The CIVIC GARDEN CENTRE --Garden Topics & Events Newsletter
SEPTEMBER 20 & 21 - Noon to § pm
The Civic Garden Centre is pleased to present an extensive selection of top quality Fall Garden Mums. Prolong the enjoyment of your garden with 8¢ Fibre pots $4.25 only
Grenadine
Ruby Mound A new color in garden varieties. Small intense crimson red pompon. Medium sized coral bronze decorative. Earliest red cushion for the garden. Strong spreading plants.
Minngopher
Viking
Red decorative. Early, intense red Ast i g garden mum. Good spreading habit. B B ative. Excellent outdoor durability. cont.
PLEASE USE THE ORDER FORM ON NEXT PAGE
GARDEN MUM SALE
SEPTEMBER 20 & 21 - Noon to 5 pm
Redcoat
Medium sized bright red decorative. Better color retention, larger flowers, a taller habit and more spread than Ruby Mound.
Bandit
A red bronze button, compact growth, high flower production.
Intense purple decorative. Debonair has a strong, spreading plant habit and excellent outdoor durability. Flowers are semi-formal and medium in size. An outstanding pink decorative garden mum.
Tinkerbell
Intense purple pompon. Early, strong and compact.
8¢ Fibre pots
Camelot
An attractive dark lavender centre and lighter pink outer edges. A very large spreading plant.
Goldmine
A durable pompon. golden colored formal
Nuggets
Small dark yellow button. Although taller and more upright than Baby Tears, it provides a bigger plant and better outdoor durability.
Goldtone
Dark yellow pompon. Compact cushion habit with strong, prolific growth and good spread. Durable and frost tolerant. Fall clumps dig well.
White Stardom
Pure white, compact cushion and a good spread.
Baby Tears
Small white button. Very prolific. Short and spreading growth habit. Excellent frost tolerance. $4.25 only
MEMBERS DISCOUNT FOR PRE-ORDERS ONLY
PUBLIC SALE SAT. & SUN. SEPTEMBER 20 & 21 NOON to 5 p.m.
Plants listed on this order form are nursery grown for the Civic Garden Centre. Take advantage of our pre-order offer to ensure your Members discount. PLEASE ORDER BEFORE SEPT. 17th, 1986
A 10% member s discount will apply to advance orders only and only if order is received prior to Sept. 17th, 1986. Orders charged to Mastercard or Visa accounts will receive 5% discount only.
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The CIVIC GARDEN CENTRE
Mens Garden Club regular meeting 8 p.m. Getting Ready for the Fall
Beginners Ikenobo Flower Arranging 3 week course 10 am to 3 pm
Geranium and Pelargonium Soc. workshop 2 pm Taking Cuttings
Toronto Bonsai Soc. meeting 7 pm - John Naka from Los Angeles will give a demonstration on Styling & a general lecture
North Toronto Horticultural Society meeting 8 p.m.
Garden Therapy Group meeting 1:00 p.m. for handicapped people
Green Thumbs (Junior Garden Club) 9:45 a.m. to noon
Toronto Gesneriad Society meeting 2 - 4 pm Question & Answer Panel
YORK ROSE AND GARDEN SOCIETY SHOW1 -5 p.m.
Tommy Thompson Memorial Walk 2 p.m.
Ming Tree Course for Beginners & Intermediates 6 weeks 1:30 or 7 pm
Landscape Techniques - 4 week course starts at 7:30 p.m.
Basic Indoor Plant Growing - 5 week course starts at 10 am to 12 noon
20 & 21 GARDEN MUM SALE from noon to 5 p.m. 21 22 Canadian Rose Society meeting 2 -4 p.m.
FUNGI FAIR by the Mycological Society of Toronto
Open to the public from noon to 10 p.m.
Chinese Brush Painting - 10 week course starts 10 am & 1:30 pm
Renovating Old Gardens - 3 week course at 7:30 p.m.
Hobby Greenhouse meeting 8 p.m.
