Trellis - V15, No7 - Aug 1988

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Update:

Trellis Shop Members Discount

Many members enjoy shopping at the Trellis Shop for flower arranging materials, specialty books on gardening, gifts, and horticultural supplies. For many years they have received a 10% discount on regularly priced merchandise over $2.00.

In order to continue to provide the personalized service that members appreciate, the Centre regretfully must increase the minimum purchase price to receive the 10% discount. Effective on September 15, 1988, the 10% discount will be applied to purchases over $10.00.

Contents

3 Annable Nursery Limited

GENERAL INFORMATION Vol. 15, No. 7

EDITOR: Iris Hoss Phillips ADVERTISING INFO: (416) 445-1552

TRELLIS is published ten times a 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 ADVERTISING MATERIAL MUST BE RECEIVED BY THE 15th 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.

Printed by York Printing House Ltd.

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.

Growing AINS

Over the last two years, the Civic Garden Centre has experienced unprecedented growth, which has been rewarding, but has also created pressure on the resources of the Centre.

As a member, you receive the following:

e The monthly issue of Trellis.

¢ An expanded members programme as well as access to evenings with local, national, and international speakers.

* Discounts in the shop, courses,workshops, and plant sales.

¢ An increased range of courses and workshops.

® Personalized horticultural information and assistance from the horticulturists and master gardeners. Soil testing.

* Borrowing privileges at one of Canada s largest horticultural libraries.

e A comprehensive selection of gardening and flower arranging books from the Trellis Shop.

The budget for 1988 is $363,033. Metropolitan Toronto Parks and Property provide a $25,000 grant, and the balance is generated internally. In 1987 the operating costs exceeded revenue, and in 1988, the deficit is estimated to be $30,000.

The Centre cannot continue to operate at a loss and must find ways to meet the increasing costs. Therefore, your Board of Directors has been exploring numerous avenues to increase revenue.

Our membership fees were compared to other comparable organizations and our operational costs analysed. The Board has determined that membership fees are low in relationship to the services provided by the Centre. The costs associated with the publication of Trellis Newsletter, and the numerous privileges enjoyed by the members are costing considerably more than the current membership fee of $15.00.

Your Board of Directors has increased the fees, effective September 15th, 1988, to reflect these costs. Single membership

With your continuing support and membership, we will face an exciting future together.

Board of Directors

The Civic Garden Centre

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BASIC FLOWER ARRANGING COURSE, Registration deadline: Sept. 2

Members $40.00 Non-Members $47.50

BONSAI COURSE, Registration deadline: Sept. 6

Members $37.00 Non-Members $44.50

PRESSED FLOWER WORKSHOP, Registration deadline: Sept.6 ~ 10am -2 pm

Members $20.00 Non-Members $27.50

CORNUCOPIA PINE CONE WORKSHOP, no charge

CIVIC GARDEN CENTRE MEMBERS NIGHT

Speaker: HOWARD PFEIFER

Topic: NORTH AMERICAN MOUNTAIN WILDFLOWERS

ART STUDIO, Registration deadline: Sept. 8

Members $45.00 Non-Members $52.50

Toronto Gesneriad Society

Southern Ontario Orchid Society General Meeting

Toronto African Violet Society Open House

Toronto Bonsai Society

THEARTOF SILK FLOWERS, Registration deadline: Sept. 8

Members $45.00 Non-Members $52.50

BASIC SOGETSU, Registration deadline: Sept. 8

Members $40.00 Non-Members $47.50

CALLIGRAPHY, Registration deadline: Sept. 8

Members $60.00 Non-Members $65.00

North Toronto Horticultural Society

Garden Therapy Meeting

LANDSCAPE TECHNIQUES, Registration deadline: Sept. 12

Mermbers $32.00 Non-Members $39.50

CIVIC GARDEN CENTRE GARDEN MUM SALE

Members Order Pick-Up

lkebana International Demonstration

Mr. Matsuou Tomita, Director of Ohara School, New York, Demonstrator

CIVIC GARDEN CENTRE GARDEN MUM SALE

Geranium and Pelargonium Society

Rhododendron Society of Canada

York Rose and Garden Society

CIVICGARDEN CENTRE GARDEN MUM SALE

10am 7:30 pm 10a.m.-4pm 2pm 1pm 1-4pm -7pm 10am-1pm 1-3pm 155815 pm 8pm 12:30 pm 7:30-9:30 pm 10am-6 pm 1-5pm 12-5pm 2pm 2pm 2pm 12-5pm

