We specialize in custom orders fo enhance your home or office usin your own container if desired
Zhe Flowery is a project of the Garden Club o Toronto with proceeds going to The Civic Garden Centre
Hours ~ 10:00am ~ 2:00 pm Mondays 4Tuesdays located in The Civic Garden Centre
TOUR EDWARDS GARDENS
TUESDAYS & THURSDAYS 11:00 am. and 2:00 p.m.
MAY THROUGH SEPTEMBER
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GENERAL INFORMATION
Vol. 15, No. 4 ISSN 0380-1470
EDITOR: Pamela Stagg
ART: Carolyn Van Dijk
ADVERTISING INFO: 445-1552
TRELLIS is published ten times per year as a members newsletter by the CIVIC GARDEN CENTRE, 777 Lawrence Avenue East, Don Mills, Ont. M3C 1P2. Tel. No.: (416) 445-1552. Manuscripts submitted on a voluntary basis are gratefully received. No remuneration is possible. ALL EDITORIAL AND ADVERTISIN_G' MATERIAL MUST BE RECEIVED BY THE 1ST DAY OF THE PREVIOUS MONTH OF ISSUE. Opinions expressed within do not necessarily reflect those of the Centre.
The Centre is located in Edwards Gardens, at Leslie Street and Lawrence Avenue East. It is a non-profit, volunteer-based gardening, floral arts and horticultural information organization with open membership.
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SUMMER OPERATING HOURS
The Civic Garden Centre is open: from April 1st to October 31st.
Weekdays: 9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Weekends: Noon to 5:00 p.m.
As you' ll see in the item below, Trellis is looking for a new editor.
My work load has increased dramatically over the past couple of months and that, coupled with a heavy business travel schedule, means | can no longer give Trellis the care it deserves.
I'll be very sorry to leave the publication. I've had a chance to work with some splendid people. Ann Lounds, the Centre's Executive Secretary, deserves special credit for work that regularly exceeded the bounds of duty.
And I'll miss the regular contact with you, the readers. Some of you took time to write and call and | enjoyed sharing your interest in gardening.
| hope some of you will consider applying for the job of editor. You'll be on the leading edge of horticulture -- press releases bring you up to date on the latest discoveries and events in the gardening world. You'll have a<chance to work with some very pleasant people at the Civic Garden Centre. And you'll get a first-hand look at the interests and enthusiasms of the Centre s members. It's an excellent position for someone who can spare a day or 2 a month.
So do consider applying. Sally Sullivan, Executive Director at the Centre, will be delighted to receive your application.
Pamela Stagg Editor
Editor for The Trellis Newsletter (Ten (10) Issues per year)
This position is responsible for editorial content, and supervising the design and paste-up of the finished art.
If you have a commercial writing background and a strong interest in Horticulture, this part-time position may be of interest to you.
Please submit a resume to Sally Sullivan, Executive Director, by June 1st.
MEMBERS PROGRAMME
The Civic Garden Centre is pleased to celebrate the Canadian Rose Society s 75th ANNIVERSARY
PETER BEALES on CLASSIC ROSES
June 15, 1988 7:30 p.m.
IN THIS ISSUE
Features
Tools of the garden
New plants
Through the garden gate
Perennial plant sale
Spring flowers at James Gardens
Perennials needed
Financial statement
Our thanks
illustration
TOOLS OF THE GARDEN by Anne Marie Van Nest
Most people fortunate enough to experience the joy of gardening are frequently hooked for life. Look around your neighbourhood. It is very rare to find a house without flowers, shrubs and trees. Often in the far corner are two gardeners exchanging plants over a backyard fence. Plants are not the only items passed between gardeners. A well-worn spade passed down through the generations is treasured by many young gardeners. These heirloom tools are a constant re« minder that quality tools are well worth their initial expense. | have a garden fork that originally belonged to my great-grandfather. It has been at home in many different gardens. | am not sure whether the tines were askew before or after my mother started gardening in Stoney Creek s pure red clay with it. The fork s head was welded to a steel pipe by someone long ago, making it a little heavy for extended use. But it will undoubtedly be passed along to three more generations.
How to choose tools
An investment in quality will never be regretted. Tools that will last are of real value.
