WORKSHOPS & SPECIAL PROJECTS
Farmerette Social: Beeswax Candles & Botanicals
Join The Fancy Farmerettes for a hands-on heritage candle workshop celebrating the legacy of the Ontario Farm Service Force! Inspired by the style and grit of the 1940s land girls, this relaxed, beginner-friendly social blends local agricultural history with the art of natural craft.
What You’ll Experience:
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The Candle Stations: Hands-on instruction to craft your own pure beeswax candle collection—hand-dipping traditional tapers and pouring custom tealights garnished with dried botanicals.
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Farm-Fresh Honey Tasting: Sample a guided flight of our local raw honeys, exploring the subtle floral notes and seasonal flavors produced right here by our hives.
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Heritage Refreshments: Enjoy a cozy intermission featuring foraged sumac-and-honey "lemonade," sweetened with our farm-fresh honey.
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Squad Style: We encourage a "Modern Farmerette" dress code—throw on your favorite overalls or plaid shirts (pearls optional, but highly recommended!) for a fun group photo with your creations.
Workshop Details:
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Date & Time: Saturday, October 24, 2026 at 11:00 a.m.
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Location: 4064 Hwy 6, Hagersville (Elsie Eubank’s Workshop)
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Tickets: $50.00 per participant (Includes all materials, handmade beeswax candles to take home, honey tasting, and refreshments)
Spaces are limited to ensure a relaxed, social atmosphere. Reserve your spot today
Seasonal Urn Workshop
Urn workshops both morning and afternoon to accommodate everyone.
The annual Seasonal Urn workshop is our most popular workshop.
Members and friends visit Elsie’s Workshop to create a unique one-of-a-kind design with greens and accessories.
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Moss Workshop
Haldimand Pollinator Project
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Haldimand Horticultural Society has completed the new pollinator garden and near to completion of the habitat.
Our members and community neighbours are enthused to add special effects to the new garden at 221 Orkney Street Caledonia. The Pollinator Garden is located near the west entrance to Burke Estates park.
The garden is funded partially from a grant awarded by the Grand River Conservation Foundation and a partnership with the Caledonia Community Foundation.
This initiative is to help the pollinators. We have selected a variety of native species of plants and shrubs. Haldimand is part of the Carolinian District a specific location found only in southern Ontario within a band of territory along the northern shore of Lake Erie. It contains many species and communities of plants and animals found nowhere else in Canada.
To find out how you can participate in this project contact Elsie or Sharon at haldimandhorticulture@gmail.com and please put Haldimand Pollinator Project in the subject line.
Poppy Project by Haldimand Horticultural Society
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Since January 2022 we have completed the assembly of 7 poppy banners to be used on Remembrance Day.
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To get more information or request a pattern you can contact us
by email haldimandhorticulture@gmail.com
the pattern for crochet or knitted poppy is below
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Mandala Painting Workshop
A Fall morning workshop with Barb Matten:
Members of Haldimand Horticultural Society left with a hand painted design created by placing dots of various colours and sizes on rocks.
There was also the opportunity and challenge to paint the names of more than 30 varieties of native plants. The rocks have been placed in the new Pollinator Garden at the Burke Estates Park entrance in Caledonia.
Chicken Wire Plant Cage Workshop
No two are alike, these wire cages help to prevent annoying critters like rabbits and squirrels from eating the new plant shoots as they emerge from gardens in the Spring
Insect Motels
If you are a gardener by hobby and a nature enthusiast by heart, chances are you are already familiar with the concept of insect hotels also known as bee hotels. Insect hotels are an attractive addition to your garden as well as providing a sanctuary for beneficial insects, especially pollinators. Insects provide many benefits to the ecosystem through pollination, nutrient cycle and also as food source for the birds. A simple insect hotel can include recycle materials and should be made from all natural untreated wood. The size and contents are a matter of personal preference. The motel should be located in a protected area away from wind and rain.