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ARHS Presentation April 2023: “Les Deux Jardins de Claude Monet/ The Two Gardens of Claude Monet”

Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History 1747 Summer St., Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Freeman Patterson, Landscape Photographer: “Les Deux Jardins de Claude Monet/ The Two Gardens of Claude Monet” Claude Monet worked and succeeded spectacularly in two artistic media – gardening and painting. For him, the two were deeply entwined. Freeman’s images from both early spring and late summer reveal how Monet’s house garden and water garden are...Read more >

ARHS Member to Member Plant Sale 2023

Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History 1747 Summer St., Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

ARHS Member-to-Member Plant Sale Come to talk and purchase plants from our members in our always-popular plant sale. Insigne 2023-4-26 Plant Descriptions Insigne Retail Availability 2023-4-26

ARHS September 2023 Presentation: Diane Lucas, Gardening for Butterflies

Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History 1747 Summer St., Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Gardening For Butterflies, Caterpillars and Their Host Plants Diane Lucas, Botanical Artist and Illustrator This presentation discusses 18 butterflies common to Nova Scotia, their larval host plants, their adult diet, and how we can create their needed habitat in our gardens and parks. Each species of butterfly is illustrated with its caterpillars and their host...Read more >

ARHS October 2023 Presentation: Annual Steele Lecture, Native Trials of Hardy Perennials at Mt. Cuba

Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History 1747 Summer St., Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Annual Captain Dick Steele Lecture Native Trials of Hardy Perennials at Mt. Cuba Sam Hoadley, Mt. Cuba Center, Delaware Mt. Cuba research team evaluates native plants and related cultivars for horticultural and ecological value, highlighting the ecosystem services native plants provide. Sam Hoadley will present on the latest trails and the extensive information available through...Read more >

ARHS November 2023 Presentation: Bob Howard, New Plants and Fresh Ideas

Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History 1747 Summer St., Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Some New Plants and Fresh Ideas Bob Howard, former ARHS Director of Programs and Landscape Gardener This talk will highlight three ideas for fresh plantings: blue flowers and foliage, some plants for late summer and fall, and the importance of patience in giving plants time to develop their character. Long-time member Bob Howard, a retired...Read more >

ARHS December 2023 Members’ Photo Presentations & Winter Social

Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History 1747 Summer St., Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Winter Social & Annual Members Photos, Gardens, and Garden Tours Choose the six best photos from this year’s blossoms, your garden or gardens you have visited.  We must limit the number of photos from each person to allow for all to contribute.  The meeting will be followed by our winter social.  Please bring nibblies to...Read more >

ARHS January 2024 Presentation: Interesting Plants, Roslyn Duffus

Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History 1747 Summer St., Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Roslyn Duffus,   “Interesting Plants” Come  and join us for a presentation by Roslyn Duffus of photos of her most rare and unusual plants.  Roslyn Duffus, President  of the Nova Scotia Rock Garden Club,  is a long  time ARHS member. Join us at the Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History or by Zoom.  The Zoom link...Read more >

ARHS February 2024 Presentation: Native Azaleas, Tara Spears, Jenkins Arboretum & Gardens

Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History 1747 Summer St., Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Native Azaleas, Tara Spears, Jenkins Arboretum & Gardens Tara Spears is the Curatorial Assistant at Jenkins Arboretum & Gardens and works closely with their Nationally Accredited Rhododendron Collections. She is also a graduate student at the University of Pennsylvania where she studies Environmental Science, and is conducting research with Rhododendron smokianum, a newly described species of Rhododendron...Read more >

ARHS March 2024 Presentation: Namaqualand Superbloom, Freeman Patterson, Photographer

Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History 1747 Summer St., Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Namaqualand Superbloom A few times each century the  wild flowers of Namaqualand South Africa, experience a “SuperBloom.”  Our ARHS rhodo gardener and landscape photographer Freeman Patterson received a phone call in June 2023 that it had been a wet winter in Namaqualand and a SuperBloom was immanent.  A few weeks later he was on a...Read more >

ARHS April 2024 Presentation: “Naturalization Strategies for Gardeners”, a panel discussion

Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History 1747 Summer St., Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Chair Jim Sharpe, Panel Members  Anita Jackson and Nina Newington Interested in native  plants, pollinator gardens and meadow gardens? This panel will present  the experience  of ARHS horticulturalists  with  naturalization strategies  for transforming  gardens to include native plants,  pollinating insects  and self-sustaining meadows.  Anita Jackson  and  Nina  Newington  are ARHS members  and garden designers who have...Read more >