Cactus & Succulent Society 7:30 pm CORNUCOPIACONES &CRITTERS WORKSHOP, no charge 10am-2pm

CONTINUING WATERCOLOURS COURSE, Registration deadline: Sept. 19 10am-2pm

Members $68.00 Non-Members $75.50

Canadian

Canadian

Canadian

JANE BROWN LECTURE, GARDENS OFAGOLDEN AFTERNOON $8.00 7:30 pm

JANE BROWN LECTURE, VITA SACKVILLE-WEST $8.00 2pm & 7:30 pm

INTRODUCTORYWATERCOLOURS, Registration deadline: Sept. 22 10am

Members $68.00 Non-Members $75.50

JANE BROWN LECTURE, GARDENS & GARDEN MAKERS $8.00 or $20.00 for 3 7:30 pm

CORNUCOPIAGLUE GUN WORKSHOP, no charge 10am

Southern Ontario Unit of the Herb Society of America 10am-3pm

RENOVATING YOUR GARDEN, Registration deadline: Sept. 30 7:30 - 9:30 pm

Members $32.00 Non-Members $39.50

BEGINNERSCORSAGE, Registration deadline: Oct. 3 10am-2pm

Members $15.50 Non-Members $23.00

RUG HOOKING, Registration deadline: Oct. 3 10am-2pm

Members $50.00 Non-Members $57.50

INTRODUCTION TO IKENOBO IKEBANA FLOWER ARRANGING 10am -3 pm

Registration deadline: Oct. 4, Members $25.00 Non-Members $32.50

Toronto Bonsai Society 7 pm

North Toronto Horticultural Society 8pm GARDENING WITH WILDFLOWERS, Registration deadline: Oct. 10 7:30-9:30 pm

Members $32.50 Non-Members $40.00

Ikebana International 6:30 pm

PERENNIALS FOR ONTARIO GARDENS, Registration deadline: Oct. 10 8-10 pm

Members $63.00 Non-Members $70.50

THE CIVIC

REGISTRATION FORM

NAME PHONE

ADDRESS

POSTALCODE

October 27, 1988 10:00 a.m. to noon. [] Members $50.00

Registration limited to members.

Experienced flower arrangers only. You must provide your own materials. October 28, 1988 10:00 a.m. to noon. []Members $15.00 [J Non-members $20.00

A demonstration of ten flower arrangements. Limited registration.

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Civic Garden Centre Members Program

380 KINGSTON ROAD EAST

HOWARD PFEIFER AJAX, ONTARIO L1S 487

Highway 2, 1 mile east of Harwood Rd. direct Toronto line: 686-2151 an illustrated talk

NORTH AMERICAN e Perennials e Annuals MOUNTAIN WILDFLOWERS o Nursery Stock e Supplies Specializing in ..EXOTIC TROPICALS! September 8, 1988 7:30 p.m.

* Aroids * Bonsai

* Bougainvillea * Bromeliads

* Cactus * Ficus Refreshments served

* Gesneriads * Hederae

* Hibiscus * QOrchids non-members $2.00

Open 7 days a week

A Walk in the 20th Century with Jane Brown

Monday, September 26th, 1988 7:30 p.m.

GARDENS OF A GOLDEN AFTERNOON, the story of the partnership between Edwin Lutyens and Gertrude Jekyll.

Miss Jekyll was a distinguished artist and craftswoman when she met the young architect Edwin Lutyens in 1889. In the course of their remarkable and complex partnership, they designed over 100 gardens until the outbreak of war in 1914. Their combination of lively and sympathetic garden architecture and artistic planting has been the major influence on garden taste in England until the present day.

