THE CIVIC GARDEN CENTRE NEWSLETTER SEPTEMBER, 1987
' THE SECOND GREAT GARDENING CONFERENCE
| Friday,Sturdy &Sunday October 16 -18, 1987
CIVIC GARDEN CENTRE BOARD OF DIRECTORS: % V #
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:
1st Vice-President:
Treasurer:
Dr. Brian Bixley
Mr. Charles Coffey
Mr. Robert Saunders
rs. Camilla Dalglish, Mr. Peter Hand, Mrs. Sue Macaulay, Mr. Peter Thomas.,i{%
GENERAL INFORMATION
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Editor & Designer: A. Satterthwaite OF BUl BS
Advertising information: 445-1552
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 Mills, Ont. M3C 102. Tel. No.: (416) 445- c.. |°gu¢s' fC Undable o 1552. Manuscripts submitted on a voluntary hrs' order. basis are gratefully received. No remuneration - is possible. ALL EDITORIAL AND ADVER-
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Dear Gardeners,
| hope you have had a happy, restful summer and are ready for the fall programme at the Civic Garden Centre. It s going to be an exciting season.
After a summer of renovations and repainting, the Centre looks great, in good time for our major fall event, The Great Gardening Conference. The conference will bring together distinguished horticulturists from North America and Europe to provide expert information on their own special interests. Conference dinners give you the opportunity to meet the speakers in very congenial surroundings. So reserve October 16th - 18th now. There's a registration form and a message from Brian Bixley in this newsletter.
Renovations were not the only change to the Civic Garden Centre this summer. Aldona Satterthwaite is stepping down as editor of the Trellis. We're very grateful for all the improvements she has made. As a result of her efforts, the Trellis is more attractive and easier to read. Thank you, Aldona.
Now we need someone to follow Aldona. The position of editor is an important one. The Trellis is a vital link to members, a * source of gardening information and a reminder of events at the Centre. If you'd like to help us with this key function, do get in touch. You ll find full details elsewhere in this issue.
In the fall, most of us start thinking about bulbs. The Centre has some very attractive varieties of daffodils and narcissi. It's not too soon to plant these early starters. Mums too, are available for fall colour.
September is the start of the fall bulb season in Ontario. Many exciting bulbs are available at the Centre once againshop early for the best selection. The old favourites - tulips, daffodils and crocusesare back and as reliable as ever. Tulips can be found in every colour of the rainbow, now in true black as well, though these are not available commercially at the present. Daffodils haven 't changed as much in the basic shape. However, pink daffodils add a little different colour to the garden and Butterfly or Orchid Narcissi provide a different shape. Crocuses have been the most stable of the three and show little variation except a slightly larger flower or colour variations from the usual blue, white or yellow.
The most exciting category of the hardy bulbs is the little bulbs, minor bulbs, dwarf bulbs or miscellaneous bulbs - call them what you wish. These little bulbs have many worthwhile features. Some of their cultivated histories date back to the early fifteen hundreds. Muscari armeniacum (Grape Hyacinth) is one that has not changed at all since it was introduced to cultivation in 1576. The minor bulbs are hardy and in some cases are the very first signs of spring with their cheery blooms. Minor bulbs also are very good naturalizers in the garden. A little patch of Galanthus nivalis (Snowdrop or Snowflake) will multiply each year to become a very attractive naturalized bulb in a woodland or semi-shady shrub border. Most of the minor bulbs can be left in the ground undisturbed for many years.
