TRELLIS
COURSES AND REGISTRATION
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CIVIC GARDEN CENTRE BOARD OF DIRECTORS: g-
For 1987: Mr. Bill Aimers, 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, Mr. John Budd, Mrs. Eliane Hooft, Mrs. Heather MacKinnon, Mrs. Gail Rhynard and Mr. Victor Portelli (Metropolitan Toronto Parks).
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE:
President » Dr. Brian Bixley 1st Vice-President: Mr. Charles Coffey Treasurer: Mr. Robert Saunders
rs. Camilla Dalglish, Mr. Peter Hand, Mrs. Sue Macaulay, Mr. Peter Thomas. -
GENERAL INFORMATION
Vol. 14 No. 6 ISSN 0380-1470 WONDERI_AND
Editor & Designer: A. Satterthwaite
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TRELLIS is published ten times per year as a members newsletter by the CIVIC GARDEN Send $2.00 for our new CENTRE, 777 Lawrence Avenue East, Don C ( logues. fefundable on Mills, Ont. M3C 102. Tel. No.: (416) 4451552. Manuscripts submitted on a voluntary first order. basis are gratefully received. No remuneration . is possible. ALL EDITORIAL AND ADVER- ,The mqltllude O" rare and TISING MATERIAL MUST BE RECEIVED interesting bulbs listed, over EEN;:EOFHIESUI:AE OF THE "R:VIO}:JS 700 varieties, many difficult ] <. Opinions expressed within . . do not necessarily reflect those of the Centre. to Obtaln e|sewh¢r_¢' WI" prove to be a revelation. By The Centre is located in Eiwards Gardens, at far the most caomplete bulb Leslie St. and Lawrence Ave. E. It is a non-profit, . volunteer-based gardening, floral arts and horti- ca!alogue n Canada. cultural information organization with open c A CRU'CKSHANK lNC membership. 2 Si 1925 3 nce
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Centre volunteer Daisy Doherty with friend (and helper) May.
Places are filling fast for the 2nd Great Gardening Conference, to be held at the C.G.C., October 16-18, 1987. Full details and registration form may be found in last month s TRELLIS; additional flyers and registration forms are available at the Civic Garden Centre. Register EARLY to avoid disappointment.
GENTLE READERS,
Like most gardeners, | am jealous at the progress of summer. While | look forward to the progression of bloom in my (largely perennial) garden, there are certain weeks when | wish | could put a stop-frame on Time and just enjoy the beauty of some of my favourite flowers for a little while longer.
One of the many excellent suggestions we've had for new features in TRELLIS is the establishment of a budget gardening column, submitted by Laura Stacey. Do you have any practical, money-saving tips to share with other readers? If so, please send them in. With garden requisites increasing in price every year, cost-cutting advice would be very welcome to many of us enthusjastic gardeners who spend a small fortune improving our lot"".
And while you're at it, how does one deal effectively with this sort of nuisance: my neighbour two doors west has four Manitoba Maples and they are getting bigger and denser by the minute. There's a grandpa, son and two nephew-sized trees, with an alarming number of seedlings getting a good grip on life, too. This bodes ill for my sun-loving flowers! (I suspect that a nocturnal trip with chain-saw in hand would not go unnoticed...) Let s hear from you on this one. Quickly!
If neighbourhood cats are using your herb bed as a toilet and recreation centre, you might try placing a length of old innertube nearby. Apparently, cats think this is a snake and stay well clear. Let me know if it works.
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Our thanks to Wanda Martin Hicks for the handsome illustration on our Cover.
ANIMAL VERSUS VEGETABLE
by David Tomlinson
When we first bought Merlin s Hollow some nine years ago, my first gardening priority was not the creation of an extensive perennial garden, but to cultivate as large a vegetable garden as | could manage. Even then | could not resist the temptation to try and grow as many different vegetables as possible and eventually we grew over twenty-five different kinds with very variable results. Most of the exotic varieties did not do too well. My peanuts failed to ripen in the heavy clay soil; endives and celeriac stuttered and most of the more unusual salad crops failed to produce. We did get very good crops of parsnips, which along with onions were much enjoyed when roasted around a joint of beef.