Tuesday, September 27th, 1988 2 p.m. or 7:30 p.m.

VITA SACKVILLE-WEST and the making of Sissinghurst Castle s garden. Jane has distilled the influences on Vita from her gardening biography, Vita's Other World. Jane will discuss Vita s childhood at Knole, her first garden at Long Barn, English gardens she admired, and explain why and how she and her husband, Harold Nicolson, made their garden from 1930 until her death in 1962.

Wednesday, September 28th, 1988 7:30 p.m.

GARDENS AND GARDEN MAKERS in England in the 20th century. This lecture begins with the influence of Gertrude Jekyll's planting theories on the Arts and Crafts Movement and explores gardens of the movement, including the garden of Norah Lindsay and Major Lawrence Johnston's Hidcote Manor. Jane will briefly touch on the influence of the Modern Movement, continue with the work of Geoffrey Jellicoe, and end with Lanning Roper and the conservation of gardens.

The Centre gratefully acknowledges the British Council s generous donation of Jane Brown s travel expenses.

REGISTRATION FORM

NAME PHONE

ADDRESS POSTALCODE

Please register me for the Jane Brown lectures. MEMBERS $8.00 per session or $20.00 for three NON-MEMBERS $10.00 per session or $25.00 for three

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FALL 1988 ADVANCEWORKSHOPS/COURSES REGISTRATION REQUIRED

BASIC FLOWER ARRANGING

4045A

Registration deadline: September 2, 1988

Fee: $40.00 members, $47.50 non-members

6 week course on Wednesdays, September 7, 14, 21, 28, October 5, 12.

Instructor: BettyEwens Time: 9:45 am Mary Linney 7:30 pm

The first class will be a lecture and demonstration. Please bring a notebook and pencil.

BONSAI FOR BEGINNERS

4037

Registration deadline: September 6, 1988

Instructor: JaneDonnelly

Fee: $37.00 members, $44.50 non-members Time: 7:30-9:30 pm

3 weeks in class on Wednesdays, September 7, 14 and 21

1 week field trip on Saturday, September 17.

This course covers Bonsai history and styles, sources of trees and containers. Detailed instruction for creative displaying and maintaining of your Bonsai. Sessions will includea field trip to a nursery to purchase an appropriate plant. Please bring a notebook, pencil and $3.00 for supplies.

PRESSED FLOWER WORKSHOP

4036

Registration deadline: September 6, 1988

Fee: $20.00 members, $27.50 non-members

2 week course on Thursdays, September 8 and 15.

Instructor: Betty Greenacre

Time: 10 am-Noon

A slide presentation will introduce you to the art of pressing flowers before you move on to practical work.

Kits will be available at a small cost. Please bring white glue and tweezers.

ART STUDIO 40106

Registration deadline: September 8, 1988

Fee: $45.00 members, $52.50 non-members

7 weeks on Fridays, September 9, 16, 23, 30, October 7, 14 and 21, 1988

Time: 10 am-4 pm

By popular demand we are holding our first ART STUDIO. We hope to provide the optimum environment for experienced artists to practise or to confer with other registrants, without the assistance of an instructor. Please bring your art supplies and enjoy.

THE ART OF SILK FLOWERS 40107

Registration deadline: September 8, 1988

Instructor: Jean Hewitt

Fee: $45.00 members, $52.50 non-members Time: 10-1 pm

6 week course on Mondays, September 12, 19, 26, October 3, 17 and 24, 1988

Japanese Silk Flower Making some of the flowers that you will make are Roses, Irises, Daisies, Poppies, Trilliums, Hibiscus, Poinsettias, Holly, Eucalyptus as well as filler flowers. Please bring to your first class, scissors, cutters, ruler, face cloth, notebook and pencil. Kits will be available between $3.00 and $6.00.

BASIC SOGETSU 40100

Registration deadline: September 8, 1988

Fee: $40.00 members, $47.50 non-members

Instructor: Greg Williams

Time: 1-3pm 6 week course on Mondays, September 12, 19, 26, October 3, 17, and 24, 1988

A modern Japanese school of lkebana Flower Arranging which is well known for its dramatic, free style design.

