Purple Hills Arts & Heritage Society presents
the
fall 2013
Grapevine ❦
GardenTour Ok, so let’s talk garden tour.
In a weak moment in the middle of winter two years ago, I agreed to be on the Creemore Garden Tour in 2013. Cathy Gildiner
How was I supposed to know that the day was actually going to arrive? Who am I, Einstein? Those in charge of the tour told me the Book Store would sell my books. How did I know everyone on the tour had already read them? (Either I am a really popular writer or that was peoples’ polite way of saying ‘I’m not buying your bloody books, I’m looking at your flowers.’) The most amusing part of the day was viewers’ questions, or as I like to refer to it, as the front porch Q and A.
(All of these questions are real. Nothing has been changed to protect the innocent.) Q. Do you buy your mulch or make your own?
A. I borrowed the wood Chipper from the Fargo film set and made my own mulch by throwing in all supporters of the mega quarry. Q. I have 23 species of peonies. How many do you have and what is your favourite? A. One and it is pink. Q. Do you mind if I take some clippings? (Woman holds a two-foot mound of clippings from all of my plants. More rest in the pockets of her walker.) A. Yes.