Often, | read in magazines that one can be self-reliant on an acre, but in my experience this must be one of the hardest ways ever devised to support a family. There are so many trials and tribulations that if your acre was your sole means of support it would prove to be an extremely hazardous way to ensure the family s survival. | learned the hard way. In spite of studying gardening books, | found that most books fail to point out the pitfalls into which the inexperienced immigrant inevitably falls. One of my first mistakes was to grow corn, which is a great delicacy in England. | carefully studied catalogues for good freezing varieties and to establish a succession of ripening cobs over most of the summer. The catalogues tell you nothing about the dreaded raccoon. They appreciated the
succession of crops - completely. | sought advice from other corn growers and tried many bizarre methods of keeping the visitors away. | walked around the plot in bare feet accompanied by my dog (who was mystified by this performance) and even played a radio all night in a nearby tree, which only meant that the raccoons had music to munch by. It was then suggested that my only defence was to live trap them. | managed to borrow a trap and baited it with a boiled egg and fish heads which they find irresistible. Next morning | discovered | had trapped a skunk. Requests to friends for assistance went unanswered, so dressed in swimming trunks with a make-shift sweater of a garbage bag with another tied around my waist reaching the ground, | approached the trap very slowly talking soothingly to the skunk. During this one sided conversation the skunk impolitely pointed its rear end menancingly towards me, as | gingerly released the catch and beat a hasty retreat.
That was the end of my corn growing. Next year | decided to grow soya beans as a major source of vegetable protein, a fact which groundhogs fully appreciate. They ravaged the rows like mowing machines but the large jar of soya beans we managed to extricate remains in Dierdre's kitchen untouched eight years later, so maybe we should be grateful to the groundhogs who spared us having to find recipes for a huge, undesired crop.
Another major hazard was the potato bug, which in England is known as the Colorado beetle and has a price on its head. (When | was a boy its picture was posted on the * Wanted board of every local police station along with criminals. There was a five pound reward for each one dead or alive.)
| am not a believer in using chemical controls unless it is a last resort so we followed Britain's example and gathered our two daughters and three friends and armed them with a margarine tub, offering them one cent for every grub they found and five cents for every adult or egg cluster. There was one frightening moment when they quarrelled over who had put what into the tub and a struggle ensued that could have put the beetle population back on the patch, but peace was resumed and the potato bug became an endangered species in our garden. This method cost a good deal less than buying expensive dusts and sprays.
The last group of vegetables | gave up growing, reluctantly, were the brassicas. Again, | would not spray and although Dierdre soaked them in salt and carefully washed them under running water, caterpillars would be found arched in death in the saucepan or worse still on the plate. Funnily, they never appeared on mine, but if they had | would have considered them extra protein.
grow with minimum effort. My favourite is the flava bean, or as | know it the Broad bean. The variety | grow is Windsor Long Pod; they have a distinctive flavour and freeze well. To get a good crop | sow them as soon as the frost leaves the ground in April. This rule also applies to peas and onion sets. The pea | grow is the old variety known as Lincoln. | prefer the variety Wando but this now has been dropped from Canadian catalogues. We also grow the new climbing pea, Sugar Snap. This can be eaten as a snow pea in its immature state or as a - swollen crunchy pod packed tight with large peas, all edible. We grow an enormous number of peas and harvest them by the laundry basket full. It takes us most of one weekend working steadily to pick, shell and freeze them. It is a long, tedious job which neither of my daughters was very keen on. | was away one month and Dierdre was desperate for helpers; she encouraged Beth and Melinda to help by telling them sagas of her early boyfriends. Several hours later the girls discovered they had painlessly shelled their way to the bottom of the pile.
| find that onion sets do better with me than seedlings but | do grow some Southport White Globe from seed which we use for bunching and pickling. Leeks are another favourite and Giant Musselburgh crops well. These are the last vegetables | lift in the late fall. Swiss chard Fordhook Giant is another vegetable which | harvest late as it also makes its best growth towards the end of the season. It can be cropped throughout the summer and doesn t bolt like spinach.
Now, we grow a limited selection of vegetables which experience has proved to be reliable croppers that
Another main crop is green beans. Tender Crop produces well even in a hot dry summer; Dierdre would not forgive me if | didn't grow a few Scarlet Runner pole beans. (We have an old couple who live at the end of our road who grow these as an orna-
mental vine up an old shed. No amount of reassurance will persuade them that these beans are not poisonous.)
The last two vegetables we grow are our only root crops. These are summer turnip, Purple Top White Globe, and Kohlrabi, Early White Vienna. These stood the test of time when we found that both these vegetables were delicious cut up raw in a salad.
| almost forgot our most important crop of all, the TOMATO. We harvest these by the laundry basket full. When ripe, they are rendered down into paste, frozen and bottled. These can be added to soups and casseroles in the winter when the shop ones are tasteless. Both green and red tomatoes we turn into chutney, and what better way to end than with one of the family s favourite chutney recipes:
RED AND GREEN CHUTNEY
This is a hot chutney, perfect with Indian curry dishes or cold meats.
