Hobby: Gardening

Organizations

• Canadian Carnivorous Plant Society
  Dedicated to carnivorous plant lovers whose objective is to discover the fascinating world of these strange plants
• Canadian Rose Society
  A non-profit organization dedicated to furthering the study of roses and to promoting their cultivation throughout Canada.
• Composting
  A national non-profit, member-driven organization with a charter to advocate and advance composting and compost usage.
• Flamborough Horticultural Society
  Participates in community gardening, environment and conservation projects, tree planting, therapeutic horticulture, and offers tours of private gardens, parks and nurseries.
• Georgetown and District Horticultural Society
  
• Oakville African Violet Society
  Offers help in getting your plants to regain their health and restored their beauty. You bring it in and they fix it.
• Ontario Rock Garden Society
  Promotes (on a non-profit basis) the study of alpine plants, related garden plants, the creation of rock gardens and similar motherhood issues.
• Seeds of Diversity
  Gardeners from coast to coast who save seeds from rare and unusual garden plants for the purpose of preserving the varieties. Members share over 1500 varieties of fruits and vegetables.
• Southern Ontario Orchid Society
  
• The Orchid Society of Royal Botantical Gardens
  Offers benifits to members such as access to vast library of books, CDs, videos, and periodicals.

Resources

• Canadian Gardening
  Contains information on growing, plants and design, as well as an active GardenTalk forum, gardening clubs and catalogues listings, garden tours, gardening with kids and more.
• Plant Hardiness Zones
  Zones are calculated based on average climatic conditions and altitude of each area. The harshest zone is 0 and the mildest is 8.
  Burlington and Oakville are rated at 6b, and Milton and Halton Hills at 5a. See map
• ICanGarden
  Provides thousands of articles from over 150 garden writers, hundreds of gardening clubs, gardening books and gardening events from around the world.
• Royal Botanical Gardens located on Plains Road in Burlington, Ontario.
• The Garden Gate provides resource links to international information.