MEMBERS NIGHT 7:30 p.m. - Dr. Bill Nixon from Massachusetts will speak on Sempervivums and Related Genera for the Garden 27 & 28 CHRYSANTHEMUM & DAHLIA EARLY SHOW put on by the Can. Chrysanthemum & Dahlia Soc. Sat. 1:30 - 5 & Sun. 10 - 5 pm
TORONTO AFRICAN VIOLET SOC. OPEN HOUSE 10 - 5 pm
Rhododendron Society of Canada meeting 2 - 4 pm
Indoor Gardening Society meeting 2 pm
Watercolour for Beginners - 8 week course starts 10 am to 2 pm
Rug Hooking - 8 week course starts 10 am to 2 pm
Green Thumbs (Junior Garden Club) 9:45 am to noon
Toronto Gesneriad Society meeting 2 - 4 pm Open House & Plant Sale
S. Ontario Orchid Society meeting 1 - 5 pm
Mens Garden Club meeting 8 p.m. Kurt Crist of Weall & Cullen will speak on Acquiring and Maintaining Indoor Plants
Garden Therapy Group meeting 1:00 pm for handicapped people
Ikebana International meeting 7 - 9:30 pm
Christmas Arrangements and Designs - 3 week course 9:30 am to noon
Toronto Bonsai Society meeting 7 p.m.
North Toronto Horticultural Soc. meeting 8 pm David Tomlinson will give a slide presentation on Small Garden Design
MEMBERS NIGHT 7:30 p.m. - A joint meeting of the Ontario Rock Garden Society and the Civic Garden Centre - Speakers will be Steve Noonan & Phil Pearson - nurserymen from state of Washington
Tommy Thompson Memorial Walk 2 p.m.
York Rose and Garden Society meeting 2 p.m.
Indoor Gardening Society meeting 2 p.m.
Art at the Centre
In the Link Gallery:
Sept. 3 -16 Jean Burlington watercolours and oils florals and landscapes
Sept. 17 - Sept. 30 - Leo Wong
Split Moments of Time Flowers & birds on silk
Oct. 1 - Oct. 14 - Raissa Costin
Oils - flowers & landscapes
Oct. 15 - Oct. 28 - Brigitta Maclvor and Donna Neeley watercolours, florals
Nov. 3 - 18 - Pamela Bennett Adams This Rugged, Strong & beautiful land landscapes
CROSSWORD PUZZLES ANYONE!
A new bi-monthly addition to Trellis if we can find an enthusiastic composer of crossword puzzles.
If you are interested call Sally Sullivan at 445-1552.
Trellis is published ten times per year as a member s newsletter, by the Civic Garden Centre, 777 Lawrence Ave. East, Don Mills, Ontario M3C 1P2 Telephone(416) 445-1552
The Centre is located in Ildwards Gardens, at Leslie St. and Lawrence Avenue East, at the geographical centre of Metropolitan Toronto. It is a non-profit, volunteer based, gardening and floral arts information organization with open membership. Opinions expressed within do not necessarily reflect those of the Centre.
The position will entail recruitment, training, development and support of volunteers. The successful candidate must have a non-profit organizational background and an understanding of the staff-volunteer relationship. Will also be involved in strategic planning and extensive committee work.
A 24 hour a week position, must be flexible as to hours.
Send resume by September stating salary expectations to Exec. Director, Civic Garden Centre 30th,
MEMBERS® PROGRAMME
in the Floral Hall
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 25th, at 7:30 p.m.
DR. BILL NIXON on
SEMPERVIVUMS AND RELATED GENERA FOR THE GARDEN
ALL MEMBERS WELCOME NON-MEMBERS $2.00
in the Auditorium
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 16th at 7:30 p.m.
From GRAND RIDGE NURSERY in WASHINGTON
PHILIP PEARSON and STEVE DOONAN on
ALPINE PLANTS: HABITATS and CULTIVATION
A joint Meeting with The Ontario Rock Garden Society
Members of the C.G.C. or O.R.G.S. Free Non-members $2.00
The Civic Garden Centre Members Programme Committee announces the 4th Annual
R. E. Edwards Memorial l.ecture on
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22nd, at 7:30 p.m. in the Dunington Grubb Floral Hall
DAVID TARRANT of the UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA BOTANICAL GARDEN
will give an illustrated lecture on PUBLIC and PRIVATE GARDENS OF VANCOUVER
Admission Free
Refreshments from 6:45 p.m.
The Trellis Shop
by Jackie Brisby
We at the Centre and in the Trellis Shop have missed some of our regular customers during the Summer months and we look forward to their return this Fall. To our new members we extend an invitation to visit us on the lower level of the Centre just west of the Library.
Our Book shop houses one of the most comprehensive selections of horticultural books in the country and our staff is always willing to order books not on the shelves.