1/3 cup peeled, grated ginger root
1/3 cup chopped garlic
1% tablespoons of salt
3 pounds firm tomatoes, chopped (some green, some red, or all green)
3% cups brown sugar
1% cups distilled white vinegar or red wine vinegar
2 teaspoons cayenne pepper
3 teaspoons Garam Masala
1. Grind ginger root, garlic, and salt with mortar & pestle or in blender
2. Combine ground spices, tomatoes and remaining ingredients in a large pot; cook over medium heat about 1 hour, stirring occasionally.
3. Pack into clean, hot jars, leaving 1/2 inch headspace; seal.
4. Process in boiling water bath 10 minutes.
IN THE BOOKSHOP
by Susan Brisby
It would seem, from the well perused look of the shelves and our constant need to re-stock, that the Wildflower section of our bookshop is one of the most popular. In addition to a large selection of field and identification guides, we have a number of books on gardening with wildflowers. Two new ones of interest are:
THE WILDFLOWER GARDENER'S
GUIDE by Henry W. Art. Colour photographs and botantical drawings enhance this guide to the planting, propagation and growing of wildflowers in Eastern Canada. (Softcover - $14.95)
WILD GARDENING by Richard L. Austin is a beautiful yet useful sourcebook on how to bring natural beauty into your garden. The colour photographs and theme garden approach make it a delightful book for armchair gardeners as well. (Softcover - $19.95)
In the same series as WILD GARDENING is a new and already popular book entitled: HILLSIDE GARDENING by William Lake Douglas - for those gardeners presented with the challenges of slope protection, sun angles, wind direction, appropriate plant shapes, and colour combinations. (Softcover - $19.95) /.
Catalogue available on request
® DwarfEvergreens e ®Heathers @Japanese Maples o ® Rhododendrons @ VINELAND NURSERIES (416) 5624836
P O Box 98 ® Martin Road Vineland Station, Ont. LOR 2EOQ
1987 PROGRAMME SCHEDULE - THE CIVIC GARDEN CENTRE - 445-1552
JULY 1
Canada Day
Centre open regular hours
7 Church Flowers - 1 day workshop 10am-3pm
23 Canadian Chrysanthemum and 8pm Dahlia Society General Meeting
26 North Toronto Horticultural Society Annual Show
AUGUST 15
Canadian Iris Society Auction
25 Red Cross Blood Donor Clinic
27 Canadian Chrysanthemum and 8pm Dahlia Society General Meeting
SEPTEMBER 1 Mens Garden Club Meeting 8pm
ART IN THE LINK GALLERY
JUNE 30-JULY 14
JULY 15-JULY 28
JULY 29-AUGUST 11
Mary Hurry Florals
Jack Watson Photographs - Edwards Gardens
Marty Shultz Memories Are Made Of These
AUGUST 12-AUGUST 25 Lee Ann Shepard Among Friends
AUGUST 26-SEPTEMBER 8
Babs Collier Vistas in Watercolour
..........since 1960, and we have over 300 varieties of perennials to choose from! But we re famous for lots of other things too - healthy evergreen stock, shade trees, ground covers, great selection, quality, & friendly, qualified staff,
AT THE CENTRE AND AFIELD
F. EDNA GARDNER RECEIVES GARDINER AWARD
Mrs. F. Edna Gardner has received one of this year's Gardiner Awards in recognition for being an outstanding citizen of Metropolitan Toronto. The C.G.C. is proud to have been one of the proposers for Mrs. Gardner s nomination.
Mrs. Gardner s outstanding contributions to Metropolitan Toronto began in 1952, when she led the fight to buy an 18 acre estate in Etobicoke, known for its beautiful gardens, then owned by the James family and in danger of being sold for development. After 1Y years of digilent effort on her part, the Corporation of Metropolitan Toronto bought the estate for the enjoyment of citizens and visitors alike. The James Gardens still draws thousands of persons annually.
This impossible dream accomplished, Mrs. Gardner then turned her attention to another one, namely, the establishment of a Civic Garden Centre for Metropolitan Toronto, the first of its kind in Canada. The Centre was to be an educational facility for gardening, horticulture and the floral arts. But beneath this deceptively simple idea was a deeper philosophy; that habits and actions of people influence their surroundings and their society.
