Flower Shows
One of our most important activities is arranging flower show competitions for our members, and the enjoyment of the public. We host a Mini Flower Show in May at our meeting in the Columbus Centre. Our summer flower and vegetable show is held at the Cobourg Library on a Saturday in July. Classes include annuals, perennials, container plants, roses, displays and design. We also host a Mini Flower show at our September meeting, for vegetables, flowers, design and canning. Flower Show rules and details of categories are available in our Yearbook.
Projects
Members volunteer to maintain two important community gardens in Cobourg. Both belong to the Town of Cobourg and are administered by the Parks Department.
The Edwin R. Haynes Memorial Rose Garden at Victoria Park features our club flower, the white rose, among over 100 varieties of roses as well as climbing roses and clematis on two large pergolas. This garden was designed and planted as a Town of Cobourg competition for the millennium year 2000.
The Five Corners Garden at the corner of King Street West and William Street opposite Cobourg Library was a millennium project of the Society.
On June 20, 2000 the Town Council approved the plans and on June 2, 2001 the Mayor attended the official opening. The objective was to create a gateway to the downtown that would be attractive in all seasons. All the preparation and planting was done by members to a landscape design by Miriam Mutton, an arbor built by Keith Discipline, the sign carved by Arnold Cornelius, and funded by income from the club's charity bingo participation.
On the 17th of November 2009 Mayor Peter Delanty unveiled two beautiful Carl Hoselton sculptures 'Virgin' and 'Virgin and Child' installed in the garden thanks to the generous donation of Murray and Margaret Dillon, chosen by Councillor Miriam Mutton.
Scholarship
Our most rewarding annual event is choosing a recipient of the Cobourg Horticultural Society Scholarship of $500 to a deserving local high school graduate with exemplary marks who wishes to pursue post secondary education in a field related to horticulture or the environment.
A scholarship was not awarded in 2011, but we hope there will be a good candidate for 2012.
To see our previous bursary recipients, the application requirements, and the application form click SCHOLARSHIP
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