The Gift Shop sells good quality distinctive products which compliment the tastes of our members, gardeners, flower arrangers and nature lovers.
Of interest to many will be our new collection of beautiful Portmeiron gift- ware and cookware in the Botanjcal
Garden Pattern. Included in this selection will be a range of new melamine trays in colourful botanical prints.
Also, new for Fall is a selection of tasteful, attractive Canadian made Wildlife Woodware. Constructed of white pine these items include a recipe box, cheeseboard, book rack, serving tray and clock from $12.00 to $35.00.
For flower arrangers we have the largest stock ever of containers and baskets for class and competition, from $2.50 to $85.00.
Just arrived is a large selection of glazed and unglazed pots for Bonsai from 5 to 127, reasonably priced.
Many more surprises as our orders of new products are delivered during the Fall months. ¢
Hours: Weekdays 9:30 - 4
Weekends 12:00 -5
Members Nights till 8
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HORT HAPPENINGS
by Anne Marie Van Nest
SEPTEMBER
FALL LAWN CARE
The best time to seed a new lawn or repair some bare patches in your lawn is right now, during the month of September. This month has the advantage of cooler temperatures, ample rainfall and light levels that encourage rooting. September always appears to have more time for gardening than the frantic spring, at least to me. Areas that are normally shaded will benefit from the lack of tree leaves at this time and become established easier.
The area to be seeded should be prepared ahead of time. Rake the area well with the purpose of levelling and breaking up large clumps of soil. Add fertilizer to your seedbed. Spread this evenly over the surface just before the final raking. For large areas, it is much better to use a spreader. This can be rented from a garden centre for a small fee.
The fertilizer should be worked into the soil to a depth of 20 cm. (4 in.) so that it will be available to the grass plants once they become established. A 1:4:4 ratio or 1:4:2 ratio is best to encourage the growth of roots and strong stems. Fertilizers in the formulation of 5-20-20 or 5-20-10 are examples. Roll the seed bed at this time to provide a firm, level base for the seed to take root.
The very best quality seed is worth every penny, and will save time and money in the long run. Low priced seed will have a low germination rate, contain weed seeds and possibly chaff. This seed could contain inferior cultivars that will not endure our climate as well as other cultivars.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Food, in their publication 448 Lawns , recommends the following mixtures:
IRRIGATED SOIL
Heavy and Medium Soils
NON-IRRIGATED SOIL
The best seed rate is 2-3 kg. of seed per 100 square metres and can be increased slightly for small areas. Small areas can be spread by hand on calm days if it is done evenly. It is best to sow the entire area with half of the seed in one direction and the rest of the seed in the opposite direction. After seeding, rake the seed slightly with a fan, rake to cover the seed to a depth of 2-3 mm. (less than % in). It is a good practice to roll the seeded area immediately after the raking to ensure that the seed has good contact with the soil. Water should be given in a light fine spray to avoid washing the seeds out from under their cover. - Keep the seedbed evenly moist until the seeds have become established. The application of a mulch will help your grass seeds to germinate faster and more uniformly. The most common mulch is straw. It protects the seedlings from the sun and conserves moisture.
MOWING AND LEAF REMOVAL
It is very important at this time of the year to keep mowing regularly and rake the leaves from the lawn. Regular mowings will keep the grass plants from the stress of uneven mowings.At this time of the year the plants should be storing up reserves for the spring. Leaves left on the lawn will also affect the quality of your lawn next spring. The leaves block the light that reaches the plants and will decrease photosynthesis and the amount of energy that is stored.
Fall fertilization is the most important way to help your lawn -survive the winter and come up green and vigorous next spring. The first application should be made during the beginning of September with a high nitrogen based fertilizer of the ratio 4:1:2 that will encourage rapid tiller growth. This will fill in all the thin areas that appeared during the summer. The second application should be in early November or late October when the grass is dormant. This application should be a winterizer consisting only of high nitrogen. This will ensure that plenty of nitrogen is available for a fast green-up in the spring. No early spring fertilization is needed if this late fall fertilization is applied. The spring application can be delayed until June.
WEED CONTROL
Crabgrass can be given a treatment of preemergent herbicides in the fall that will remain active in the soil over winter and kill the young seedlings in the spring. Be sure to read the label to ensure that your product contains Dacthal or Betasan. Other broad leaved weeds can be eradicated in the fall as long as they are still actively growing and temperatures are between 15 C and 27 C.