Mrs. Gardner approached the then Chairman of Metropolitan Toronto, Mr. F.R. Gardiner, with the opportunity to preserve the Edwards estate at Lawrence and Leslie as a public park in a city with too few beauty spots and historic places. Mr. Edwards shared this vision and in 1955, the property was sold to Metropolitan Toronto.
In 1958, the newly formed Metropolitan Parks Department took the gardens over and once again Mrs. Gardner was there with a proposal to use the old house within the park as the first home of the Civic Garden Centre. Seed money was obtained fromThe Garden Club of Toronto and the dream became a reality. The rest, as they say, is history.
Currently, Mrs. Gardner is working on the establishment of an Acid Rain Information Centre, convinced that an informed public will, in time, bring pressure to bear to protect our environment.
CANADIAN IRIS SOCIETY AUCTION AND BARGAIN TABLES AUCTION
Each year the Society purchases newly introduced Iris and grows them for at least one year. As soon as there is sufficient increase (usually one or two years) they are auctioned. Starting prices are based on a percentage of the commercial value. Selling prices are set by the bids of Iris lovers. Some are real bargains but the very popular ones create exciting bidding!
BARGAIN TABLE IRIS are donated by our members - They are good named varieties. They are not as new as the Auction Iris but much superior to the Iris wusually available. Tall Bearded Iris in all colours are available. Each year more of the smaller bearded Iris are for sale. These smaller Iris extend your bloom season Bargain Table prices start at $1.50.
Date: August 15th, 1987
At: Garden Hall Auditorium, C.G.C. Tables open at 1pm. Auction open at 1:45pm.
THE CIVIC GARDEN CENTRE in EDWARDS GARDENS
777 Lawrence Ave. East, Don Mills, Ont. M3C 1P2 Tel.: 445-1552
FALL 1987 WORKSHOPS/COURSES - ADVANCE REGISTRATION REQ D.
Please use the form provided and mail proper remittance. Classes are limited, bookings are made as received with fee. Fees not refundable after reg. deadline.
FACTS ABOUT COURSE REGISTRATION - PLEASE READ CAREFULLY
PROCEDURE:
To assess beforehand whether a given lecture or course will be economically feasible, 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. The Registration Form is on Page 10. 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. Thereafter, a requested refund will be made only if there is a waiting list and the registration can be transferred to another person. There can be no refund after a course has begun. Please do not ask us to make exceptions.
Should a course be cancelled, registrants will be notified by telephone and refunds issued. It is, therefore, vital 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 for those who cannot be contacted.
GENERAL INTEREST, NON-COMMERCIAL COURSES
RENOVATING OLD GARDENS 4050
Registration deadline: September 10, 1987
FEE: $20.00 members, $25.00 non-members
INSTRUCTOR: Wes Porter
TIME: 7:30-9:30pm 3 week course on Tuesdays, September 15, 22 & 29
For those confronted with gardens in run-down condition, this course shows how to bring it back into prime by special attention to lawns, trees & shrubs, fruit trees, perennial beds, fertilizing, pests and disease control and rebuilding garden structures. Instruction includes keeping the garden in good condition once renovation is achieved.
MING TREE CLASSES 4034
Registration deadline: September 10, 1987
INSTRUCTOR: Elizabeth Burns
FEE: $20.00 members, $25.00 non-members TIME: 1:30-3:30pm 6 week course on Tuesdays, September 15, 22, 29, October 6, 13 & 20
This course is open to beginners and intermediates. Please bring: small flat nose pliers, needle nose pliers, wire cutters, old scissors, note pad, pencil, ruler, % masking tape. The kit for the first day, to be purchased at class, will be $5.00.
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BASIC FLOWER ARRANGING 4045
Registration deadline: September 10, 1987
FEE: $35.00 members, $40.00 non-members
6 week course on Wednesdays, September 16, 23, 30 & October 14, 21 & 28.
INSTRUCTOR: Kathy Cantlon
TIME: 9:45am
Mary Linney 1:30pm
Pam Wright 8:00pm
First class will be a lecture and demonstration. Please bring a notebook.
INTRODUCTORY WATERCOLOURS 4052 INSTRUCTOR: Lynda Bryden
Registration deadline: September 17, 1987
FEE: $65.00 members, $70.00 non-members
TIME: 10:00am-2:00pm
8 week course on Tuesdays, September 22, 29, October 6, 13, 20, 27 & November 3 & 10.
Learn the skills of wash, dry brush, wet-in-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: sketch book, pencil and your lunch.
