Garden Ontario: District 17
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Newcastle Horticultural Society
Our society was created in 1914.  The Society joined the Ontario Horticultural Association at his this time.  The first president was Dr. J. Butler.
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Our Emblem:
Smooth Wild Rose (Rosa Blanda): 
The wild rose has been the society's emblem since its introduction 1921. The original was hand drawn and its original appearance has been preserved throughout the years.  This species is common throughout southern Ontario, northward to the Boreal Forest Region. The floral bracts, stipules and leaf rachis are often not conspicuously glandular, and the plants are unarmed, or with prickles on only the oldest lowermost branches.
​                                                           Pink flowers, about 7 cm across appear in late May                                                            and June.