BULB PLANTING SEASON HAS ARRIVED
The Civic Garden Centre has bulbs for everyone! We have species tulips perfect for naturalizing in the rock garden. Of special mention is Tulipa tarda (Dasystemon) which is only 2 inches tall (5 cm.) and flowers in yellow and white very early in the spring. This wild tulip is from East Turkestan and central Asia and was discovered in 1880.
Of course, we have everybody s favourite double early tulip Peach Blossom, which is a deep rose pink colour and only 8 inches (20 cm.) tall. New this year is the triumph tulip Grevel which is 16 to 18 inches tall (45 cm.) and has a delicate rose pink colour which is lighter at the edges.
_For the Hyacinth fans we have new this year Lady Derby in a medium pink colour that will flower mid season and provide a lovely contrast to light yellow.
Daffodil lovers will delight in our selection this year as we have many new introductions. For the rock garden we have Sugar Bush, a midseason flowering narcissus which is 10 in. tall (25 c¢m) and is white with a yellow cup. We have Suzy, which is 16 in. tall (40 cm.) and has a canary yellow flower and an orange cup.
Of special interest in the minor bulb area, we have Erythronium Pagoda a mid season flowering bulb from Asia and Japan in a lemon yellow colour and only 6 in. tall (15 cm.). We also have the early flowering Iris reticulata and Iris danfordiae. These darling Iris flower in bright yellow and dark violet very early in the spring and are 6 in. tall (15 cm.).
Of course we have Crocus, Freesia, Paperwhites and Scilla, so shop early while the selection is at its very best.
HORT HAPPENINGS
For gardeners that favour theMadonna Lily, we have Lilium candidium, the earliest flowering lily of pure white standing 4 ft. tall and very fragrant.
HOUSEPLANTS
While you are planting your bulbs take some time to give your houseplants some care before you move them back into the house. A good spraying is required to get rid of any bugs that have invaded over the summer. Insecticidal soap is a good safe product to use. Your plants will also benefit from a repotting and boost of fertilizer at this time to give them a head start on the dreary season to come.
PLANT CLINIC
Doctor Anne Marie Van Nest is on call in the Horticture Area Sundays from 12 noon to 5 p.m. Bring your sick plant or identification problem to her.
Mini Rose Nursery
DOROTHY WHITEMAN takes on a new position at the Centre.
Dorothy who joined the Centre in 1983 as receptionist and has since held numerous unofficial positions over and above her current responsibilities as Volunteer Co-ordinator will move to the position of Programme and Special Event Co-ordinator.
The duties associated with this job will not be entirely new to Dorothy because of her involvement with so many facets of the Centre.
Those of you who have worked with Dorothy or have come to know her will agree that her diverse skills, dedication and unflagging good humour have earned her this new and challenging job.
Collector of Miniature Roses For list and map Write Florence Gahagan
P.O. Box 873, Guelph, Ont. NIH 6M6
IN MEMORIAM PROGRAM
MEMORIAL CONTRIBUTIONS are an appropriate way of assisting the Centre while remembering families or friends.
Mail to:
The Civic Garden Centre 777 Lawrence Avenue East, Don Mills, Ontario, M3C 1P2 or Phone: (416) 445-1552
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MOBY DAFF My Search for the Great White Trumpet.
by Kenneth E. Weir
To most Canadians Empress of Ireland conjures up images of the worst Maritime disaster in our country s history, in which the great Canadian Pacific liner of that name sank in the St. Lawrence River after being rammed by a Norwegian collier in a dense fog. The great white Empress took with it more than a thousand souls, including an entire Salvation Army band on its way to London. That was on the 29th of May, 1914. Thirty-eight years later, Guy L. Wilson, the doyen of Irish daffodil breeders, chose the same name for his most beautiful flower, a white trumpet of unrivalled grace and character. Was Wilson aware of the somber significance of the name when he registered it with the Royal Horticultural Society in 1952? Undoubtedly. He was 28 years old when the Empress of Ireland
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ent down, and he lived less than 50 miles from the greatest shipyard in the world, Harland & Wolff s Queen s Island yard, birthplace of the greatest of all Maritime disasters, Titanic. Ulstermen have a long tradition of shipbuilding and seagoing: a tragedy of such proportions could not fail to touch them. So the daffodil Empress of Ireland may have been, in a sense, Guy Wilson s memorial to the victims. In any case, a flower of that name, from that source, had more appeal for me than the common run of daffodils such as King Alfred, Mount Hood, and Golden Harvest. 1 decided to grow it, but I could not fine it.