The flowering season for minor bulbs is another great asset. A planting of bright
yellow [ris danfordiae and Iris reticulata, flowering in a brilliant blue, are the first signs of spring as they leap from the soil at the first sign of warmer weather. These charming Iris are native of Turkey and grow on the scree slopes and bare stony areas up to elevations of 3000 m. They are very easy to grow in the garden in a sunny, sandy, well-drained location. The flowers open and appear the first spring after planting, with the leaves not far behind. Often other cultivars of Iris reticulata can be found. There are gardening additions¥ that provide a deep red colour (*/J.S. Dijt") or a violet colour ( Harmony ). At the opposite end of the spring bulb season are the Alliums. These flowering onions , as some people call them, are quite a versatile group of bulbs. Brian Mathew, in his book Dwarf Bulbs, refers to them: While many of the species are of no garden value (and some are downright weeds!), quite a number are extremely attractive and easily grown. The latest Allium is the largest and showiest of them all. Allium giganteum. Obviously you must have an appropriate site for this three foot tall eyecatcher. The flower head, botanically termed an umbel, is about 5 inches in diameter and filled with tiny lilac purple flowers. This giant Allium is native to the gentle low-altitude slopes of Iran, Afghanistan, and Central Asia. It will grow very easily in a perennial border in a sunny, well-drained site. The flower head and stalk will dry naturally to form an unusual accent for flower arranging. With the first and last flowering completed, some of the highlights throughout the season should be* discussed. Some of my very favourites are among the mid-season flowering group. Fritillaria meleagris (Snakes Head Fritillary, Checkered Lily) is found in colours ranging from dark purple to Wwhite and is an exquisite bell-shaped flower nodding from a slender stem. It prefers well-drained soil in sunny or part-shaded areas that do not dry out in the summer.
The Summer Snowflake or Loddon Lily is botanically known as Leucojum aestivum and was introduced into cultivation from Asia and Central Europe in 1629. The flowers resemble Galanthus (Snowdrops) slightly. Both are white, nodding with green accents. Each of the six petals of Leucojum has a green spot. This spring bulb enjoys growing in damp rich soil and is happy in wet areas. Galanthus nivalis (Common Snowdrop) is a very common sight throughout Europe, growing in wooded areas along streams. The flowers have three white outer petals (perianths) and some tube-like inner petals with a green mark. The double form G.n. Flore Pleno is equally as showy in the garden.
Puschkinia scilloides (Striped Squill) is similar to Scilla siberica (Siberian Squill) because it has six petals and a light blue colour at first glance. Upon closer examination Puschkinia has a darker blue line down the centre vein of each petal and refuses to nod like the Scilla.
While preparing for this article, | broused through one of my favourite books in the library, The Bulb Book by Martyn Rix and Roger Phillips. This book is the best way to show bulbous plants (life-like with their dirty roots and pictured in their native habitat). | was astounded though, by the vast quantitles of unusual hardy bulbs that could survive in our gardens. It really is frustrating to see these species and finding them not available. | suppose the only way to encourage the Holland bulb trade to start reproducing these minor bulbs is to search out some of the new introductions and buy them. This will eventually, | hope, tell them that we want some more unusual and different bulbs for our gardens.
Dear Volunteer,
Welcome back to all! A busy schedule is ahead for all volunteer activities, with Cornucopia preparations in full swing. | hope as many of you as possible will join us both at the event itself and also at our craft workshops.
Congratulations to our Garden Guides" for a busy summer. They are gradually establishing a clientelle for their tours and hope to expand the program next year. Do try and take a tour yourself this month.
We continue to need volunteers willing to staff our library and reception areas on a regular Y2 day per week basis. Please call if you wish a new challenge this year!
Finally, a very special thank you to Irene Hunter for her expertise and devotion to our Library. Irene has been a member of the Centre since 1970, and for the last 8 years has worked in the Library. With her keen interest in gardening and wide knowledge of plants, added to a love of books, she has made an invaluable contribution to the library. She leaves to travel with her husband on a year's sabbatical. We shall miss her very much and wish her bon voyage.
COURSE REGISTRATION REMINDER
Openings - are still available! If you are interested in registering for a course, please refer to your July/August Trellis or phone Ann Lounds (445-1552) for more details... time is short.
SEPT 1 Men s Garden Club Meeting - How to make the most of the Autumn Garden , 8pm
8 North Toronto Horticultural Society Meeting, 8pm
9 Garden Therapy Meeting, lpm
9 |kebana International Meeting 7:30pm
13 Toronto Gesneriad Society Meeting, 2-4pm
13 YORK ROSE & GARDEN SOCIETY SHOW
13 Southern Ontario Orchid Society General Meeting 1-5pm
14 Toronto Bonsai Society Meeting, 7pm
15 Ming Tree (members $20., non-members $25.) 1:30pm
Renovating Old Gardens (members $20., non-members $25.) 7:30pm
29 Calligraphy for Beginners (members $35., non-members $40.) 1:30pm
29 MEMBERS' PROGRAMME - TENDER BULBS
Speaker: Andrew Osyany 7:30pm
CALENDULA
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Supply and Demand/Demand and Supply
By Dorothy Whiteman
As your demand for plants increases, we endeavour to secure better quality, at lower prices. Sounds like an impossibility, you say, but as our volume increases we are able to obtain better discounts from our growers, this, of course translates to better prices for you.
