It is just over 100 years since Lionel de Rothschild started work on one of the best-known woodland gardens in the world, one devoted above all to his favourite plant, the rhododendron. In just twenty years he created one of the largest gardens of its kind, as well as funding a number of the plant...Read more >

Join us for our ARHS November meeting!  We will be holding our Annual General Meeting, followed by a guest presentation by Donna Evers on Meadow Gardens. The Meadow Plant List_p 1 & 2 The Meadow Plant List_p3 Space will be limited at the NS Natural History Museum.  Sign up form will be posted online for...Read more >

Tuesday December 7th is our annual Christmas Party.  Final details are to be announced in the fall pending Public Health requirements.     Sign up form will be posted online for those who wish to attended in person.   Space will be limited due to social distancing requirements as posted by Public Health at the time. The...Read more >

Explore timeless design ideas and timely landscape management techniques at Innisfree—an iconic mid-twentieth century landscape in Millbrook, New York—that can be adopted by gardeners and designers anywhere. Innisfree is primarily the work of Lester Collins, thought by his peers to be one America’s great if unsung landscape architects. Working on a massive site with a...Read more >

The Himalayas are known to be heartland of Rhododendron--but there are so many other Ericacaceae (and treasures growing with them) that have special interest to rock gardeners in North America since Tibet has more extreme temperatures than more familiar destinations like Bhutan or Nepal.  Our speaker was lucky to spend 3 weeks driving 1200 miles...Read more >

ARHS Presentation March 1st, 2022 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm The Hardier, Smaller Rhododendrons Dr. Glen Jamieson, Editor, Journal of the American Rhododendron Society Presentation will focus on the hardier, smaller rhododendrons – their taxonomy, features and cultural characteristics. With many people living on smaller properties, often in urban areas, there is now a greater...Read more >

Our meeting for Tuesday, April 5, 2022 will be a hybrid meeting, in person at the Nova Scotia Museum and by Zoom. Join us for images and descriptions of a treasure trove of plants: Japanese Maples from David Veinotte, woodland plants and evergreen Azaleas from Insigne Nursery, Rhododendrons from Jack Looye’s Rhodoland Nursery, and a...Read more >

Member-to-Member Plant Sale Bring your surplus plants for sale to other members. Tables will be set up for your plants.

Spring Garden Tour, Fall River/Oakfield Garden locations and descriptions will be sent to members in May.

Interested in propagating Rhodos but don't know how to start?  This panel discussion, chaired by Jamie Ellison and including Sharon Bryson and Bob Pettipas, will provide short introductions to propagation by seed, cuttings and hybridizing followed by a question and answer session on all issues which you may have encountered or may want to avoid....Read more >

Our meeting for Tuesday, October 4, 2022 will be a hybrid meeting, in person in room 301 at the Halifax Central Library and by Zoom.  The Museum of Natural History is not available on October 4. Captain Richard Steele Lecture:  Latest Trends in Breeding Rhododendrons Presented by Kristian Theqvist, President of the Finnish Rhododendron Society...Read more >

The Harriet Irving Botanical Gardens at Acadia University, Wolfville features plants native to Nova Scotia and the Acadian Forest region.  Conservation Horticulturalist Melanie Presnitz will present on native plants that make great companion plants for the genus Rhododendron and talk about why growing indigenous species is beneficial. Our meeting for Tuesday, November 1, 2022 will...Read more >

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. Our meeting for Tuesday, December 6, 2022 will be a hybrid meeting, in person at the Nova Scotia Museum and by Zoom. Thank...Read more >

Programs of the American Rhododendron Society (ARS) This meeting will start with one of the last presentations prepared by Harold Greer, “Rhododendron Foliage to Delight: Another Reason to Enjoy Rhododendrons”, which was presented at the ARS 2022 Convention. It will continue with a Zoom discussion with representatives of the American Rhododendron Society on their activities...Read more >

Jenny Sandison, Garden Designer and ARHS Member “New Trends in English Gardening” Last summer, garden designer Jenny Sandison returned to the gardens of Britain and visited the new Royal Horticultural Society “Bridgewater” in northern England. She will report on the new trends in garden design from Bridgewater and other English gardens. The meeting will be...Read more >

Sam Hoadley, Manager of Horticultural Research, Mt. Cuba Center “Wild Hydrangea for the Mid-Atlantic Region” After a five-year trial learn which Hydrangea received top marks from a garden perspective and which species and cultivars tallied the most pollinator visits. Included will be tips for successful cultivation and care of wild hydrangea in your home landscape...Read more >

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 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

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 >