ARHS September 2024 Presentation: Rhododendron 101, an introduction with Ruth Jackson

Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History 1747 Summer St., Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Tuesday, September  3    7:30  - 9:00  pm   A rhododendron is a plant for all seasons. It is one of the few broad leaf evergreens adapted to our winter climate and soils. The combination of showy spring flowers and evergreen leaves makes it an asset in garden design. Ruth Jackson was president of the ARHS for...Read more >

ARHS October 2024 Presentation: Captain Steele Lecture, Climate Change and  the Future of Gardening

Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History 1747 Summer St., Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

2024  Captain Steele Lecture Climate Change and  the Future of Gardening: Richard  Zurawski and Sarah  Rutherford Sunday,  October  6,   2:00  -   4:30 pm  Join us for a  discussion  on the  science of  climate change and the future of gardening.   Richard  Zurawski, meteorologist and  science writer, will  review  the science and  impact of climate change on...Read more >

ARHS October 2024 Presentation: The Arts and Crafts Garden  with Dr. Sarah Rutherford

Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History 1747 Summer St., Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

The Arts and Crafts Garden with Dr. Sarah Rutherford Monday, October   7,  7:30 -9:00  pm The Arts and Crafts movement of the late nineteenth and early  twentieth century had significant impact on garden design, both in England and around the world.  Sarah has published a book on Arts and Crafts Gardens with the Shire Library...Read more >

ARHS November 2024 Presentation: American Rhododendron Society Spring 2025 Convention in Wolfville, NS

Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History 1747 Summer St., Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Emerging Trends for Rhododendrons” ARS Convention in Wolfville, NS Tuesday, November 5,  7:30 -  9:00 pm   The ARHS  is organizing the American Rhododendron Society (ARS) Annual Spring Convention  in Wolfville, Nova Scotia  from Thursday June 5  to Sunday June 8, 2025.  Come and hear about the convention program, the keynote speakers and rhododendron experts who...Read more >

ARHS December 2024 Presentation: Annual Garden Slides and Seasonal Reception

Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History 1747 Summer St., Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Annual Garden Slides and Seasonal Reception Tuesday, December 3,  7:30 – 9:00 pm Join us to share images from your garden, a garden that you have visited recently or rare and unusual plants or Rhodos which  you have grown.  We  ask  that each member limit their presentation to seven images, so that all who wish...Read more >

ARHS January Presentation: Freeman Patterson’s Rhododendrons at Shamper’s Bluff, NB

Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History 1747 Summer St., Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

  By Zoom only Since 2005 internationally renowned landscape photographer Freeman Patterson has planted over 2100 Rhododendrons and Azaleas at his home on Shamper’s Bluff, Kingston, New Brunswick. Fifty members from ARHS were able to visit last year on June 10, during the peak bloom period. Freeman will describe his unique woodland garden and his...Read more >

ARHS February Presentation: Paul Manning:  What to do about the Japanese Beetle?

This talk will explore: the biology of the Japanese beetle (Popillia japonica), factors underpinning its recent success within Atlantic Canada, and review evidence for non-chemical control options. Paul Manning is an Assistant Professor at Dalhousie University. His research explores the importance of insect biodiversity to the health of ecosystems. Presentation is by Zoom only.  The...Read more >

ARHS March Presentation Sharon Bryson: Rhododendrons at Willow Garden

Via Zoom Truro, Nova Scotia, Canada

Tuesday, March 4, 7:30 – 9:00 pm Sharon Bryson lives  at Willow Garden, Maryvale Road, Antigonish County, where she  has an extensive collection of Rhododendrons and Azaleas that she and her  late husband, Bill Wilgenhof,   grew from seed. (see https://www.willowgarden.net/).  Sharon  will share  her experience of growing Rhodos  in one of the coldest parts of...Read more >

ARHS April Presentation     Rhododendrons of Cornwall and SW England

Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History 1747 Summer St., Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

For March 2025, the Atlantic Association  of Landscape Designers has organized a tour of the gardens of South West England.  The presentation will feature pictures of some of the gardens and plants  from this tour which includes  eight of the “Great Gardens of Cornwall” and Lionel de Rothschild’s  Exbury Garden. Nova Scotia Museum of Natural...Read more >

ARHS May Member to Member Plant Sale

ARHS MEMBER TO MEMBER SALE 2025 The ARHS Member to Member Sale will take place at the Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History on Tuesday, May 6, 2025 at  7:30 pm. We will be joined by ARHS members: Insigne Gardens, Arnold Cameron, Christopher Hopgood and Beatrice Milner who will be selling a variety of plants,...Read more >