Take a look at this year's Spring Plant Sale, you raised nearly $16,000.00 for our Centre - $6,000.00 more than 1986, $8,000.00 more than 1985.
Add to this the number of sales we have throughout the year, Early Pansy Sale, Garden Mum Sale and Christmas Plant Sale and you'll see that each time you choose to buy from the Centre, you receive not only top quality plant material at the best prices but you support your Civic Garden Centre.
Please encourage your friends and neighbours to shop at our Centre. Impress upon them the benefits of a leisurely atmosphere, expert horticultural advice, helpful volunteers, as well as top quality plants at excellent prices. (Don t forget to mention the added bonus of a 10% discount given to our members.)
If you will continue to demand, we will continue to supply because... IT'S YOUR SUPPORT THAT KEEPS US GROWING!
P.S. If you haven't already, start right now by completing the order form for the Garden Mum Sale, September 25th, for pre-order pick-up and your discount.
MEMBERS PROGRAMME
in the Garden Hall Auditorium
Tuesday, September 29th at 7:30 p.m.
ANDREW OSYANY
The Founder and Secretary Editor of the Ontario Rock Garden Society. An Active Board Member of the Civic Garden Centre with a special interest in rare and unusual bulbs.
TOPRIC TENDER BULBS
(Is it worth bothering with bulbs that you have to lift for the winter or store for the summer?)
All members welcome Non-members $2.00
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AT THE CENTRE
IN THE LIBRARY
By Pamela MacKenzie, Librarian
A few recent additions to the library are:
BIOGRAPHY
CAPABILITY BROWN: the story of a master gardener, by Thomas Hinde. London, Hutchinson, 1986.
JOSEPH BANKS - a life, by Patrick O 'Brian. London, Collins Harvill, 1987.
ART
PLEASURES OF THE GARDEN: images from the Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1987.
PLANTS AND GARDENS
THE ALL-SEASONS GARDEN: how to create colour and interest throughout the year, by John Kelly. New York, Viking, 1987.
GARDENS OF THE HEART, by Susan Chivers and Suzanne Woloszynska. London, Chatto and Windus, 1987.
LANDSCAPING WITH HERBS, by James Adames. Portland, Timber Press, 1987.
CREATIVE CONTAINER GARDENING150 recipes for baskets, tubs and window boxes, by Kathleen Brown and Effie Romain. London, Michael Joseph, 1987.
THE BOOK OF CLASSIC OLD ROSES, by Jack Harkness. London, Michael Joseph, 1987.
CACTI FOR THE CONNOISSEUR: a guide for growers and collectors, by John Pilbeam. Portland, Timber Press, 1987.
THE PELARGONIUM FAMILY, the species of Pelargonium, Monsonia and Sarcocaulon, by William J. Webb. London, Croom Helm, 1984.
A WALK IN THE PARK
By Civic Garden Centre Volunteer Tour Guide - Jacky Simmons
Every Tuesday and Thursday at 11 am and 2 pm a volunteer stands in the lobby of the Civic Garden Centre and invites you to go with them for a Walk in the Park."
This pilot project, which began in May of this year, is continuing through September. This season horticulturists have hiked through the heat wave, and a bus load of Australian garden enthusiasts braved a tropical downpour. The numbers of people accompanying each of our 7 (soon to be more) volunteer guides varies. On one occasion just one - a young lady eager to learn more about plants, another time approximately twenty Italian ladies who simply enjoyed the walk in the sunshine, while the guide waved her arms about a lot and everybody was busy translating.
When you have a varied group of people from Israel and Germany, as well as Canadians, you begin to appreciate the use of Latin names for plants. Then everyone has great fun trying to explain what the plant is called in their country!
Groups of both senior citizens and school children have come by special appointment and always have a lot of questions. There are several more groups booked for September.
We have had people from Texas to Mississauga and now we are ready for you. Once you have taken your summer visitors to the CN Tower and the Science Centre, bring them to Edwards Gardens for a visit. The walks are approximately one hour, so you can have lunch either after the 11 am or before the 2 pm walk. And they can visit our fabulous Trellis Shop while you pick up a couple of library books or register for one of next seasons courses.