CALLIGRAPHY 40103

Registration deadline: September 8, 1988

Fee: $60.00 members, $65.00 non-members

Instructor: Margaret Challenger

Time: 1:15-3:15pm

10 week course on Tuesdays, September 13, 20, 27, October 4, 11, 18, 25, November 8, 15 and 22, 1988

A course for those who have hada little calligraphy either self-taught or have done a beginners class or can use a broad nibbed pen. Developing the Foundational Script, including a review of basic letters and numbers, using Osmiroid basic pen sets, pads 5 sg. to the inch, Script ink.

Projects include: layout and writing of quotations, a poem, place tags and cards, addressing envelopes and more. Supplies available at class.

LANDSCAPETECHNIQUES 4033

Registration deadline: September 12, 1988

Fee: $32.00 members, $39.50 non-members

4 week course on Thursdays, September 15, 22, 29 and October 6, 1988

Instructor: Peter Thomas

Time: 7:30-9:30 pm

This overview of the garden covers principles of design with an historical and technical review, construction methods, plant materials, soil preparation and pruning. At the final session students will present their own design for class discussion.

CONTINUING WATERCOLOURS 40104B

Registration deadline: September 19, 1988

Fee: $68.00 members, $75.50 non-members

Instructor: BarbaraPinkham

Time: 10 am-2 pm

8 week course on Thursdays, September 22, 29, October 6, 13, 20, 27, November 10 and 17, 1988

An ongoing class for those with some previous watercolour experience. Course will follow a realistic approach based on still life and plant material. Continuing emphasis on colour, theory, composition and design. Individual development will be encouraged. Please bring watercolour supplies and lunch.

INTRODUCTORY WATERCOLOURS 4052

Registration deadline: September 22, 1988

Fee: $68.00 members, $75.50 non-members

Instructor: LyndaBryden

Time: 10am-2 pm

8 week course on Tuesdays, September 27, October 4, 11, 18, 25, November 8, 15 and 22, 1988

Learn the skills of wash, dry brush, wet on wet glazing and textures as well as the fundamental elements of composition, design and colour theory. Students can work at their own level using still life and flowers as subject matter. Supply list will be provided at the first class. Please bring a sketch book, pencil and your lunch.

RENOVATINGYOURGARDEN 4050

Registration deadline: September 30, 1988

Fee: $32.00 members, $39.50 non-members

4 week course on Wednesdays, October 5, 12, 19 and 26, 1988

Instructor: WesPorter

Time: 7:30-9:30 pm

Bring your garden up to scratch by paying attention to lawns, trees, shrubs, perennials, fertilization, controlling pests and diseases. Learn how to rebuild garden structures. Instruction will include how to maintain your garden once renovation is achieved.

BEGINNERS CORSAGE 4058

Registration deadline: October 3, 1988

Instructor: Anne Wilson

Fee: $15.50 members, $23.00 non-members Time: 10 am-3 pm

One day workshop on Thursday, October 6

Learn how to make your own corsages using fresh materials. Kits including wire, tape, ribbons and flowers are provided at the class for $6.00. Please bring tweezers, cutters and your lunch.

RUG HOOKING 4055

Registration deadline: October 3, 1988

Fee: $50.00 members, $57.50 non-members

Instructor: ClarkeSherbo

Time: 10 am-2 pm

8 week course on Fridays, October 7, 14, 21, 28, November 11, 18, 25 and December 2

Beginners: please bring scissors and your lunch supplies available at class, cost extra.

Advanced: please call Clarke Sherbo, 782-3178, regarding patterns.

INTRODUCTION TO IKENOBO IKEBANA FLOWER ARRANGING 4043

Registration deadline: October 4, 1988

Fee: $25.00 members, $32.50 non-members

Instructors: Shizuko Kadoguchi & Ella Irving

2 week course on Fridays, October 7 and 14, 1988

Time: 10 am-3 pm

Ikenobo is well known for its traditional designs. Please bring a cylindrical and a flat container (not glass), a heavy pinholder and clippers. All available at the Trellis shop. Flowers and branches will be provided at approximately $3.50 per day.