Ensure that your tools have been designed for comfortable use in the future. Notice the workmanship of the tool. Is it finished fully? A tool that leaves slivers in your hands will not be appreciated. Check to see if the stress points are reinforced. Are the handles strong but lightweight? This is crucial with shovel handles. They bear large stresses at the fulcrum point. Select a tool that suits your height and strength. It should be easy to lift and still be effective in the garden. A tool that feels
awkward or clumsy is not suited for you. It might sound corny but your tools should give you the feeling that they can t wait to get going in the garden.
Think about the storage and care of your tools, before you buy. Do you have room to store a tool for every task or just a few basics? Will your tools be kept dry during the winter? Your quality tools will not fare well if they are left out in the garden during the rain, caked in mud. Tools last longer if they are cleaned, dried, sharpened and occasionally oiled.
Basic Gardening Tools
The Mighty Garden Spade. This is my favourite tool for the garden because | am always moving my perennials, trees, shrubs, whatever, to another section of the garden. Spades are designed with a flat blade and a short, strong handle. They are ideal for dividing perennials and lifting sod. | believe they were designed to dig trenches. Luckily, | rarely have to do this. A sharpening stone and hand file will keep your spade sharp.
The Indispensable Garden Fork. This tool is important when turning over your beds. Forks should be short handled (like the spade) and have four, flat, pointed tines. Light-weight forks are easier to lift but won't turn soil as deeply as the heavier ones. The latter might make you tire sooner. Buy one that suits your needs. Garden forks are notorious for bending under a rock or tree root. Once these cheaper versions bend, they are never as strong and will bend again and again. Quality tines made of fine tempered steel will bend and snap back.
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The Handy Shovel. An ideal tool for moving soil, sand or gravel. Most are long handled for good leverage, with a rounded blade. One piece, solid shank construction without seams or welds will last longer. Poorer quality shovels are stamped out of a piece of steel and reinforced with a crimp where the handle meets the blade. This resulting bulge in the front of the shovel gives it the name hollow-backed.
The Trusty Trowel. Absolutely essential for the garden. Look for a number of important features. The trowel should be of one piece construction so that it will not break or bend, especially at the neck. A rust-proof aluminum or stainless steel blade is best, with a comfortable handle grip. Gardeners don't favour tools that cause blisters. A bright coloured handle will reduce the number of tools that land in the compost pile. Your trowel must be given the same care as your larger tools. Keep it clean and dry.
The Garden Rakes. This long-handled tool with sturdy short teeth is ideal for breaking clods on the surface of the bed or leveling soil. There are two types of garden rakes, the flat head and bow head. The first attaches directly to the handle and the teeth are at ninety degrees to the handle. The second type has bent teeth and a metal bow that joins the head to the handle. This type will spring back slightly when an obstacle is encountered. Both types are suited for most jobs.
The Helpful Hoe. There is not another tool that has as many variations as the hoe. Choose one that suits your job. The key is to have a solid connection between the hoe and handle.
The Garden Pruners. You cannot prune well without a good pair of pruning shears. There are two types to choose from; anvil and bypass shears. The anvil type have extra leverage for cutting and are good for casual pruning. They cut by sandwiching the branch between the blade and the flat anvil. This type will not allow you to prune very close to a branch. The second type, the bypass pruner, works like a pair of scissors with one fixed blade and one cutting blade. This type will allow close, accurate pruning. Neither types should be used for branches over 1% inches (3.8 cm.). Use loppers instead -- overloaded pruners will tear or bruise the branch and damage the shears.
Pruners should be kept dry and clean. Remove any sap to help prevent the spread of diseases (like Spruce canker). A wire brush will remove any dirt and a wipe with an oily rag will keep them from rusting. Many pruners can be taken apart to be sharpened with a whetstone and have blades replaced.
Anne Marie Van Nest s familiarity with tools proves just how hard the Centre s own horticulturist works.
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MORE NEW PLANTS FOR 1988
by Pamela Stagg
In our round-up of new plants last month, Keith Squires new listing were inadvertently omitted. Here they are.
ASTILBE thunbergii Fujisamenemus .
A delicate little Astilbe of Japanese origin, this plant grows to about 6 and produces light pink flowers.
HOSTA Golden Tiara . One of the new, dwarf forms of this favourite, with small, variegated leaves. In bloom, this Hosta is about a foot high. Excellent for the front of a shady garden.
PHLOX divaricata Charles Ricardo . Good light blue flowers grace this low, shade-tolerant native.
