hill Blooms Nominations
    May 27, 2017 Richmond Hill Healthy Yards Event
    May 13, 2017 PLANT SALE
    May 11, 2017 Oak Ridges Moraine Corridor Park Schools Planting
    May 02, 2017 May General Meeting with Guest Speaker Dennis Zhu
    April 04, 2017 April General Meeting with Guest Speaker Ken Brown
    March 07, 2017 March General Meeting with Guest Speaker Joan Stonehocker
    March 04, 2017 York Region Seedy Saturday
    February 07, 2017 Annual General Meeting and Photographic Recap of 2016
    January 10, 2017 January General Meeting (AGM)
    December 06, 2016 Holiday Celebration and Awards Banquet
    November 01, 2016 November General Meeting with Presentation
    October 04, 2016 October General Meeting with Presentation and Flower Show
    September 29, 2016 Second Annual Richmond Hill Blooms Gala
    September 29, 2016 Unveiling of 100th Anniversary Portal
    September 17, 2016 "Clematis Galore" Bus Trip
    September 13, 2016 Theatre Night - "Trying"
    September 10, 2016 Corn Roast
    September 06, 2016 September General Meeting with Presentation and Flower Show
    August 21, 2016 Members' Garden Visits
    August 02, 2016 August General Meeting with Presentation and Flower Show
    July 24, 2016 Members' Garden Visits
    July 16, 2016 Open Gates Fairy Garden Tour
    July 05, 2016 Photography Competition Submissions Deadline
    July 05, 2016 July General Meeting with Presentation and Flower Show
    June 12, 2016 Members' Garden Visits
    June 07, 2016 June General Meeting with Presentation and Flower Show
    June 05, 2016 Mill Pond Splash
    June 01, 2016 Richmond Hill Blooms Nominations
    May 25, 2016 Purchase "Garden Sunshine" Rose
    May 14, 2016 Richmond Hill Healthy Yards Event
    May 12, 2016 Oak Ridges Moraine Corridor Park Schools Planting
    May 07, 2016 Plant Sale
    May 03, 2016 May General Meeting with Presentation and Flower Show
    April 05, 2016 April General Meeting with Presentation
    April 02, 2016 York Region Seedy Saturday
    March 14, 2016 Canada Blooms Bus Trip
    March 05, 2016 Advance Sales of "Garden Sunshine" Rose
    March 01, 2016 March General Meeting with Presentation
    February 02, 2016 February General Meeting with Presentation
    January 12, 2016 January General Meeting (AGM)
    December 01, 2015 Holiday Celebration and Awards Banquet
    November 03, 2015 November General Meeting with Presentation
    October 06, 2015 October General Meeting with Presentation and Flower Show
    September 17, 2015 First Annual Richmond Hill Blooms Gala
    September 13, 2015 Corn Roast
    September 12, 2015 "Blooming Naturally" Bus Trip
    September 01, 2015 September General Meeting with Presentation and Flower Show
    August 27, 2015 Russell Tilt Park Tree Planting & Stewardship
    August 16, 2015 Members' Garden Visits
    August 04, 2015 August General Meeting with Presentation and Flower Show
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