GARDENINGWITH WILDFLOWERS 4044

Registration deadline: October 10, 1988

Fee: $32.50 members, $40.00 non-members

5 week course on Wednesdays, October 12, 19, 26, November 9, 16, 1988

Instructor:FrankKershaw

Time: 7:30-9:30 pm

Sources of plants, planting, plant selection and mulching, design and layout for woodland, meadow, bog and farm gardens. Also how to attract birds and butterflies to your garden are topics included in this increasingly popular course.

PERENNIALS FOR ONTARIO GARDENS 4049

Registration deadline: October 10, 1988

Fee: $63.00 members, $70.50 non-members

Instructor: KeithSquires

Time: 8-10 pm

8 week course on Thursdays, October 13, 20, 27, November 10, 17, 24, December 1, 8, 1988

Each student will need a copy of Canadian Garden Perennials or The Harrowsmith Perennial Garden . These can be purchased at the Trellis Shop 9:30 am - 5 pm weekdays, 12 noon to 5 pm weekends.

CHINESE BRUSH PAINTING 4057

Registration deadline: October 11, 1988

Fee: $80.00 members, $87.50 non-members

Time: 9:30 am-12 noon for Beginners 1:00-3:30 pm for Intermediates

Instructor: MoiraMudie

8 week course on Mondays, October 17, 24, 31, November 7, 14, 21, 28 and December 5, 1988

Basic materials are available at the first class for a nominal fee. Please bring a container to wash brushes and a large newsprint pad. For further information please call Moira Mudie at 222-1527.

BASIC INDOORPLANT GROWING 40105

Registration deadline: October 12, 1988

Fee: $40.00 members, $47.50 non-members

6 week course on Mondays, October 17, 24, 31, November 7, 14, 21.

Instructor: HennyMarkus

Time: 7:30-9:30 pm

This course will teach you all you need to know in order to have a beautiful indoor garden. One session will include how to make a dish garden or a terrarium. (What a great gift idea for Christmas.)

CREWEL COURSE 4038

Registration deadline: October 13, 1988

Fee: $32.00 members, $39.50 non-members

5 week course on Mondays, October 17, 24, 31, November 7, 14

Crewel work as applied to rug hooking. For advanced rug hookers only.

INTERMEDIATE CORSAGE 4040

Registration deadline: October 17, 1988

Fee: $15.50 members, $23.00 non-members

1 day course on Thursday, October 20, 1988

Instructor: ClarkeSherbo

Time: 10 am-noon

Instructor: Anne Wilson

Time: 10 am-3 pm

Continue to make your own corsages with more detail. Kits provided at class for $6.00. Please bring tweezers, cutters and your lunch.

INTERMEDIATESOGETSU 40102

Registration deadline: November 3, 1988

Fee: $40.00 members, $47.50 non-members

6 week course on Mondays, November 7, 14, 21, 28, December 5, 12, 1988

A continuation of the basic course.

INTERMEDIATEFLOWERARRANGING 4047

Registration deadline: November 3, 1988

Fee: $25.00 members, $32.50 non-members

3 week course Wednesdays, November 9, 16, 23

Instructor: Greg Williams

Time: 1-3pm

Instructor: EllaIrving

Time: 9:45 am or 7:30 pm

This course is an introduction to contemporary design. Please bring a container suitable for creative design, branches, flowers and foliage.

INTERMEDIATE IKENOBO IKEBANA

Instructor:Mrs. Kadoguchi& FLOWERARRANGING 4043 Ella Irving

Registration deadline: November 8, 1988

Fee: $37.50 members, $45.00 non-members

3 week course, Fridays, November 11, 18, 25, 1988

A continuation of the basic course.

Time: 10 am-2 pm

CHRISTMASCORSAGE 4042

Registration deadline: November 14, 1988

Fee: $15.50 members, $23.00 non-members

1 day course on Friday, November 18, 1988

Instructor:Anne Wilson

Time: 10 am-3 pm

Registrants should have taken beginners corsage to make Christmas corsages using cones and glycerined materials. Please bring tweezers, cutters and your lunch.

