The Richmond Hill Garden & Horticultural Society is pleased to announce that Owain Langford, a student at Seneca College, is the inaugural recipient of the Bert Card Memorial Award, providing for a bursary of $1,000 towards his tuition costs.

Owain, who emigrated to Canada from Wales in 2021, is in his third year of studies in Seneca’s Environmental Landscape Management program, which includes courses covering traditional types of landscaping, ecology, the impact humans have on the environment, and how to protect and restore natural landscapes.

Our society is committed to repeating the Bert Card Memorial Award selection and awards process in conjunction with Seneca College for the next four years.

Albert (Bert) Card is a beloved Past President of both the Richmond Hill Garden & Horticultural Society and the Ontario Horticultural Association. Upon Bert’s passing in 2022, his estate bequeathed funds to our society which have been transformed into an educational scholarship program in his name.

More information about the scholarship program and this year's recipient will be available to our society's members in the May-June 2024 edition of The Garden Post.

The Richmond Hill Garden & Horticultural Society is pleased to announce that Michelle Quah, a graduating student of St. Theresa of Lisieux Catholic High School, is the winner of the 2023 Willem Schurman Scholarship, and recipient of the $500 bursary.

Michelle is now attending the University of Toronto Scarborough’s Physical and Environment Sciences Co-op program. Michelle endeavors to major in Environmental Chemistry, and Conservation and Biodiversity to pursue a dream of using organic and inorganic chemistry to solve major environmental problems. More specifically, she wishes to apply her future expertise in environmental chemistry towards restoring and reviving aquatic ecosystems in lakes and oceans.

The Willem Schurman Scholarship, named after one of our society’s Past Presidents, is made available each year to a student graduating from any Richmond Hill secondary school. For more information, click here.

Society President, Doreen Coyne, is thrilled to announce the launch of a YouTube channel showcasing our society's activities and the gardening interests and endeavors of our members.

Initial content includes a video about our society and another about the importance of pollinators. 

"Stay tuned" for more content from our members!

Congratulations to the owners of the properties earning the top scores in the 2022 Richmond Hill Blooms program!

Photos of these lovely front gardens have been posted to the City's site. Click here for direct access. 

Ward 1
1st   69 Worthington Avenue
2nd  95 Snowy Meadow Drive
3rd   57 Rossini Drive
3rd   8 Walkview Crescent

Ward 2
1st   43 Elmpark Court
2nd  131 Stephenson Crescent
3rd   104 Cartier Crescent

Ward 3
1st   14 Westpoint Court
2nd  261 Kimono Crescent
3rd   32 Queensway Drive

Ward 4
1st   210 Tower Hill Road
2nd  10 Candlelight Drive
2nd  119 Oxford Street
3rd   139 Libby Boulevard
3rd   23 Yuan Drive

Ward 5
1st   35 Josie Drive
2nd  21 Merrylynn Drive
3rd   47 Stockdale Cresent

Ward 6
1st   10 Green Ash Crescent
2nd  5 Ronald Avenue
3rd   53 Pathlane Road

Following a brief "Under Construction" phase, www.RichmondHillGardenSociety.org

has been re-launched with a fresh, modern, look and a responsive, mobile-aware design.

For the thousands of gardening-enthusiasts who view our website on smart phones,  this is sure to be a welcome change.  

The Richmond Hill Garden & Horticultural Society is pleased to announce that Linda Lang, a graduating student of the Richmond Green Secondary School, is the winner of the 2021 Willem Schurman Scholarship, and recipient of the $1,000 bursary. 

Linda is now attending the University of Waterloo, where she is studying environmental engineering and life sciences, pursuing her dream of solving environmental problems through engineering. This educational program includes studies in soil, toxicology, air quality engineering, hydrology, and environmental chemistry. Congratulations, Linda! 

The Willem Schurman Scholarship, named after one of our society’s Past Presidents, is made available each year to a student graduating from any Richmond Hill secondary school. For more information, click here.

Congratulations to the owners of the properties earning the top scores in the 2021 Richmond Hill Blooms program! 

Photos of these lovely front gardens have been posted to the City’s site. Click here for direct access.  

Ward 1 
1st   75 Sandbanks Drive
2nd  54 Craigleith Crescent
2nd  21 Verdi Road
3rd  30 Raintree Crescent

Ward 2 
1st   299 Browndale Crescent
2nd  288 Neal Drive
2nd  5 Stephenson Gate
3rd  131 Stephenson Crescent

Ward 3 
1st   1 Joplin Gate
2nd  28 Frybrook Crescent
3rd  71 Ava Crescent
3rd  178 Shirley Drive

Ward 4 
1st   22 Stockbridge Avenue
2nd  19 Moraine Ridge Avenue
3rd  49 Naughton Drive

Ward 5 
1st   71 Pemberton Avenue
2nd  187 Castle Rock Drive
2nd  2 Rathfon Cresent
3rd  95 Weldrick Road East, Unit 79

Ward 6 
1st   152 Duncan Road
2nd  3 Avonlea Place
2nd  6 Ronald Road
3rd  8 Caymus Street
3rd  1 Quetico Street

Amidst a continuously changing set of Covid-19 safety protocols, the Richmond Hill Garden & Horticultural Society's Greenhouse Team worked since Autumn 2020 to propagate plants for what is typically the organization's largest annual fundraiser - the spring Plant Sale. 

When it became evident that the pandemic was worsening and a grand sale at a public venue would not be feasible for the spring of 2021, our society investigated and pursued an online sales channel.  Early in April, leveraging a members-only feature of our website, we trialed the online sale of worm compost to our members, with curbside pickups arranged on Saturday afternoons at a location in Richmond Hill. 

When this proved to be successful, our Greenhouse Team began snapping photos of plant offerings available for sale in April, and posted these along with names, descriptions, quantities and prices as "Inventory" in our Online Store. Sales were vigorous, and safe curbside pickups were arranged at another location in Richmond Hill. 

To-date, nearly half our members have participated in these online sales, purchasing about 270 bags of worm compost and more than 450 plants and mixed containers of plants. 

Sales will continue through mid-May, with more plants being added to the Online Store as they become available. 

Access to our Online Store will be extended to the public starting May 10th.

Richmond Hill Garden & Horticultural Society President, Doreen Coyne, participated in today's virtual meeting of the Connecting the Community Richmond Hill (CTCRH) organization as a guest speaker. Her presentation provided event attendees with an illustrated overview of the society's many activities, including those planned for 2021.

A recording of the presentation is available on YouTube (click here). 

For more information about CTCRH, click here.

Beginning in September, members of our society began authoring Gardening Tips for inclusion in the OnRichmondHill.com weekly newsletter.   

Topics thus far include Weed control, making Tools from repurposed items, planting Garlic, Christmas Cactus tips, and more! 

These articles are now also available to the public as Resources on our website. The most recent tip is accessible on our Home page, and all the tips are available by clicking here. In addition to reading the tips, our members have the ability to, and are encouraged to post Comments.