RUDBECKIA nitida Juligold . This member of the daisy family grows to a statuesque 5 to 6 and produces large golden yellow blooms with a green central cone.
The Country Squires Garden Steeles Avenue, 2 miles west ofNo. 10 Highway
THROUGH THE GARDEN GATE
A tour of 16 private, downtown Toronto gardens
Presented by
The Civic Garden Centre July 16 & 17th noon to 4 p.m.
The Civic Garden Centre is sponsoring a tour of 16 private, downtown Toronto gardens on July 16 and 17 from noon to 4 pm each day.
The gardens in Old Cabbagetown, South Rosedale and Yorkville will include a tiny Japanese garden, a well-established shade garden, a perennial garden with swimming pool and sculpture, a shade garden, a formal garden, a modern platform garden with shade and a reflecting pool and a front courtyard planting. An optional tour of the Necropolis, Toronto's oldest cemetery, is also included in the ticket price.
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The Centre s Master Gardeners will be on hand to help you identify plant material and answer your gardening questions.
A free shuttle bus for ticket holders will circulate the route from noon to 4 pm. You have only to get to one location to pick up this service. Refreshments will be served in several of the gardens.
Through the Garden Gate provides a special opportunity to view these private gardens, develop new ideas and further your gardening knowledge.
Tickets are available at The Civic Garden Centre for $10., 777 Lawrence Avenue East, Don Mills and Darrell Kent Real Estate, 552 Parliament Street (south of Wellesley Street) and 1650 Yonge Street (2 blocks north of St. Clair Avenue). Call 445-1552.
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M.Cha er A. MacMechan ~scribe
An affordable and professional Weall & Cullen Landscape Design for only $50. for a front or back yard® ($100. for both). The $50. fee is totally refunded with a minimum purchase of $300. worth of quality Weall & Cullen Landscape nursery stock. Weall & Cullen nursery stock carries our famous one year GUARANTEE"**. An investment that is guaranteed to grow.! AR e o i ottt *
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COMING EVENTS
May 11 Cornucopia Workshop - Pomander 10am-2pm
11 lkebana International General Meeting 6:30pm
12&13 Milne House Flower Show Thurs. at 7pm, Fri. at 1pm & 7pm
12 Canadian Chrysanthemum and Dahlia Society - Plant Sale 7pm
12 Civic Garden Centre - ANNUAL HANGING BASKET SALE 9:30am
13,14&15 Civic Garden Centre - ANNUAL HANGING BASKET SALE Noon
14 North Toronto Horticultural Society General Meeting
Speaker: Peg Spence on Flower Arranging 8pm ne S : @ d " PE:}ENSTIAL A ountry oquires garden A
Steeles Ave. W. (2 miles west of Highway 10) R.R. 10 Brampton L6V 3N2
Knowledgeable staif 7 days a week (9-5pm) mid-April-mid-Oct.
Over 3000 dlfferent hardy plants, alpines, dwarf conifers and shrubs, Hardy ferns, vines, groundcovers and native wildflowers Gift Certificates$10. up (10-15-20 elc( by mail any time All Year
Send $2.00 for NEW (No 10) PLANT LIST by mail to above address
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CORNUCOPIA WORKSHOPS
It's the time of year when our you learn, we earn Cornucopia Workshops begin again.
At these workshops you can learn how to make interesting crafts while helping the Centre produce materials to sell at our Autumn Cornucopia.
Mark you calendar for some or all of these workshops, encourage your friends to do the same and then call us to say that you are coming.
Knitted Toys and Needlepoint Workshop
June 9th at 10am-Noon Workshop leader: Barbara Bateman
Pull out your knitting bag and learn how to make knitted ornaments for the Christmas tree; Santas, snowmen, Kkittens, pandas and teddy bears.
If you like to needlepoint and can make key cases or other small items, please come with your ideas and scraps of wool.
Pomander Workshop
May 11th at 10am-2pm Workshop leader: Margaret Killey
Learn how to make fragrant, long-lasting orange pomanders.
Please bring a metal meat skewer or a large darning needle, and your lunch.
Pine Cone Workshop
September 8th, 15th and 22nd 10am - 2pm
Workshop Leader: Margaret Hertling
This workshop will teach you how to make a pine cone wreath and Christmas tree from scratch.