WRAPPING & PACKAGING

Instructor: Nan Unsworth WITH ADIFFERENCE 4041

Registration deadline: November 17, 1988

Fee: $20.00 members, $27.50 non-members

Time: 10 am-2 pm 2 week course Tuesdays, November 22 & 29, 1988

Here is an opportunity to learn how to make your wrapping become a treasured and lasting gift. If you take part in this unique workshop, the first session will be the making of bows and a demonstration of this unusual packaging. Please bring your scissors, scraps of ribbon or cotton, stapler, spool wire, notebook, pencil and your camera if you wish.

ADVANCED CORSAGE 4051

Registration deadline: November 21, 1988

Fee: $15.50 members, $23.00 non-members

Instructor: Anne Wilson

Time: 10 am-3pm 1 day course Friday, November 25, 1988

At this advanced session you will learn to use such materials as orchids in your corsages. Kits provided at class for approximately $6.00. Please bring tweezers, cutters and your lunch.

Facts about Course Registration - Please Read Carefully

PROCEDURE: To assess beforehand whether a given lecture or course will be economicallyfeasible, we must have advance registration for most events involving an admission charge. Participants will be registered on a first come, first served basis, only on receipt of the requisite fee. Registration can be accomplished only by delivery of fees and registration forms by mail or in person prior to the registration deadline. Visa or Mastercharge will be accepted.

CANCELLATION AND REFUNDS: Anyone may withdraw registration and receive a full refund up to the registration deadline. Fees are not refundable after registration deadline. Please do not ask us to make exceptions. Should a course be cancelled, registrantswill be notified by telephoneand refunds issued. It isthereforevital that you supply a phone number where you can be reached, directly or by message between 9am and 5pm during the week. Following registration deadline, we cannot accept responsibility for inconvenience caused to those who cannot be contacted.

These are General Interest Courses

REGISTRATION FORM

Please register me for the following courses:

COURSE TIME FEE

COURSE TIME FEE

COURSE TIME FEE

NAME PHONE

ADDRESS

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Cornucopia Workshops

Participate in the Cornucopia fall workshops by helping to provide materials we will use. Press tiny flowers, ferns, and other interesting small wildlings for our cards; gather cones and nuts, particularly Norway spruce, sugarpine, and larch for our wreaths; hang to dry bunches of poppy seed heads, tansy (picked yellow), and dock (green, pink, and brown), grasses of all kinds, oats, fescue, millet, and barley. We can use them all. Drop your prepared material off at the Centre; we have the room to store it.

Mark your calendars for the fall workshops and register by phone or at the front desk. Class size is limited to fifteen.

Knitted Toys and Needlepoint: A follow-up workshop September 13, 10:00 a.m. - Noon

Pine Cone Workshop: September 8th, 15th, and 22nd, 10:00 a.m. - 2 p.m.

Cones and Critters Workshop: September 21 and 28, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Glue Gun Workshop: September 29th and October 6th 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.

Small decorative horses made from corks, and scented hot pads will be something new on our sales tables this year.

Decorator Santa Workshop: October 18th and 25th, 10:00 am - 2:00 p.m.

Pressed Flower-Card Workshop: October 20th, 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. Class members should continue to press small flowers and leaves so that we will have plenty of material to work with.

SHERIDAN NURSERIES LIMITED

Where Great Gardens

Begin.

At your closest Sheridan Garden Centre you will sery stock in Canada, including more than 750 varieties of plangs and trees grown on Sheridan 's own farms. MISSISSAUGA NORTH-CENTRAL 606 Southdown Rd., 2827 Yonge St., Mississauga L5J 2Y4 Toronto MA4N 2J4 Tel. 822-0251 Tel. 481-6429

find the finest selection of nurAnd Sheridan's nursery stock is guaranteed for one full year. At Sheridan Garden Centres you will also find qualified nursery- menwho will be pleased to help you in any way they can.

