The SNAPD Richmond Hill team of Joanne and Jonathan Witt visited many of the gardens participating in the Richmond Hill Garden & Horticultural Society's 2018 Open Gates Pollinator Garden Tour on Saturday, July 14th, and were inspired to post 80 representative photos to the August 2018 edition of SNAPD Richmond Hill.

Click here to enjoy their beautiful photography.

Joanne Witt, of SNAPD, posted nineteen great photos of The Richmond Hill Garden & Horticultural Society's May 12, 2018 Plant Sale at the McConaghy Centre to the June 2018 Edition of SNAPD Richmond Hill.

Most of the plants at this year’s sale were grown by our own members, either in the greenhouse at the Alexander Mackenzie High School, or in the gardens of our members. 

Click here to view all the SNAPD photos of our successful event.

Joanne and Jonathan Witt of SNAPD Richmond Hill posted some great photos of our society's January 9, 2018 Annual General Meeting. To see all thirteen images, click here. 

In addition to election of the 2018 society officers and directors, the evening included presentation of the 2017 flower show awards, a photographic recap of 2017 activities, and the opportunity to pick up photographs taken at the society's December Holiday Celebration.

SNAPD Richmond Hill's Joanne Witt has posted nine great photos of our society's December 5, 2017 Holiday Celebration at The Summit Golf and Country Club to the January 2018 edition of SNAPD Richmond Hill.

Click here to enjoy all of the SNAPD photos of this event.

During a gala celebration at the Richmond Hill Centre for the Performing Arts on September 14, the following gardens were announced as having earned the highest number of points during the Richmond Hill Blooms judging that took place in August.

Ward 1:
1st – 95 Snowy Meadows Avenue
2nd – 9 Roderick Court
3rd – 10 Snively Street
Canada 150 – 75 Sandbanks Drive

Ward 2:
1st – 41 Verona Court
2nd – 331 Osiris Drive
3rd – 11 Florentine Crescent
Canada 150 – 74 Dunsmore Cresent

Ward 3:
1st – 17 Elderwood Drive
2nd – 10 Ava Crescent
3rd – 28 Frybrook Crescent
3rd – 4 Avery Court
Canada 150 – 7 Ava Crescent

Ward 4:
1st – 71 Arnold Crescent
2nd – 7 Keble Court
3rd – 103 Arnold Crescent
Canada 150 – 115 Arnold Crescent

Ward 5:
1st – 138 Pemberton Road
2nd – 196 Marsi Road
3rd – 108 Cambridge Court
3rd – 37 Pemberton Road
Canada 150 – 31 Scott Drive

Ward 6:
1st – 15 Compton Crescent
2nd – 24 Doncrest Road
3rd – 17 Hazelmere Drive
Canada 150 – 36 Ashdown Crescent

Congratulations to the owners of these lovely front gardens!

To see images of all the top scoring gardens, visit the Town website (click here).

Our society delegates to the 2017 Ontario Horticultural Association (OHA) Convention that took place in Richmond Hill from July 21 to 23 brought home several awards this year. Details will be available in upcoming issues of the OHA’s Trillium and our society’s Garden Post.

Three of our society publications won awards as follows:

• Yearbook cover - First place (yearbook cover with primarily computer-generated graphics)
• Yearbook – First place (letter-size yearbook folded into booklet style)
• Newsletter – First place (newsletter with primarily computer-generated cover graphics)
• Show Schedule – Second place

As well, one of our society members brought home awards in the following arts competitions:

• First place for “Early Harvest” traditional corn husk doll 
• First place for “Rouge River” mosaic, incorporating seeds in a frame
• Second place for “City Scape or Country Scape” hand stitchery
• Second place for “Group of Seven” fabric art inspired by the Group of Seven

As the OHA is made up of 270 societies and more than 30,000 members, it is an achievement for us to bring home awards again this year. 

Joanne Witt, of SNAPD, posted ten great photos of The Richmond Hill Garden & Horticultural Society's May 13, 2017 Plant Sale at the McConaghy Centre to the June 2017 Edition of SNAPD Richmond Hill.

Most of the plants at this year’s sale were grown by our own members, either in the greenhouse at the Alexander Mackenzie High School, or in the gardens of our members.

Click here to view all the SNAPD photos of our successful event.
   

The Richmond Hill Garden and Horticultural Society is pleased to announce that we have received an Ontario Horticultural Association Pollinator Grant to purchase pollinator-friendly plants and create pollinator habitats or nesting sites at the community gardens that we maintain around Town.

This grant is a component of the Ontario Horticultural Association's Pollinator Initiative, described on page 2 of the spring 2017 issue of the Trillium newsletter (click here). 

Our society delegates to the 2017 Ontario Horticultural Association (OHA) District 15 Annual General Meeting that took place in Thornhill, Ontario on Saturday, April 22, 2017 brought home awards for the following 2016 society publications:

• Our Membership Brochure won first place in its category
• The Garden Post brought home a second place for newsletters
• The Open Gates Passport won a third place
  

The May-June issue of The Garden Post, available to our members (click here), contains more information about the District 15 AGM, including a photo of our delegates.
 
  

During a gala celebration at the Richmond Hill Centre for the Performing Arts on September 29, the following gardens were announced as having earned the highest number of points during the 2016 Richmond Hill Blooms judging that took place in August.
 
Ward 1:
1st - 75 Sandbanks Drive
2nd - 33 Cynthia Crescent
3rd - 23 Sandbanks Drive
 
Ward 2:
1st -  41 Verona Court
2nd - 5 Stephenson Gate
3rd - 96 Roseview Avenue
 
Ward 3:
1st -  90 Spadina Road
2nd - 56 Chiltern Hill
3rd - 8 Shallmar Gardens
 
Ward 4:
1st - 45 Harmony Hill Crescent
2nd - 290 Gretel Drive
3rd - 252 Mill Street
 
Ward 5:
1st -  21 Merrylynn Drive
2nd - 33 Walmer Road
3rd - 10 Merrylynn Drive

3rd - 3 Denham Drive
 
Ward 6:
1st -  15 Compton Crescent
2nd - 152 Duncan Road
3rd – 53 Pathlane Road
 

Congratulations to the owners of these lovely front gardens!
 
A map of Richmond Hill Wards, published by the Town, is available online (click here).