CONTINUING WATERCOLOURS 40104 INSTRUCTOR: Barbara Pinkham
Registration deadline: September 17, 1987
FEE: $65.00 members, $70.00 non-members TIME: 10:00am-2:00pm
8 week course on Thursdays, September 24, October 1, 15, 22, November 12, 19, 26 & December 3.
An ongoing class for those with some previous watercolour experience. Course will follow a realistic approach based on still life and plant materials. Continuing emphasis on colour, theory, composition and design. Individual development will be encouraged. Please bring: watercolour supplies and a lunch.
RUG HOOKING 4055
Registration deadline- September 17, 1987
INSTRUCTOR: Clarke Sherbo
FEE: $45.00 members, $50.00 non-members TIME: 10:00am-2:00pm
8 week course on Thursdays, September 24, October 1, 15, 22 November 12, 19, 26 & December 3. Beginners please bring lunch and scissors. Supplies available in class, cost extra. Advanced: Please call Clarke Sherbo 782-3178 regarding patterns.
BASIC INDOOR PLANT GROWING 4038
Registration deadline: September 21, 1987
FEE: $25.00 members, $30.00 non-members
INSTRUCTOR: Edna Love
TIME: NOON-2pm
5 week course on Saturdays, September 19, 26, October 3, 10 & 24. This course will cover growing conditions of easily grown house plants, propagation and other indoor gardening concerns. Please bring a notebook.
INTERMEDIATE SOGETSU FLOWER ARRANGING 4010 BY: Lois Orkin
Registration deadline: September 23, 1987
FEE: $35.00 members, $40.00 non-members
6 week course on Mondays, September 28, October 5, 19, 26 November 2 & 16.
TIME: 1:30-3:30pm
First week: Lecture and demonstration - please bring notebook and pencil.
CALLIGRAPHY FOR BEGINNERS 40103 INSTRUCTOR: Margaret Challenger
Registration deadline: September 24, 1987
FEE: $30.00 members, $35.00 non-members
TIME:1:30pm-3:30pm
5 week course on Tuesdays, September 29, October 6, 13, 20, 27,
This course is open to the beginner, self-taught, or a person with some penmanship. First 3 weeks: lower case letters with a wide nib then a smaller one. Last 2 weeks: capital letters, spacing, layout and simple projects. There will be homework! Supplies consist of Osmirois basic pen set, pad & script black pen. Please stipulate left or right-handed. Available from the teacher for approx. $22.00.
INTERMEDIATE
IKENOBO IKEBANA FLOWER ARRANGING 4043
Registration deadline: October 8, 1987
FEE: $35.00 members, $40.00 non-members
INSTRUCTORS: Shizuko Kadoguchi & Ella Irving
TIME:10:00am-3:00pm
3 week course on Wednesdays, October 14, 21 & 28. Shoka style; Morning Nishu-ike (2 sp. shoka); Afternoon Sanshu-ike (3 sp. shoka)
Please bring - first day: 2 containers of your choice (Japanese style & flat dish. Not a cylinder), 2 heavy pin holders (available at the Trellis Shop), clippers, notebook and pencil. Bring lunch.
LANDSCAPE TECHNIQUES 4033
Registration deadline: October 8, 1987
FEE: $30.00 members, $35.00 non-members
INSTRUCTOR: Peter Thomas
TIME: 7:30pm-9:30pm
4 week course on Wednesdays, October 14, 21, 28 & November 11.
This course will cover shade gardens, general design and history of landscape, general design and principle. The fourth class will be a general discussion. Chalkboard and slides will be used. Half period workshops will be conducted during the last 2 sessions as a garden design project. )
CHINESE
BRUSH PAINTING 4057
Registration deadline: October 14, 1987
FEE: $60.00 members, $65.00 non-members
INSTRUCTOR: Moira Mudie
8 week course on Mondays, October 19, 26, November 9, 16, 23, 30, December 7 & 14.
TIME: 9:30am-NOON - Beginners 1:00-3:30pm - Intermediates
Please bring container to wash brushes and large newsprint pad.
INTERMEDIATE FLOWER ARRANGING 4047
Registration deadline: November 5, 1987.
FEE: $20.00 members; $25.00 non-members
3 week course on Wednesdays, November 11, 18 & 25.
INSTRUCTOR: Ella Irving TIME: 9:45am Pearl Wilby 1:30pm
This course will cover bases and accessories, candles, fruits and vegetables. Please bring to the first Class: a container with a suitable base and accessories as well as all other items indicated for the Basic Flower Arranging Course.
CHRISTMAS CORSAGE WORKSHOP 4042
Registration deadline: November 12, 1987.