Let me go back a little. I began growing daffodils a few years ago in the uncompromising clay of my North Toronto garden. The location was one where nothing else had grown in living memory at the north end of the lot, just beyond where the grass had given up in despair because of the shade of the scrub maples along the fence. The shallow roots of the maples made spading almost impossible and had robbed the topsoil of most of its nutrients. Even the most persistent weeds found the going rough there and survived only in the most dilatory way.
On that baked clay, 25 years ago my father-in-law, a German mechanical engineer, built, of steel and cast iron, the strongest, most durable set of children s swings ever made by one man for one small girl. So the clay was tramped by children. What hope had daffodils? Well, more than you might think. cont.
ORCHID TROPICAL PLANTS
MOBY DAFF My Search for the
Great White Trumpet. cont.
Into this clay, undug and unimproved, I plunged, with the help of a bulb planter, about 300 Dutch narcissus bulbs: 100 from Cruickshanks, a naturalizing mixture, and 200 from White Rose bought for 10 cents each at the end of the planting season, King Alfreds. By that time the ground was softened by the fall rains, and the deep freeze was a week or two away. My wife said I was wasting my time. Everyone knows that ground must be dug and fertilized before anything will grow. Daughters of German engineers hate to see people going off half-cocked.
In the spring as the snows receded, I noticed a battalion of narcissus spikes poking bravely through the unpromising terrain, uniformly strong and moss green at the King Alfred end, in a variety of shades and shapes at the mixture end. What fun! Day by day they grew taller and stronger, a late
snowfall no more than a minor setback. On April 13, my first-ever daffodil bloomed. It was a tall,vibrant yellow trumpet, a King Alfred. A trained show judge would have found faults, but I saw only grace and beauty. Never had an invested dime paid such dividends! A week later there were, literally, hundreds of blooms, a scene admittedly less than Wordsworthian but just as thrilling as the poet s immortal glimpse by Derwentwater. My wife, I am pleased to report, was speechless.
As well as thoughts of Wordsworth and grade 4, these blooms stirred up memories of the daffodils of my childhood at Carnreagh Cottage, near Hillsborough, County Down, where the recent Anglo-Irish Accord was signed. There at Carnreagh, in the early 40 s, the yellow trumpets bloomed in their thousands through the grass, relics of an earlier garden and of a gardener long gone to his reward. cont. pg. 13
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FROM THE BOOKSHOP
by Margaret Austin
The new series Taylor s Guide to Gardening (Houghton, Mifflin: 1986. $23.95) is comprised of separate volumnes on Annuals, Bulbs, Perennials, and Roses. Adapted from the authoritative Taylor s Encyclopedia of Gardening, these guides have been so well-received that they are now into their second printing, and we are awaiting a new shipment due this month.
Written by experts, each comprehensive volume is illustrated with hundreds of colour photographs and many line drawings.
As well as the colour plates, each guide contains flower descriptions, articles on selecting and growing flowers for specific regions, tips on designing your garden and a plant source list.
The captions that accompany the colour photographs provide essential information at a glance: whether the plants are hardy or tender, how much sunshine they need, and when they bloom. The caption also gives the scientific name of the plant, its height and the size of individual flower clusters. A page reference directs you to the description in the Encyclopedia section. Descriptions are arranged alphabetically and cross-referenced by page number to the colour plates.
Finally, each guide has a sturdy, flexible binding that opens flat for easy use. A complete set of Taylor Guides would be a wonderful addition to the ardent gardener s library.
ROYAL BOTANICAL GARDENS SPECIAL EVENTS
SEPT. 8 - OCT. 5 Daily 9 am - 5 pm
Curtis Botanical Travelling Exhibit at RBG main foyer Free admission Originating with Kew Gardens, Eng. this exhibit comes to the RBG via Dartmouth College. The display celebrates the bicentenary of the Curtis Botanical Magazine, the world s oldest continuously published journal with coloured illustrations. Come and see many of the original botanical illustrations and their printed versions.
Information: (within A.C. 416) Toll Free 1-800-263-8450.