YORK ETOBICOKE 2375 Steeles Ave. W., 700 Evans Ave., North York M3J 3A8 Etobicoke M9C 1A1 Tel. 736-8814 Tel. 621-9100

OSHAWA 4077stv 7, Unionville 847 Kung St. W., Oshawa 728-9429 Tel 477-2253

Garden Mum Sale

September 17th and 18th Noon to 5 p.m.

The Civic Garden Centre is pleased to present an extensive selection of top quality Fall Garden Mums. Prolong the enjoyment of your garden with these colourful plants.

8" Fibre pots $4.25

All varieties subject to availability

GRENADINE A unique colour in garden varieties. A medium sized coral bronze BABY TEARS Small white button. Very ERCQIRING (210Pd SOTSNCIN EARNIE. prolific. Short and spreading growth habit. Excellent frost tolerance.

LEGEND An early golden yellow coloured formal pompom. A durable short

BRAVO A new early dark red decorative garden mum.

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MINNAUTUMN An intense red bronze

CAMELOT An attractive dark lavender PRI P S0 T I sl centre and lighter pink outer edges. A very short cushion habit.

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MIRAGE An orange bronze button, DEBONAIR An intense purple medium growth, high flower production. decorative, Debonair has a strong, New this year. spreading habit and excellent outdoor durability.

STARGAZER A dark lavender daisy type flower. Compact growth with a prolific

ENCORE Pure white decorative garden flowering habit. mum. Medium height. New this year. -

TARGET A new dark yellow decorative GINGER Two-tone gold colour. A mum. One of the finest garden mums decorative mum of medium height. developed.

" 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 different hardy plants, alpines, dwarf conifers and shrubs, Hardy ferns, vines, groundcovers and native wildflowers

Gift Certificates $10. up (10-15-20 etc.{ by mail any time All Year Send $2.00 for NEW (No.10) PLANT LIST by mail to above address

Volunteer

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Last month, | mentioned the wonderful volunteers who work behind the scenes. | neglected to say that there are four Civic Garden Centre volunteers who help staff the Flowery and work with the women from the Garden Club of Toronto.

Garden Mum Order Form

MEMBERS DISCOUNT FOR ORDERS ONLY

Members order pick-up day Friday, September 16th, 10 am - 6 pm

PUBLIC SALE SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 17 & 18 - NOON to 5 pm

Plants listed on this order form are nursery-grown for the Civic Garden Centre. TAKE ADVANTAGE OF YOUR MEMBERS DISCOUNT BY ORDERING EARLY

Please order before September 12th, 1988

NAME ADDRESS

CITY POSTAL CODE PHONE

A 10% members discount will apply to advance orders if your order is received prior to September 12th, 1988.

Orders charged to Mastercard or Visa accounts will receive 5% discount. PLEASE PAY WHEN YOU PICK UP YOUR ORDER.

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WEALL & CULLEN LANDSCAPE DESIGN SERVICE IN A WORD, QUALITY!

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 carmies our famous one year GUARANTEE®**. An investment that is guaranteed fo grow.! AR, o st .

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The IKENOBO IKEBANA SOCIETY of TORONTO

on the occasion of their 25th ANNIVERSARY presents SENEI IKENOBO

45th GENERATION HEADMASTER, KYOTO, JAPAN demonstrating the art of Ikebana

Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre 123 Wynford Drive Don Mills

OCTOBER 2, 1988 at 2 p.m.

FLOWER SHOW 1-5 p.m. ADMISSION $10

TICKETS LIMITED

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The Tulip Grand Matriarch of the Garden

The tulip is the only plant that can claim responsibility for turning the western world into a frenzied state. It started when tulips arrived in Holland from Constantinople in the 1570s. Their exquisite beauty caused wealthy garden lovers to desperately seek out the rarest and most gorgeous tulips available. Demand for the bulbs forced the prices of a single bulb to outrageous levels. Tulip mania lasted for the next fifty years. As more bulbs became available, connoisseurs became tired of their hobby, and the furor died away. Gardeners now controlled the future of the tulip and created a double tulip in 1665 and parrot tulips in 1690.

