Contact Us: President: John-Shaw Rimmington at john@dswac.ca Field Director: Dean Mclellan at hlmasonry@hsfx.ca
About the Organization | Latest News | Workshops | Our Locations Latest News and Submissions | Newer Walls | Historic Examples | Constructive Criticism | Previous Events | Other Projects | Submitted Photographs | Guestbook | Send us your Feedback This site is best viewed using Firefox for Mac users. For the Love of Gardening 2008. *** Latest News *** The new home of the DSWA! We are in the process of moving to a new home on the web! Over the next few months, all the content found here will be moved to the new website along with exciting new features! www.dswa.ca The Canadian Dryscaping Award The Dry Stone Wall Association of Canada sponsored achievement program has determined its winners! Click Here For the Results! 2007 - Another Successful Northumberland Dry Stone Wall Festival Garden Hill Acres Strawhenge Take sometime and visit our Strawhenge site! Click here Contacting Us Many people have written us to confirm our suspicions that an over-zealous spam filter regime, now ruling most of the internet world has severely jeopardized normal email correspondence to and from the DSWAC. Please check your junk mail regularly, and as that may not be enough, please phone 905 885 4298 too, if, after sending us an email, there has been ANY delay in hearing back from us. We have also implemented a mail form for your use in case you feel your email is not getting through! Send your feedback and questions.
Upcoming 2008 Workshops!!!
Dates Event Description January 12 - 13 2008 The 1st DSWAC Beginners Seminar- Completed January 12 - 13 will be a two day hands on beginners workshop held near Port Hope Ontario. February 23 and 24 2008 DSWAC Beginners Workshop- Completed February 23 and 24 Beginners Workshop taking place in Canton Ontario. February 27 and 28 2008 DSWAC Advanced Workshop- Completed February 27 and 28 will see the first 2008 Advanced Workshop take place in London at Fisher Landscape Supplies on Exeter Road. March 11 - 12 2008 The 1st DSWAC BC Seminar- Completed The first 2008 hands-on DSWAC dry stone wall workshop held in Vancouver BC. April 11 - 13 2008 'For the Love of Gardening' - Completed The DSWAC will be doing an unusual demonstration garden feature at/during the 'For the Love of Gardening' event April 11 - 13 2008. April 17 - 18 2008 The School of Restoration Arts - More Info John Shaw-Rimmington will be teaching a walling course at The School of Restoration Arts at Willowbank Queenston,Ontario. June 14 - 15 2008 Beginners Seminar- More Info The DSWAC is doing a 2 day beginners course just North of Port Hope Ontario on June 14 - 15 teaching the basics of dry stone walling. June and July 2008 Glendale BC Seminars- More Info There are plans being made for course again out in Victoria BC in late June and early July at Glendale Gardens. October 11 - 13 2008 Northumberland Dry Stone Wall Festival - More Info Our Annaul Dry Stone Walling Festival!
See the Previous Events for last years highlights!.

About the Organization

Since the founding of the Dry Stone Wall Association of Canada in 2000, there has been a great deal of interest and feedback. Our membership reflects a large cross section of very enthusiastic people here in Canada who are discovering or perhaps rekindling their interest in dry stone walling. We have had numerous seminars, events and demonstrations teaching everything from historic wall repair to creating new dry stone features.

Our emphasis as a D.S.W. Association these past 6 years has been onnetworking and making contacts across Canada to be better equipped tohandle the growing interest in dry stone walling here and to offerdemonstrations, instruction and special events where people can seeand learn more about what can be done in the area of ‘Dryscaping’,using relatively inexpensive random natural stone in a structuralapplication, without cement or any man made products. Permanentmembership, various printed materials and inclusion in our DSWACemail newsletter are free to those who have taken any dry stone wallDSWAC workshops. Once a year, accredited testing is arranged to bedone in Canada by the DSWAC through the DSWA of UK which sets andposts on their web site the standards for all certificationrecognized by the DSWA of Canada. See www.dswa.org.uk
In addition to our regular events, it is possible for private groupsand corporations to make arrangements with the Dry Stone WallAssociation of Canada to hold ‘tailored’ dry stone wall workshopswithin their organization as part of a special event or as a team-building initiative.
The DSWAC also gives a lecture/slide presentation on ‘Dryscaping’ togarden clubs for a small fee.
As well as providing these services, specially qualified members ofthe DSWAC can be contacted through the association to both design andbuild free standing walls for private commissions. Permanentstructures such as dry stone walls , garden features , follies andsmall bridges built in the dry laid method are just some of thepossibilities open to those interested in having something specialbuilt on their property.

Our Locations

We are based in Southern Ontario and can be reached by email at the following:

Contact Us:

John-Shaw Rimmington at john@dswac.ca
President

Dean Mclellan at hlmasonry@hsfx.ca
Field Director

Evan Oxland at oxland@msn.com
I.R. Consultant

Northumberland Dry Stone Wall Festival coordinator: Donna Grylls donnajane@rogers.com

Field stone wall from seminar held in Vallentyne.