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Owen Sound & District Chamber of Commerce: Sponsor

The Owen Sound & District Chamber can help make a real difference to your business. Gain access to our exclusive member meetings & events and bring awareness to your business from like-minded individuals. Also, gain access to a number of member benefits, including discounts and special offers from our strategic partnerships in the community. See below for our membership pricing breakdown.

Georgian Bay Woodworking: Designer & Builder

At Georgian Bay Woodworking, we strive for excellence in everything we do. Our strong customer service ethic, paired with talent and enthusiasm, helps us create one-of-a-kind pieces that capture our customers’ uniqueness and style. Are you looking for that perfect piece? You know what it is, something that fits your own aesthetic, but you can't seem to find it? Why not turn your idea into reality? Work with us, and we will create something made just for you.

REACH Centre Grey Bruce: Caretaker and Benefactor

The REACH Centre Grey Bruce is a local self-funded charity that provides programming to youth and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Our focus is on skill acquisition for independence, meaningful contribution to community and friendship. Started in 2014, the agency serves over 100 individuals a week in our fully accessible facility located in the River District Stop by and check out our learning shop, commercial kitchen, patio, community gardens and amazing program participants!  

Westside Nurseries & Greenhouses Ltd.: Supplier

Westside Nurseries is the largest garden centre around, with over 18,000sq ft of greenhouse space, where we grow large volumes of our own bedding plants, ensuring our customers receive the highest quality plants available. We also offer the best nursery stock and other product lines from premium suppliers such as Browns Concrete and Botanika Fertilizer. 

Boasting over 2000sq ft of retail store space filled with many gift ideas and gardening products, we are much more than just a greenhouse. Our highly knowledgeable staff are able to assist you with any gardening needs you have, from answering concerns about pests or diseases to guiding you in your garden design. 

About the Plants:

Double the Sun Coreopsis (Coreopsis grandiflora) - Perennial

With large, semi-double, bright yellow flowers, this moderately tall sun-loving perennial performs well in hot, dry locations. Removing spent flowers to extend blooming. Deer resistant. Attracts pollinators.

Exposure Full Sun
Bloom Time Late Spring to Summer
Height & Width 12-14" x 12-14"
Hardiness USDA Zone 3

 

Prairie Splendor (Compact Rose Coneflower Echinacea) - Perennial

This low-growing, compact coneflower produces large, bright rose-magenta flowers that appear earlier than most coneflowers and often rebloom. The flowers are produced abundantly on sturdy, clump-forming dwarf plants that thrive in full sun and average to poor, well-drained soils. 

Exposure Full Sun
Bloom Time Summer into fall
Height & Width 14"-16" x 6"-8"
Hardiness USDA Zone 3

 

Blue Ice Blue Star (Amsonia) - Perennial

Forms a dense, compact mound of dark green lush foliage that turns bright yellow in the fall. Foliage is topped in early spring with large clusters of very dark lavender-blue flowers. Excellent cut flowers, mixed borders, or wildflower gardens.

Exposure Full Sun
Bloom Time Summer into fall
Height & Width 14"-16" x 6"-8"
Hardiness USDA Zone 3

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