Book a Speaker or Presentation
Master Gardeners are available to give presentations to your group on a wide variety of horticultural topics. In the past 12 months, our members have presented to horticultural societies, community organizations (such as Green Venture, Halton Environmental Network and Probus), private-sector lunch-and-learn events, and large community events such as the Royal Winter Fair and the Toronto Home Show.
Suggested topics
Presentations are available virtually and in person. Choose from the topics below, or let us know what interests your group.
- No-Dig, More Yield: Easier Ecological Gardening
- Growing Fruit in the Home Garden
- The Basics of Edible Gardening
- Big Harvests, Small Spaces: Urban Vegetable Gardening
- Challenges to Change: How Gardeners Can Support Native Biodiversity
- The Breathing Lands: Peat and the Alternatives
- Gardens that Give Back: Small Changes, Big Benefits for You and the Environment
- Managing Garden Pests in an Eco-Friendly Way
- A Garden Conundrum: Why Are Invasive Plants Still Sold in Nurseries?
- O Canada: Native Keystone Plants
- Designing a Garden for Children’s Play
- By-laws and Front-Yard Gardens
- Rain Gardens: Add Biodiversity and Improve Local Water Quality
- Attracting Hummingbirds to Your Garden
- Herbs: From the Savoury to the Sensual… to Deadly Poison
- Rejuvenating Your Garden
- Creating a Pollinator Garden
- Organic Gardening
- Vegetative Propagation
- Starting Vegetable Seeds Indoors
- Winter Sowing: The “Set It and Forget It” Method of Starting Native Plants
- All About Dahlias
- How to Be a Great Gardener!
- Preparing Your Garden for Winter
- Evolution of a Garden or Gardener
- Shrubs for the Garden
- Starting a New Garden
- Growing a Giving Garden
More Ways We Can Help
Gardening Questions
Send us your questions using the contact form. We answer hundreds of emails each year from gardeners.
Information Booths
We provide information booths and advice for horticultural societies, garden walks, festivals, garden clubs, Seedy Saturdays and farmers’ markets. Offer us a booth, or visit ours for advice at events.
On-Site Garden Advice
Available to not-for-profit organizations only.
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