Please bring a glue gun if possible, tweezers, clippers, and your lunch.
Cones and Critters Workshop
September 21st and 28th at 10am-2pm Workshop leader: Isabelle Duplisea
Delicate little critters are made from natural materials including teasles, cones and milkweed pods, and are a joy to keep or give to friends.
Please bring tweezers, scissors, a glue gun if you have one, any dried materials, and your lunch.
Glue Gun Workshop
September 29th and October 6th 10am-2pm Workshop leader: Pat Van Clieaf
Come and have some fun making Christmas Hobby Horses and other ornaments using your glue gun.
Please bring a sharp knife, a cutting board, a glue gun if possible, and your lunch.
Decorator Santa Workshop
October 18th and 25th at 10am-2pm Workshop leader: Lillian Lee
Adorable, easy to make Santas can dress a tree or top a gift. Please bring scissors and your lunch.
If you would like to help to collect necessities for these workshops we need: Good seeded cones from the following trees - Alder, Beech bushes, Fir, Larch, White Pine, Hemlock, Spruce. Grapevine cuttings, teasles, milkweed pods - in fact any good, clean natural materials. Your help will be sincerely appreciated.
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PERENNIAL SALE
May 18th-20th l1pm-8pm
(Members Discount: May 18th only)
All varieties are subject to availability.
$2.49 * & up
Visit the Centre on May 18th for the best selection of plants at our Perennial Sale. You will also receive your 10% members discount if you shop on this day.
The interest in perennials has vastly increased over the last few years as plant lovers realize the value of these plants.
There are perennials for every location in the garden: Whether you have, sun or shade, sand or clay, moist or dry conditions, there is a perennial suited to your garden.
Our Horticulturist and Master Gardeners will be pleased to assist you with your perennial selection.
All of our perennials are completely labelled with a full description of their characteristics and colour coded for sun or shade.
We look forward to seeing you on May 18th from 1pm-8pm.
* |tems marked with an asterisk may be in larger containers and are individually priced.
Primula x polyantha Pacific Giants , Primrose (mixed)
Rudbeckia fulgida Rustic , Coneflower (mix)
Sagina subulata, Irish Moss
S.s. Aurea Scotch Moss
Salvia x superba, Sage (blue)
Saponaria officinalis, Soapwort
Saxifraga umbrosa, saxifrage (pink)
S.u. (red)
S.u. (white)
Sedum spurium Dragon s Blood , Stonecrop (red)
S.s. Iceberg (silver)
S.s. Golden Carpet (yellow)
Sempervivum tectorum, Hens and Chickens (mixed)
Thymus x citriodorus, Thyme (red)
Veronica spicata, speedwell
Vinca minor, Periwinkle
SPRING FLOWERS AT JAMES GARDENS
by J.S. Ferrara
During the years that | worked as a head gardener at James Gardens, | had a great opportunity to enjoy all the beautiful spring flowers that grow in the Lambton Woods, on the west side of the Humber River.
James Gardens is located south of Eglinton Avenue and west off Scarlet Road on to Edenbridge Drive.
Beside the beautiful English style garden, there is a wild area called Lambton Woods -- a heaven for lovers of wild flowers. Pathways, covered with fresh wood chips meander through the woods.
Spring starts early at Lambton Woods. Skunk cabbage, Symplocarpus foetidus, grows in boggy places and alongside creeks.
Moist, sunny slopes are draped with golden colts foot, Tussilago farfara. spring beauty Claytonia virginica, adorn meadows and pathway s edges. Yellow dog tooth violets, Erythronium americanum, timidly poke their heads through carpets of rotten leaves. Bloodroot, Sanguinaria canadensis, grows in low or high woodlands and at brooksides. This plant sends up a single bud wrapped in a protective green leaf. Foam flower, Tiarella cordifolia, prefers low woodland and shady creeks. Their feathery spikes of snow flowers decorate large wooded areas.
Acres of wild land are thick with lovely trilliums, among open paths and on wooded slopes.
Dry sandy slopes are alive with false solomon' s seal, Smilacina racemosa, and starry false spikenard, Smilacina stellata,
their clustered blossoms looking like silky laces.
Here and there, Jack-in-the-pulpit, Arisaema triphyllum, arches striped hoods over erect stalks of tiny flowers between triple leaves.