The beauty of tulips has endured fads, recessions, and the fancy of fashion. Cottage Maid, Van der Neer. Do these names sound familiar? Compare these names to the popular varieties of 1910. They were judged among the top fifty tulips eighty years ago. Very few flowers can claim to please four generations of gardeners.

The International Register of Tulip Names has classified tulips into a number of groups. They are a) SINGLE EARLY: One of the earliest to flower with heights to 14 in. (35 cm) b) DOUBLE EARLY: Peony-shaped flowers that bloom early. ) TRIUMPH: Angular shaped flowers on a plant 12-14 in. (30-35 cm) tall. d) DARWIN HYBRIDS: Flowers resulting from the cross of Darwin and Tulipa fosteriana: These are the largest tulips. e) SINGLE LATE: A mixed class of tulips based on their flowering time. f) LILYFLOWERED: Flowers that are pointed outward. g) FRINGED: Tulips with flowers that are frayed. h) VRIDIFLORA: Tulips with green tinted petals. i) REMBRANDT: Darwin sized tulips with a broken flower colour. j) PARROT: The multicoloured petals are twisted with irregular fringes. These are 16-18 in. (40-45 cm) tall. k) DOUBLE LATE: Peony-type flowers of late blooming bulbs. ) TULIPA KAUFMANNIANA: The species of tulip known as water lily. It has a short stiff stem to 9 in. (22 cm) m) TULIPA FOSTERIANA: The

parent of the Darwin Hybrids. It has the largest flowers on a 12 in. (30 cm) plant. n) TULIPA GREIGII: A species tulip with broad leaves that are mottled. The petals are reflexed at the tips. 0) OTHER: A grouping for the miscellaneous tulips including Bouquet.

Planting a garden of tulips.

Tulips are hardy bulbs that are native to the Mediterranean countries and found as far east as China. They require a hot, dry summer and cool, moist winter to thrive. The cold treatment is necessary for flowering, and the hot, dry treatment allows the bulbs to mature and ripen.

Tulips can be planted from September to early November. They must be planted in the fall to develop a substantial root system and to receive the cold treatment for blooming. The only criteria for the planting time is that the soil temperature is below 60F (16C), and the sail is not frozen solid.

When you are selecting bulbs, choose the largest, heaviest, and firmest. They should not feel soft, which could be a sign of decay. Healthy bulbs are trouble free: small nicks and loose skins (tunic) do not affect the bulbs. However, avoid any that have started to grow.

Plant the bulbs in a sunny well-drained area. If you live in a clay area, work in as much sand.and compost as you can each year. Plant the tulips so that 6 inches (15cm) of soil is above the bulb nose (tip). For a dramatic effect, place them in groups of odd numbers 5,7,9. A natural, informal design of placement is preferred unless you are fortunate to have a formal garden containing ornate parterres.

Many city gardens turn into a battlefield each spring as gardener competes with animal pest. | have come to the conclusion that moth balls and other repellents are less than satisfactory. This perennial problem has a number of solutions. The first option is to trap and remove the squirrels and turn them loose in a remote wild area. This will not guarantee that they stay away as some have been known to travel over many kilometres to come back to a favourite garden. Also, there is nothing to stop new squirrels from arriving. The second option is to plant foul tasting bulbs such as Narcissus (Daffodils) and Fritillaria imperialis (Crown

Imperial) in the immediate area. The skunk smell of the Fritillaria is sure to drive everyone away. The third option is the most effective. It involves planting the bulbs under a wire mesh. This will stop any animal from digging up the bulbs while allowing the shoots to emerge in the spring.

The annual flower bulb day celebrated throughout the bulb growing countries has expanded this year to Flower Bulb Week". It is September 18th to 24th. The theme for this year is Spring Starts Now ". The objectives are to remind people to plant spring flowering bulbs now. There isn 't a better location to purchase your fall bulbs than at the Centre. This year we will offer an outstanding assortment ready for immediate planting. Visit the Trellis Shop during September for the best selection.

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