INSTRUCTOR: Anne Wilson
FEE: $10.00 members, $15.00 non-members TIME: 10.00am-3:00pm Thursday, November 19, 1987.
Please bring: sharp knife (pen or paring), wire cutters, tweezers, notebook, garden snips and Flora tape (available at the Trellis Shop). Kits including required number of corsage pins, bags, wire and ribbon have been prepared, flowers and foilage to be used are also available. Please purchase at class. Bring lunch.
DRIFTWOOD WORKSHOP 4041
Registration deadline: November 19, 1987
FEE: $20.00 members, $25.00 non-members
INSTRUCTOR?: Joan Creighton
TIME: Monday, November 23, 1987 10:00am-3:00pm Tuesday, November 24, 1987 10:00am-1:00pm
Learn how to finish and use weathered wood as an addition to home decor and how to add an interesting element to a floral design.
Bring lunch. First day: a smock or apron, newspaper, paring knife, fine sandpaper, and driftwood (can be purchased at class). Second day: please bring dried flowers, treated leaves, etc. to do an arrangement.
AT THE CENTRE AND AFIELD (CONT.) W
CORNUCOPIA WORKSHOPS
Yes, it's that time again! Last year the crafts produced at these workshops and sold at Cornucopia were such a success and the workshops were so much fun that we are repeating the idea. Please take the time to come and learn how to make these crafts while supporting our Centre.
Pocket People Workshop July 15, 1987 10-11am
If you're an amateur knitter you ll enjoy learning how to make these adorable dolls. This would make a fabulous summer project, using only scraps of wool.
Acrylic Workshop August 13, 1987 10am-1pm
Learn how to make everything from a recipe card holder to picture frames with this easy, contemporary craft. Absolutely no experience is necessary.
Crochet Snowflake Workshop
If you can crochet or would like to learn, please call the Centre and we ll arrange for you to work with our workshop leader to make these beautiful delicate snowflakes.
If you would like to come to these FREE workshops, please call and let us know.
Watch for the September issue of Trellis for more workshops.
CULLEN
A Weall & Cullen Landscape Plan is only $40 for a front or back yard ($80 for both). The $40 fee is totally refunded with a minimum purchase of $300.00 worth of Weall & Cullen landscape plants. Call your nearest Weall & Cullen Gcrden Centre for more details todc:yI
AT THE CENTRE AND AFIELD (CONT.) M
BOOK BUYER REQUIRED
Interviews will begin this month for a book buyer for the Trellis Shop. Applicants should have had some library or book shop experience, preferably in purchasing. This position involves approximately 35 hours per week including alternate Sunday afternoons and occasional evenings. Applicants will assist the Shop Manager in the supervision and training of volunteer staff.
An interest in meeting the public is essential and enjoyment of gardening an asset.
Competitive remuneration and excellent benefits are offered. If interested, please send resume to Mrs. Jackie Brisby, Manager, Trellis Shop.
(Applicants who applied in response to an earlier advertisement will be contacted and need not re-apply.)
TRELLIS SHOP
by Jackie Brisby
Summer is the time for growing, gathering and drying flowers. [f you do not have a garden in which to grow them and want to preserve flowers for winter arrangements there are masses of garden flowers and wild
materials for sale in the summer usually at very reasonable prices.
FLORA-CURE, a grade of silica-gel, is a mixture specially prepared for the Trellis Shop to extract moisture from the flowers and preserve their natural appearance. It comes initially in a dry state indicated by the presence of blue crystals. When it has absorbed its maximum moisture capacity from flowers being dried, the blue crystals disappear. The compound may then be prepared for future use by heating in a shallow pan in a 225 degree oven until the blue colour reappearsAvailable in the Shop at $18.99 per jar.
Many varieties of foliage dry wellothers can be preserved with a special grade of glycerine sold in the Shop. This FOLIA-PRESERVE is absorbed into the leaves and makes them pliable to touch while they remain on the stem. Most leaves so treated can be used over and over again. FOLIA-PRESERVE is $9.99 a bottle.
Also available in the shop are flower presses in two sizes at $9.95 and $11.95. In addition, the Shop has a good selection of books and pamphlets about drying and preserving flowers.
