Events
Our meetings are held on the 4th Tuesday of each month, at 6:30 pm at the Village Resource Centre. These meetings are open to the public.
2026 Meetings Dates:
January 27th – Annual General Meeting
February 24th
March 24th
April 28th
May 26th
June 23rd
July – NO MEETING
August 25th
September 22nd
October 27th
November 24th
December – NO MEETING
We occasionally have speakers or activities at the start of our meetings, as noted by the date. If you’re interested in additional Horticultural Learning, check out our Living Landscapes Symposium.
From May to the end of September, members meet at a designated project to perform regular garden maintenance. In the early spring, members focus on litter clean up. After that, the weeding and pruning commence. These sessions are meant to be short (approximately 1hr) and to stay on top of maintenance throughout the year. If you are a beginning gardener, in need of volunteer hours, or looking for a social way to give back to the community, Maintenance Mondays are for you. Please bring your favourite gloves and gardening tools.
2026 Dates
April 7 – Clean up litter in your own neighbourhood
April 14 – Downtown litter pick up – meet at Coulter Park
April 21 – Heatherington Park Litter Pick up
April 28 – Arboretum and Learning Trail Litter Pick up
May 5 – Pier Rd Beach Litter Pick Up
May 12 – Arboretum and Learning Trail
May 26 – Heatherington Park
June 2 – Coulter Park
June 9 – West Entry Sign (Former Scout Hall)
June 16 – Arboretum and Learning Trail
June 23 – Getty’s Beach/Harbour
April 13
April 20
April 27
May 4
May 11
May 25
June 1
June 8
June 15
June 22
June 29
Arboretum & Learning Trail
Grant Bowman Trail
Coulter Park/Downtown
Heatherington Park & East Entrance Sign
West Entrance Sign (Former Scout Hall)
Heatherington Park & East Entrance Sign
Coulter Park/Downtown
West Entry Sign (Former Scout Hall)
Arboretum and Learning Trail
Coulter Park/Downtown
Heatherington Park & East Entrance Sign
May
May 5
May 12
May 26
June
June 2
June 9
June 16
June 23
June 30
July
July 7
July 14
July 21
July 28
August
August 11
August 18
August 25
September
September 8
September 15
September 22
September 29
Spring and Fall
Work Bees
At least one Saturday each spring and fall, members gather to complete larger maintenance projects at one of our projects. We remove debris, mulch, prune and plant to beautify the community.
All members are welcome at this work bee – and if you aren’t a member we’ll be prepared to make you one that day. These days are great for community spirit and it is amazing to watch a park transform in a single morning.
Plant Sale
Our Plant Sale will be held Sunday, June 14th in Coulter Park. Stay tuned for more information!
Interested in donating? We recommend you start potting up divisions of plants as you do spring garden clean ups. Best practice, to avoid sharing invasive organisms, is to remove as much soil from the roots as possible and pot in sanitized potting soil. Please note that we do not accept plants on Ontario’s Invasive Plants list. For more information on invasive species, please visit the Ontario Invasive Plant Council’s website.
Golf Tournament
Teams of Four will compete in a basic scramble format 9 hole golf tournament on a Sunday afternoon, and then enjoy an early dinner and bountiful prize table.
Not yet scheduled for 2026.
Thank you to our 2025 hole sponsors:
Shannon Matheson Real Estate
John O’s Foods Inc.
Authier Print & Promotional
Presteve Foods
Peanut Centre Nursery
Hike Metal
The Local Home Team
International Truck
Wenzler’s Landing B&B
H&H Wood
Linda Hakr – Jump Realty
The Matheson Family
Ken Knapp Ford
Robinson Motorcycle
Guardian Drugs
Taylor Fish
O.P.P. Veteran’s Association
Thank you to our 2025 prize table donors:
Anna’s Flowers
Anthony Keats Marine
Ashley’s Gardens
Barb Carson
Bowman Feed & Supply
Bradley Farms
Briar Patch Studio
Camper’s Cove
Canadian Tire Tilbury
Client First Planning
COPPS for Charity
Jane Cox
DeGoey’s Nursery
Dockside Fisheries
Donna & Tim Matier
Giant Tiger
Glasshouse Nursery
Greenheart Food
Hear Canada
Heidi’s Eats & Sweets
Hensall Co-op
Hike Metal
Hillman Honeyworks
Home Hardware Wheatley
Hillman Creek Honey Werks
Kim Robinson
Kim’s Custom Quilting
Kingsville Golf & Country Club
Lally Southpoint Ford
Loops Fisheries Ltd.
Libro Credit Union
Lil Hil’s
Moody’s Flowers
Marilyn Miller
Natasha Bennett
Nature Fresh
OG’s Pizza
Optimal Healing
Orchard View Golf Course
Peanut Centre Nursery
Ray’s Ribhouse
Renwick Ridgeview Farms
Renny’s Smokehouse
Rock Harbour Investments
Rona Tilbury
Ross Nursery
Ruthven Nursery
Setterington’s
Sophie Jefferson
Shoppers Drug Mart Leamington
Suchui Art Gallery
Talbot Trail Golf Club
Talbot Trail Ltd
Taylor’s Fish
Tilbury Golf Course
Weil’s Food Processing
Wenzler’s Landing B&B
Vesey’s
Vespa Vision Centre
Wheatley Winter Sale
Since 2020, community members in Wheatley have put on the Wheatley Winter Sale. Artists, crafters, small business owners and bakers in the community set up in their garages, front porches or group together in central locations like the Village Resource Centre to sell their wares. Customers consult the map, usually available online and at the Village Resource Centre and check out the different sales, similar to a community yard sale.
We are currently putting together our 2026 Garden Tour, which will be held on September 19th, 2026. Stay tuned for ticket details!