Come walk with us!
The CIVIC GARDEN CENTRE in Edwards Gardens 777 Lawrence Avenue East, Don Mills, Ontario M3C 1P2
PLEASE NOTE: For registrants requiring hotel accommodation, corporate rates have been secured from October 16 to October 18 at the Toronto Prince Hotel. If you should require this service, please write or call the Civic Garden Centre well in advance in order for definite bookings to be made.
PLEASE REGISTER ME FOR THE 2ND GREAT GARDENING CONFERENCE
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THE SECOND GREAT GARDENING CONFERENCE
In mid-October, the Centre will once again play host to a galaxy of horticultural superstars during a weekend that cannot be missed by any serious gardener. How important the Conference will be can be inferred from early registrations that have come from as far as Nova Scotia and Vancouver, and from Kansas and Florida.
The speakers are drawn mostly from the United States and Great Britain. Only one of the participants, Allen Paterson, has spoken at the Centre on an earlier occasion. James van Sweden, from Washington, is undoubtedly the most discussed American landscape architect of our day. Together with his partner Wofgang Oehme, he is at the forefront of the New American Garden" style in which the landscape is no longer compartmentalized into lawn, shrubbery, groundcover and a perennial border. Instead a magnificant groundcover of garden plants flows over the contours of the land differentiating not in arbitrary geometric shapes but along patterns of light and shade. The garden becomes the landscape.
As contrast, James van Sweden will be followed by Stephen Lacey who has a mad, hopeless and obsessive passion for individual plants. Mr. Lacey' s recent book, The Startling Jungle, has received glowing reviews in the horticultural press. His Conference topic, Colour and Scent in the Romantic Garden, is the sub-title of his book.
Jim and Jenny Archibald appear to spend most of their lives scrambling around the mountain ranges of the world in order to collect seed for distribution to avid gardeners world-wide. This means, of course, that they have first-hand experience of the habitats and cultural conditions necessary for the successful cultivation of
high altitude plants at lower levels, and explains the title - Rock Garden Plants in their Homes - of Mr. Archibald s talk. Allen Paterson returns with a subject close to his heart, that of Old Roses. His talks are always informative, concise, witty and urbane, and it is difficult to imagine a serious conference without him. Pamela Harper grew up in England, but now lives in Virginia and is a much-sought after speaker throughout the United States. Raymond Evison was at the RBG for the opening of the Anna Harvey Clematis Garden; he promises a completely new talk and will, | hope, convince local gardeners to grow a far wider range of clematis than seems to be the case.
Those registrants at the First Great Gardening Conference who admired Brian Mathew s exquisitely crafted talk on bulbs will look forward to hearing his Kew colleague, Christopher Grey-Wilson. Mr. Grey-Wilson has recently returned from another trip to China, and will be talking about plants from that country and the Himalayas. It should be stressed, however, that the talk is intended to be relevant for local gardeners. At the First GGC, the topics given to speakers were very formal (**Bulbs , Rhododendrons Dwarf Conifers'' and so on). This time the topics are less formal, but the overall objective is the same - to provide information to North American gardeners about plants and combinations of plants that can be tried here with hope of success.
Our final conference speaker will be Penelope Hobhouse, whose recent books on Colour in Your Garden, The National Trust Book of Gardening and Private Gardens of England have been so widely admired. She is preparing a new book for 1988 to be called Garden Style, and she has taken this as her Conference topic.
Friday night's dinner at the Granite Club gives us a chance to meet some of the speakers, and to hear Roy Taylor who was formerly the Director of the University of British Columbia Botanical Garden, and who is now Director of the Chicago Botanic Garden. Saturday night's dinner brings us Allen Lacy, who is a professor of philosophy but better known to gardeners for his collections of essays, Home Ground and Farther Afield. Mr. Lacy, who writes regularly on gardening for the New York Times, has recently assembled a new book by Elisabeth Lawrence, Gardening for Love. In this new book, Lawrence reveals another world of garden writing, that of southern rural women with whom
SATURDAY OCTOBER 17 (Programme subject to change)
9:30
she corresponded from the late 1950 s to the mid-1970 s. There are doubtless some general reflections to be drawn from those localized circumstances, and Allen Lacy is just the person to draw them.
