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2025 Spring registration opens for Cleaning the Capital
It is estimated that over one million kilograms of waste has been removed by more than 1.4 million volunteers since the campaign began.
Competitors capture beauty in the SGHS photo competition
With cameras at the ready, it is obvious that the SGHS members are incredible photographers when capturing the local beauty of nature.
Beloved long-time Stittsville resident Doreen Bell passes away
On December 11, 2024 Doreen passed away at the age of 93 after living a life filled with kindness and community involvement.
Deadline is quickly approaching to enter the Stittsville Goulbourn Horticulture Society photo contest
The Stittsville Goulbourn Horticultural Society is seeking entries to their annual photo competition from members. The entry deadline is February 1, 2025.
2024 wraps up for the Stittsville Goulbourn Horticultural Society
With all of the activities that the Society does for the community, the Society has been kept extremely busy throughout the year. Awards were presented to members for their dedicated work…
The SGHS fall plant sale was a perfect opportunity to choose new additions for your garden
Although a rainy day, the Stittsville Goulbourn Horticultural Society’s (SGHS) first annual fall plant sale provided a great opportunity to get some new additions that will appear in your garden next year!
Stittsville Goulbourn Horticultural Society helps to rejuvenate front garden at Stittsville Legion
On Thursday, June 13, members of the SGHS joined with members of the Legion to get to work – once the weather had cleared for long enough to get work done.
Stittsville Goulbourn Horticultural Society unveils 2024 photography competition winners
The high point at this time of year for SGHS is the judging of the stunning floral photographs submitted to their annual photography contest and this year was no different…
Stittsville Goulbourn Horticultural Society members brave the weather for their 2023 AGM
The next year promises to be full of informative speakers each month and some fun events. The annual photo contest is one that highlights the many talented photographers here in the community who…
Red wigglers are ‘smart as poop’ for your garden
The Stittsville Goulbourn Horticultural Society learned a great deal about vermicomposting in September. Doreen Manley, founder of ‘Smart as Poop’ was the presenter and wriggled the audience through the process…
WINNING PHOTOS: the results are in for the Stittsville Goulbourn Horticultural Society photo competition
The 2023 photo competition for the Stittsville Goulbourn Horticultural Society proved once again that we have so many talented photographers.
Deadline for entries to the Stittsville Goulbourn Horticulture Society photo contest quickly approaching
This year, the members are celebrating the ‘Canadian Year of the Garden’ with red being the predominant colour found in many gardens and that they would like to see in the photos being submitted…
The volunteers continue their work grooming the gardens at Lee Boltwood Park
Last week from September 7-10, Brian Beattie, a member of the SGHS, retired and a photographer, spent a few hours each day at Lee Boltwood Park capturing the volunteers at work and the beauty of the flowers that are diligently being attended to.
Inaugural Ottawa Garden Festival celebrates Ottawa’s garden culture
The 10-day event, which makes its debut during the Year of the Garden, welcomes residents and visitors alike with a vibrant mix of activities in the city’s centre and across the surrounding urban and rural landscape.
Park officially named for dedicated Stittsville resident Lee Boltwood
In 1965, Lee and Paul Boltwood were married. One year later in 1966, Lee and Paul left their beloved home province of British Columbia to set off in a new direction and their new venture in life.