Toothwort, Dentaria diphylia, prefers shady places, brooksides and sunny bogs. During May, Toothworts transform the wood, where they grow, into drifts of white foam.
False lily-of-the-valley, Maianthemum canadense, likes to grow at the foot of rotted logs and at the base of trees. Feathery flowers and shiny leaves make this spring flower a real charm. Wild ginger Asarum canadense is among the earliest spring flower. It grows in dry woodland and creeps over rocky-mossy boulders. The small blossoms hide under the heart-shaped leaves. Banks of shallow streams are brilliant with the golden yellow of the Marsh Marigold Caltha palustris .
Beside streams and marshy places, the swamp Forget-me-not, Myosotis scorpioides, grows with small clusters of blue flowers. Sometimes they float in the water. Another blue flower is the virginia blue bell, Mertensia virginica. It flourishes along brooks and appears as fern fronds uncurl in the spring.
There are many more spring flowers at Lambton Woods. This spring, go there and discover them. If you go once, you will be back there every year.
J.S. Ferrara is a member of the Centre s Master Gardener Programme.
IN THE LIBRARY
by Pamela MacKenzie
THE COMPLETE BOOK OF TOPIARY, by Barbara Gallup and Deborah Reich. New York, Workman, 1987.
The ancient art of shaping and training plants is extensively described. Particularly welcome to cold-winter gardeners is the emphasis on portable indoor topiary.
THE AMERICAN WEEKEND GARDEN, by Patricia Thorpe. New York, Random House, 1988.
This book helps gardeners to get away from the lawn-and-foundation-evergreens look. Patricia Thorpe is an enthusiast for the use of hardy flowering plants to create a countrified landscape both in the suburban garden and at the country cottage.
DISEASES
OF TREES AND SHRUBS, by Wayne A. Sinclair et al. Ithaca, Cornell University Press, 1987.
A companion to the authors INSECTS THAT: bEEED: :ON: #TREES »:AND SHRUBS* this excellent book will be valuable to professional and amateur gardeners alike. With its 247 colour plates, it is a much-needed diagnostic tool for the identification of diseases and environmental damage to forest and shade trees and woody ornamental plants in the U.S. and Canada.
DECORATING
WITH
DRIED
FLOWERS, by Malcolm Hillier, New York, Crown, 1987.
This well-illustrated book combines basic drying and arrangement techniques with ideas for many different styles of design.
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VOLUNTEER CORNER
by Carolyn Dalgarno
The summer months are fast approaching and many of our volunteers are making vacation plans. | would like to hear from any of you who are planning a summer in the city.
We will require a large number of volunteers on July 16 and 17 to help us staff the downtown tour of private Toronto gardens. This event will give The Civic Garden Centre the chance to establish its name very visibly.
If you are going to be in the city this summer and have half a day a week to spare, please call me. Reserve the weekend of July 16 and 17 to help us make the garden tours a success.
TEMPORARY LIBRARY ASSISTANT REQUIRED
There are summer vacancies at the Centre s library for two library assistants, one full-time and one part-time, both to include alternate weekend work, from June 13th, 1988 to September 5th, 1988. Hourly rate. Initial training is available and library experience a definite asset. Please call Pamela MacKenzie on Mondays and Fridays between 9:30 and 5:00 p.m.
PERENNIALS NEEDED
The Civic Garden Centre s Annual Spring Plant Sale needs your garden plants. Make this plant sale even more successful than last year -- donate your excess plants. Now is the time to divide that overgrown clump of hosta or dig up all those seedlings that are growing in unusual places.
The Horticulture Department Volunteers will gladly pot up your extra plants if you leave them (botanically labelled) at the Centre before May 13th.
Your support keeps us growing.
Articles written by experts covering indoor and outdoor plants. How to information, sources of supplies. Children s corner. Tips and tricks for better gardening and much more.
Your classified ad will reach 4,000 Civic Perennials. A wider selection of Garden Centre members for just $.75 a perennials available this spring, also word. Payment must accompany your orchids and bonsai. Sheridan Nurseries ad. Sorry, we can't accept ads of a Unionville, 4077 Hwy. 7, Unionville personal nature. L3R 1L5 Tel. 477-2253.
Merlin s Hollow Off Centre St., Aurora. First spring opening - Saturday, May 7, at 10am to 6pm. To view spring flowers. Entrance free. Plants and seeds for sale.