AUTUMN SYMPOSIUM
SUN. OCT. 5th from 2:30 pm - 6 pm
A FURNISHING
OF GARDENS: The World of Climbing Plants
A. Paterson - 2:30 How they do it? C. Graham - 3:15 Climbers & Wall Plants for Southern Ontario Mrs. Harvey & Ray Evison - Opening of Clematis Garden R. Evison - 5 - 6 pm - Clematis from Around the World $20.00 Members - $25. non-members at the RBG Burlington for more information/reservationssee Toll free number above.
SNIPPY TIPS
No. 1 Care of Cut Flowers and Plant Material and No. 2 Drying and Preserving Plant Material . $2.00 each
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Over 2000 different hardy plants, alpines, dwarf conifers and shrubs, Hardy ferns, vines, groundcovers and native wildflowers
Send $1. for a plant list by mail to above address
My Search for the Great White Trumpet. cont.
It was in that context my own daffodils in bloom and my memories of County Down that I read to my amazement and pleasure, an article by Henry Mitchell of the Washington Post. In his article, Mitchell makes the point that Irish daffodils are among the best in the world. This was a revelation. Till then I had no idea that there was such a thing as a distinctively Irish daffodil. He mentions several varieties that everyone should try: Passionale, Ceylon, Falstaff, and particularly the great white trumpet Empress of Ireland . Well, Cruickshanks had Passionale, but no bulb dealer in southern Ontario had Ceylon or Falstaff, and no one had heard of the Empress of Ireland. This was frustrating. If Irish daffodils were so good, and if they were readily available in Washington, D.C., why were they not available in Toronto?
At that point, in the Civic Garden Centre Library, I discovered several books about daffodils. In these books Irish varieties are mentioned frequently, many of them named after Irish towns like Armagh, Limerick, Downpatrick, Newcastle, Banbridge, Portrush, Enniskillen & even districts in Belfast: Woodvale, Ormeau, Willowfield, Ravenhill. Lovely names, halflegendary names. None of these was available in the Toronto area. However, I found that some of the Dutch bulbs had originated in Ireland; so I planted them in year two: Sun Chariot, Foresight, Broughshane, Music Hall. Their poise and breeding simply made me more determined than ever to find the great white trumpet Empress of Ireland .
Everywhere they went, nothing but Dutch bulbs: Golden Harvest, Unsurpassable, Mount Hood. They hinted that I had probably sent them on a wild goose chase. However, they brought back with them a column from the Dublin newspaper The Irish Times by garden correspondent Rosemary Brown, in which she mentions Irish breeders of the past and present, but she gave no addresses. So I immediately dashed off a letter to the paper. At that point, I felt that the trail was heating up, that the Empress of Ireland was almost within my grasp. At about the same time I wrote to the American Daffodil Soc. at an address in North Carolina given to me by a librarian at the C.G.C. Weeks went by, then months. Nothing from The Irish Times and nothing from the American Daffodil Society, and not a word from the Royal Hort. Soc. in Vincent Square, to whom I had also written. Nothing! The trail had grown cold.
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By happy chance, at that very time, my sisters were vacationing in Ireland, and I asked them to bring back some Irish bulbs. Another disappointment!
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VOLUNTEER NOTICEBOARD
Dear Volunteer,
The response to our Free Cornucopia Workshops has been fabulous. I have been asked questions though and the favourite seems to be, Do you have to be a member to come to the workshops? No! Every pair of hands help to produce these beautiful crafts to sell at Cornucopia. By all means bring your friends and neighbours. (Who knows, when they find out about all the marvellous programs we have here, they may become members).
Do encourage them to call in and put their names down for the workshops. You know how well we do when we all work together.
Dorothy
FREE CORNUCOPIA WORKSHOPS
CARROT CAKE,Z WORKSHOP: This workshop will be held in late Sept. or early Oct. Carrot cake baked last year and sold in our tea room raised almost $1000.; we can do this again this year with your help. Workshop leader is Camilla Dalglish, please call her at 923-8628 if you would care to help.
KISSING BALL & TOPIARY TREE WORKSHOP: Eunice Luck and Isabelle Duplisea will teach you how to decorate styrofoam balls with acorn caps, small pine cones and dried material. Please bring any of the above, scissors, your lunch and a glue gun if you have one.