SUMMER HOURS:
9:30am-5:00pm Weekdays Noon -5:00pm Weekends and Holidays
Knowledgeable staif
Steeles Ave. W. (2 miles west of Highway 10) R.R. 10 Brampton L6V 3N2 7 days a week (9-5pm) mid-April- mid-Oct. Over 3000 dlfferent hardy plants, alpines, dwarf conifers and shrubs, Hard erm vines, groundcoxers 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 L
ST by mail to above address
LET S
GET GOING WITH THE C.G.C. S GARDEN TOURS
SCENIC TOUR TO PORT HOPE,
ONTARIO - the Architectural conservancy will guide a tour of the town including St. Mark s Church, Trinity College School chapel and three private gardens. Luncheon included at The Carlyle.
Date: Wednesday, August 12, 1987.
Place: C.G.C. Parking lot at 9:30am returning at 4pm.
Cost: Members $43 Non-members $48 Registration deadline: Wednesday, July 29, 1987.
C.G.C. s Mystery Garden Tours for Spring & Summer 87
5 gardens - $6.00
Open from 2pm-7pm on the following dates: July 11, 25, 26, August 7 & 8.
Own transportation is required. Full information will be included on your ticket.
Drop in at the Centre to buy your tickets.
PHILADELPHIA/LONGWOOD/ WINTERTHUR September 21-25
The Centre is pleased to offer this fascinating tour in September, which includes all kinds of extra outings as well as the visits to Longwood and Winterthur. Incidentally, the June issue of Horticulture has a fabulous article on Longwood which they call
America 's Greatest Showplace. If you don't subscribe, take a look at our library copy.
The Tour cost will include:
- Deluxe motorcoach transportation.
- Services of a Tour Escort.
- 4 nights deluxe hotel accommodation, hotel taxes and baggage handling
- 4 buffet breakfasts, tax and tip.
- 3 lunches, tax and tip.
- 4 dinners, tax and tip.
- Longwood Gardens tour.
- City tour of Historic Philadelphia.
- Winterthur Gardens tour.
- Entrance to Winterthur Museum.
- Tour and slide lecture of Morris Arboretum.
- Guided tour of Philadelphia Horticultural Centre, conservatory, garden production area and outdoor demonstration gardens.
- Japanese house and garden tour.
- Tea ceremony at the Japanese house.
- Amish country tour.
- Entrance to Bartram' s garden.
A complete itinerary is available at the Centre.
This tour is subject to cancellation if insufficient interest is shown.
Member: $660.00 CDN single room
$1130 CDN double (2 people)
Non Member: $675 CDN single room
$1160 CDN double (2 people)
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GROWING CONCERNS
by Anne-Marie Van Nest
SUMMER GARDEN PROBLEMS
Summertime, and the growing is easy! Sit back and relax, for the busy planting season is now finished (at least until the Fall). There is only one small detail to be concerned about during the lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer -- plant pathogens. These unfriendly little parasites thrive during the hot, humid days of July and August. Even their names are unappealing: blotches, blights, rots, spots and wilts are some of the commonly-known nasties, as well as some unpronounceable, uninvited guests to your garden like anthracnose, gummosis and oedemas. And let s not forget those old favourites: rusts, mildews and smuts. Unfortunately, there is no rest for the conscientious gardener with these plant diseases waiting to attack.
Trying to identify plant diseases is a hard enough task for the home gardener without considering that a number of physiological problems can be caused by the environment as well. Mineral deficiencies such as chlorosis on ericacious plants can very easily resemble the symptoms of mosaic. Chemical injuries caused by herbicide spray drift can resemble the stunting caused by a virus. Sunscorch that occurs during warm, windy, summer days may be confused with a number of other diseases such as blotch, blights or even a spot disease. Plant pathology is not an easy task, to put it mildly. There are a few diseases, however, that are quite easy to identify, and this month I'll give you some pointers to help you win the fight for a disease-free garden.