Spring fashion, alterations, remodelling done professionally by designer/dress- May 14-23
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May 24-June 6
David Stone
Horticulturist, student or professional Colour Photographs for exclusive indoor/outdoor garden maintenance. Vehicle an asset, salary June 7-23
Chris Swerda negotiable. Mark Tegtmeyer 652-1808. Florals"
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PROFESSIONAL EXCLE_NCE. PERSONAL INTEGRITY HAVE MADE US WHAT WE ARE TODAY|
A LIST OF THOSE WHO GENEROUSLY DONATED TO
Mr. Albert Fisher, Mrs. Lynn Harrison, M.A. Struk, Mr. & Mrs. Watts, A. Krantz, Ms. Libby Wilson, Grayling Lamont, Louise Yolles, Mrs. S. Gies, Mrs. E. Hinder, Mr. McMeekin, Mr. & Mrs. J.C. Greey, Nora Long, Mrs. E. Hoffman, Mrs. S. Sullivan, Mrs. D. Whiteman, Amy Stewart, Mr. W. Goldring, David Hamilton, Mr. J. Reidak, Alen M. McCombie, Mrs. Merle E. Bezoff, N. Armstrong, Stanley Vench, J.B. Morgan, Helen Ballentine, M. DeFreitas, Jacqueline Pilote, A. Chang, R. Burritt, D.A. Hargrove, Mollie Gafney, J.M. Leaver, O.J. Muller, V. Hudson, M. Donnan, Mr. D. Nichol, Mrs. Mary C. Shenstone, Mrs. J. Dembeck, Mr. J. Dembeck, M. Elizabeth Tatton, Mrs. Toni Benson, Mr. & Mrs. W. Dunlop, Mr. L. Laking, Mr. Douglas Firth, Ms. Norma Dickson, Carol Rykert, Dr. G.M. Horne, Mr. & Mrs. J. Munro, Mrs. F.T. Harris, Mrs. R.J. Helmstadter, Vivian R. White, Mrs. J.A. Downey, Konrad Radacz, Dorothy Irvine, Alex & Luci Golab, R.A. Lyle, Mrs. M. Aldworth, Evelyn Flaxman, Susan Smith, Mrs. D.S. Chant, Mr. & Mrs. McFarquhar, Mrs. Grace Boyd, Anna Ker, Josephine F. Stemerowicz, Miss Agnes Gray, Mrs. Marion Auburn, Miss M. Neely, Frances H. Twaits, Mr. & Mrs. D.S. Andrews, Mr. Terrill Kirkness, Nightdecor Landscape Lighting, Mrs. Ann J. Watson, Mrs. Eileen Ginou, Mary Shortt, Anne Marie Van Nest, Mrs. D.E. MacNeill, Mrs. A.L. Brazier, Arthur Chisholm, Mrs. W.D. Cowan, Mr. D. McCooeye, Miss Ruth Lyness, Sandi Sloan, Miss Ruth Bolt, Helen Ohorodnyk, Ms. L. Doyle, Miss J. Kerr-Lawson, Peter Bride, Lilly Rolin, Peter W, Hand, Mr. W.E. Curry, Dr. M.F. Stewart, Mrs. Pat Rafferty, Mrs. A.L. White, Miss Nora Dawson, Linda Low, Mrs. A.C. Burns, Emil Grahovac, Mrs. Helen Jones, Marcia Knowles, Ms. M. Tucker, Gisele Albrecht, Mrs. Oda Galloway, Mrs. Herta Mathes, Monica Davidson, Frances Gilbert, Mrs. I. Grosart, Mrs. Julia Harvie, Mrs. Patricia Christian, Mrs. Heather MacKinnon, Mrs. L.E. Hickey, Mr. & Mrs. F.E. Staples, Mr. & Mrs. W. Grant Ross, David Clemens, Mrs. Judith Wilder, Mrs. Jean R. Paul, Miss Georgia MacLennan, Mr. & Mrs. M.H. Siegerman, Mr. D.C. Higginbotham, Mrs. T.E. Eaton, Deborah Sankey, Mrs. Marilyn Cullum, Mrs. O. Datt, Mrs. G. Bishop, Mrs. W.G. Munro, R. Ken Nicholson, Mrs. J.P. Fisher, Mrs. H.R. Schell, Mrs. R.A. Davies, Mr. & Mrs. C. Scott, Mr. B.T. Clarke, Mrs. Valerie Thompson, Mr. Charles Coffey, Miss M.R. Acton, Mrs. P.R. Hampton, Mrs. Doreen Gordon, Judith Watson, Stanley Knowles Housing Co-op Inc., Mr. & Mrs. Kadoguchi, Agnes & John Carroll, Barbara J. Ernst, Graham Maquire, C. Winterhalt, Jean Hunt, Mrs. Diane Taylor, Mrs. Walter