SEPTEMBER 17 from 10 am - 3 pm
PINE CONE WREATH WORKSHOP
Come and learn how to make these beautiful, natural wreaths with Margaret Hertling and Vicky Rudert. Please bring your lunch, clippers & scissors and a glue gun if possible.
SEPTEMBER 23 from 10 am to 3 pm
PRESSED FLOWER WORKSHOP:
Workshop leader, Mary French - in this workshop we will be making pressed flower pictures and cards. Please bring tweezers & small scissors, any pressed flowers you may have and your lunch. Call the Centre if you would like to participate on
SEPTEMBER 24 from 10 am to 3 pm
MINIATURE MING TREE WORKSHOP: Instruction for making these miniature ming trees (1 to 3 tall) will be given by Elizabeth Burns. No experience is needed. Please bring your lunch, scissors, plyers and a size 6 or 7 knitting needle if possible. Call the Centre if you would like to learn.
OCTOBER 1st from 10 am to 3 pm
SNOWBALL WREATH WORKSHOP
This workshop will be given by Terry Cecy using brushed macrame rope and decorations. Please bring your lunch and scissors.
OCTOBER 2nd from 10 am to 3 pm
FIRESTARTER WORKSHOP: In this workshop, Marg. Killey will teach you how to make fragrant firestarters for fireplaces, woodstoves, campfires and barbeques. If possible please collect candle stubs, crayons and scraps of heavy wool. Bring a lunch.
OCTOBER 8th from 10 am to 3 pm
WILLOW WREATH WORKSHOP:
This workshop, decorating willow wreaths with dried material and ribbon will be given by Charlotte Smith. Please bring your lunch, clippers and small scissors.
OCTOBER 9th from 10 am to 3 pm
PINE CONE ANGEL WORKSHOP:
Come and learn how to make heavenly choirs of pine cone angels with Marilyn Symes. Please bring your lunch, wire cutters and kitchen gloves and a glue gun if you have one. (if you can collect milkweed pods and acorns it would be helpful).
OCTOBER 15th from 10 am to 3 pm
IN THE LIBRARY
Pamela MacKenzie, Librarian.
PEPPERS: the domesticated capsicums, by Jean Andrews. Austin, Texas, Univ. of Texas Press, 1984.
This handsome book begins with colour plates of 32 cultivars grown by the author. After chapters on the history of the pepper, discovered by Columbus, biology, agronomy and economic and other uses, Dr. Andrews gives a detailed description and history of each of the cultivars illustrated, ending with a chapter on preparing and serving.
EARTHLY DELIGHTS, by Rosalind Creasy, San Francisco, Sierra Club Books, 1985.
To Rosalind Creasy, the suburban lawn is a tyranny from which we
should free ourselves by thinking ecologically. She writes persuasively about 12 theme gardens; including the Gourmet Garden, The Woodland Garden and the Heritage Rose Garden. Each chapter has a list of information sources. Although the nursery and seed sources are American and thus seldom applicable here, her booklists are very extensive.
BROOKES WORKSHOP ALMOST FILLED!
Only 6 places still remain for the Landscape Design Workshop to be given in Jan. 1987 by John Brookes, the distinguished British designer. Dates are Jan. 5,6,7,8 & 12, 13, 14,15. The registration fee is $400.00, but a deposit of $100.00 will keep a place for you until December 13th. The workshop is limited to 24 registrations.
GARDEN CENTRE
Board of Directors:
* President
* 1st Vice-President
* 2nd Vice-President
* Treasurer
* Executive Committee
Mr. Brian Bixley
Mrs. Sue Macaulay
Mr. Charles Coffey
Mr. Charles Coffey
For 1986: Mr. Art Drysdale, Mr. Albert Fisher, Mrs. Hazel Lyonde, Mr. David Tomlinson, Mr. Harold Wakefield, Mrs. Joyce Dossal, Mrs. Marian Lawson
For 1986 & 1987: Mr. William Aimers, *Mrs. Camilla Dalglish, Mrs. Susan Macaulay, Mr. Andrew Osyany, Mrs. June Punnett, *Mr. Bob Saunders, Mr. Peter Thomas
For 1986, 1987 & 1988: Mr. Brian Bixley, Mr. Charles Coffey, Mr. Mark Cullen *Mr. Peter Hand, Mrs. Margaret Killey, Mrs. Susan McCoy, Mr. Phillip S. Tingley, Mr. Robert G. Bundy
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