The most prevalent diseases in the garden are powdery mildew and its
kissing cousin, downy mildew. These commonly affect a wide range of plants, including roses, catalpa, perennial phlox, lilacs and zinnias. Other plants susceptible to mildew when the conditions are overly humid are calendula, dahlias, delphiniums, grapes, squash and gooseberries. Powdery mildews are fungi that grow superficially on the leaves of their plant hosts. The grayish-white dusty powder can appear as a round circle or cover the entire leaf and stem. The powdery mildews sit on the surface of the leaf and penetrate the cells with their sucking organs while the downy mildews invade the hosts entirely and the spore structures rise above the surface. Needless to say, these are much harder to control. Since roses are the plants that are most commonly attacked by powdery mildew, the following information will be specifically for them, although it is adaptable for other plants as well. Powdery mildew on roses (Sphaerotheca pannosa var. rosae) causes the young leaves to curl and possibly be dwarfed and deformed. Seriously infected canes will be Kkilled and flower buds will fail to open. The spores will live over winter in the soil or mulch of your garden. Leaves that have fallen or even canes will harbour this disease. The weather has a great influence on the severity of this disease. Summers that are filled with clear blue skies and lots of sunshine will have adequate air circulation (winds) to keep this disease in check. On the other hand, if the summer is hot, humid and overcast, the spores have a great time and problems will occur. The incidence of the mildews can be lessened by growing varieties that are somewhat resistant to this disease or by situating your bed in an area that has plenty of air movement. Rose beds against walls, hedges or fences beg for problems. The control for all mildews involves a lot of judicious spraying. This should be done when the mildew is first noticed
and repeated every 5-10 days until the disease is under control. The active ingredient of your sprays should be changed or alternated to avoid a resistance buildup, especially if Benlate (Benomyl) is used. If the mildews are continuously a problem, a spraying of lime sulphur just after the bushes have been pruned and before the buds break will help. Rainy weather does not contribute to this problem but will encourage the spreading of Black Spot.
The second common foe of roses is the disease Black Spot (Diplocarpon rosea). These black lesions will form on either side of the leaf and are a very dark colour with a jagged or fringed border. The fruiting spores can be seen very easily with a magnifying glass. These spots can grow to reach the size of a dime and will cause the leaves to fall due to the production of ethylene gasses. Good sanitary procedures will help eliminate,
some of the problems from this fungus disease. The troublesome aspect of this disease is its immunity to sprays because it is enclosed in a protective covering. Fungicides strong enough to penetrate this covering will also kill the rose leaf. This necessitates the spraying of roses very early in the season and regular spraying weekly until the fall. Six hours without protection is enough to let the black spot spores gain a hold. A dormant spray of lime sulphur will help to control this pest as well. Cultural practices that involve cleaning up all dropped leaves and avoiding wetting the foliage will also help. During dry periods, the spraying or dusting can be reduced to once every 14 days but all of the leaf must be covered. A number of fungicides can be used and should be alternated, too: Benlate, Captan, Foligard, Funginex and the many rose dusts.
Let's hope we have a slightly drier summer than last year for our roses.
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MY NEW HOBBY
by Wendy Baker
| wish | could show you pictures of my garden. |t is my pleasure and a delight to neighbours and passers-by. It all started because of my friend Pauline, the English Gardener. She has worked with me or should | say | have worked with her making an ugly yard into a beautiful place. It all started some four short years ago when | decided that the only sunny location on our corner lot and possible location for a garden was where my husband parked his snowmobile trailer. After getting rid of the trailer and the snowmobiles, | proceeded to get my neighbour Harry to till a small section back by the fence. Hence, the garden became known as Harry s Bed . (I now have so many flower beds that if | didn't name them when Pauline and | were discussing what should go where it would be too confusing.) After planting some perennials in Harry's Bed', it became apparent that we needed more space. Harry never seemed to be at home when | wanted to have him come back with his rototiller. My suspicion that he was avoiding me was confirmed when his wife said she had never been taken out for dinner so many times in a week. However, | managed to borrow his tiller and started to do it myself. My husband took pity on me and said that he would do it. | have one picture of him taken before he got a doctor s letter saying he was allergic to gardening. But that's another story. Anyway, the plot that he plowed is now the herb garden and hence known as * Bill s Bed"'.
In order for all my new flower beds to survive my fourteen-year-old son s lawn mowing, | have outlined all the beds in bricks. Since there are no straight lines in any of my beds and since my son can only cut in straight lines, we put one layer of bricks at ground level and stood another layer up on end. Now, old brick used to be easy to come by and some of my bricks are holy bricks" , originally salvaged from the Church at Rylestone. Well, we soon ran out of bricks and had to look for another alternative. Living near the Trent River with all the limestone beds and field stone fences means we now have a never-ending source of stones. In fact, truck loads of stones have been carted out of farmers fields (with permission, of course). However, they are very heavy to lift and we are very choosy - they have to be flat, and of the right size. (When all the stones or bricks are in place, we sprinkle Portland cement in the cracks and wet the Portland - that way the weeds won't grow up between them.)
My house is more than one hundred years old and at one time long ago there was a circular flower bed on the front lawn. Last summer, | started my rose garden in the same location. When | was turning over the soil, | found a 1879 penny in mint condition. | imagine that it came out of the pocket of another gardener long ago. | often wonder what the yard looked like then, and would like to think that | have created a similar garden to the one that some gardener worked in a century ago.
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