Gordon, Mr. & Mrs. E. Caston, Mrs. Shirley Gies, Mrs. C.M. McKeown, Mrs. E. Hinder, Miss Ruth Bolt, Peter Janiszewski, S. Murray, Mrs. McGeachie, E.B. Price, I. Sinclair, R. Thompson, Mrs. Litch, Mrs. C.F. Junod, M. Moore, Mrs. H. Deckert, Mrs. P. Crawford, Mr. W. Morassutti, M. Genise, Miss M. Geary, Mrs. T.H. Murphy, I. Nortrop, D.C. Miller, G.O Donnell, Mr. P. Tingley, J. Wilson, C. Wallace, G. Marshall, May Bolt, Mrs. M.E. Wallace, Mrs. A.L. White, Gertrude Middough, Toski Oikawa, Angela Forest, Beach Garden Club, Barbara Dobbin, Mr. J. Shaw, A. Burka.
ORGANIZATIONS AND FOUNDATIONS
The Milne House Garden Club donated $5,300. A committee of the Garden Club of Toronto, operating The Flowery, raised $10,000.
Edwards Charitable Foundation gave a total of $24,560, a portion of which went for the Memorial lecture programme.
WE WISH TO ACKNOWLEDGE THOSE DONORS WHOSE GENEROUS SUPPORT DURING 1987 ENABLED US TO CARRY OUT CURRENT PROGRAMMES AND SET ASIDE FUNDS FOR FUTURE IMPROVEMENTS AND PROGRAMME DEVELOPMENT. OUR THANKS GO OUT TO ALL DONORS AND VOLUNTEERS WHO HELP RAISE FUNDS.
There is still time to register for our Botanical Illustration in Watercolour course given by Dorothy Bovey.
This five day course, for experienced students, will allow for concentrated practice, reinforced by frequent critique.
If you would like to register send your name, address, telephone number and your cheque for $100.00 to the Civic Garden Centre by May 20th. (Nonmembers $125.00).
PRUNING - SHEAR With Sheath $18.99
Visit the Trellis Shop for Toronto s best selection of gardening books and the city 's most extensive collection of flower-arranging supplies. You'll also find gifts for gardeners, fertilizers, garden and house plant supplies, bird feeders, floral stationery and film. REVOLUTIONARY SPACE AGE DESIGN
Written by experts in clear concise style for the beginner or the experienced gardener. Titles: Perennials, Shrubs, Ground Covers, Roses, Annuals, Houseplants, Vegetables, Bulbs, and -- new this spring -- Trees.
PETERSON FIELD GUIDES. Roger Tory Peterson and others. Houghton Mifflin Company, $19.95.
The most widely used field guides in North America. A must-have for your next nature walk. Peterson is unsurpassed for field identification. Titles: Eastern Birds, Eastern Wildflowers, Trees and Shrubs, Eastern Edible Wild Plants, and Mammals.
We can special order other titles in the series.
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Treasurer: Mr. Robert Saunders
Mrs. Camilla Dalglish, Mr. Peter Hand, Mrs. Susan Macaulay, Mr. Peter Thomas
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For 1987: Mrs. Camilla Dalglish, Mrs. Susan Macaulay, Mr. Andrew Osyany, Mr. Robert Saunders, Mr. Peter Thomas, Mrs. Betty Crosby, Mrs. Marian Lawson. For 1987 & 1988: Dr. Brian Bixley, Mr. Charles Coffey, Mr. Mark Cullen, Mr. Peter Hand, Mrs. Margaret Killey, Mrs. Susan McCoy, Mr. Phillip Tingley. For 1987, 1988 & 1989: Mrs. Anne Bawden, Mr. Klaus Bindhardt, Mrs. Elaine Hooft, Mrs. Heather MacKinnon, Mrs. Gail Rhynard and Mr. Victor Portelli of Metropolitan Toronto Parks.
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