Most of our speakers at this Conference, when invited, already knew of the First Great Gardening Conference and were delighted to be asked. It is important that we put on a good show if we are to sustain and expand our reputation as an international centre of gardening education and information. Please help by registering for the Conference, and for the accompanying dinners, as soon as possible.
SUNDAY OCTOBER 18 (Programme subject to change)
9:30
JAMES VAN SWEDEN -THE NEW AMERICAN STYLE OF GARDEN DESIGN PAMELA HARPER - COLOUR - DO IT YOUR WAY Landscape Architect, Oehme, van Sweden, Baltimore, Washington. Garden writer, lecturer Author of: 11:00
STEPHEN LACEY COLOUR AND SCENT IN THE ROMANTIC GARDEN
The Story ofaGarden
Perennials - How to Select, Grow andEnjoy
Author of: The Startling Jungle 11:00 12:15 LUNCH
RAYMOND EVISON - CLEMATIS, THE SPECIES AND THEIR SMALL-FLOWERED CULTIVARS 1:45 Managing Director, Treasures of Tenbury, England
JIM ARCHIBALD - ROCK GARDEN PLANTS IN THEIR HOMES
Author of: (Prop., Jim and Jenny Archibald Seed Collectors) Making the Most of Clematis
318 12:15 LUNCH
ALLEN PATERSON - OLD ROSES FOR NORTHERN GARDENS
Director of the Royal Botanical Gardens, Hamilton 1:45
Author of: CHRISTOPHER GREY-WILSON - PLANT HUNTING IN THE PlantsforShade HIMALAYAS AND CHINA The History ofthe Rose Principal Scientific Officer, Kew Herbs in the Garden Author of: Gardening on Walls Bulbs
The Alpine Flowers ofBritain and Northern Europe Garden Flowers DINNERS TO MEET THE SPEAKERS
Speaker: DR. ROY TAYLOR Director, Chicago Botanic Garden YOU AND YOUR PUBLIC GARDEN, PEOPLE/PLANT INTERACTION
Saturday, October 17
Meet the Speakers Dinner - $30 per person. The Donalda Club, 12 Bushbury Drive, Don Mills. Cash bar: 6:45 p.m. Speaker: 7:30 pm. Dinner: 8:00 p.m.
Speaker: ALLEN LACY
Author of: Home Ground/Farther Afield GARDENING FOR LOVE
3:15
PENELOPE HOBHOUSE - GARDEN STYLE Garden Consultant, England
Author of::
GertrudeJekyll on Gardening (ed) Colourin Your Garden
A Book ofGardening Private Gardens ofEngland
ANNOUNCING TORONTO S FIRST MASTER GARDENER PROGRAMME
The Civic Garden Centre is very pleased to introduce an exciting new opportunity for our avid gardening members. Starting this fall, we plan to initiate the Ontario Master Gardener looking for The Civic Programme and are interested participants. Garden Centre s Master Gardener Programme will encourage the appreciation of horticulture and give recognition to the many dedicated home gardeners in Toronto.
The purpose of the programme is to train enthusiastic gardeners, over one year, to become a knowledgeable source of horticultural information for other gardeners.
During the Master Gardener in Training phase, the participants will volunteer at least 40 hours for the promotion of horticulture at the Civic Garden Centre, complete two correspondence courses on home gardening and participate in learning seminars. The completion of these requirements within one year will enable the trainee to graduate to Civic Garden Centre Master Gardener.
MASTE GARpD,R ER
The C.G.C.'s Master Gardener Programme will provide an unique opportunity to learn and share gardening information among fellow gardeners. If you are interested in this new C.G.C. Master Gardener Programme, please contact Anne Marie or Ann Lounds at the Centre (445-1552) before September 18th, 1987. The initial orientation meeting will be held on Thursday, October 22, at 7 pm. A representative from the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food Master Gardener Programme will be present to outline the programme and to officiate the gardening knowledge exam. Twenty-five prospective Master Gardeners will be selected based on their exam results. Successful applicants will receive theii Independent Study courses shortly thereafter and the training programme
HELP WANTED CO-ORDINATOR VOLUNTEER SERVICES
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 staffvolunteer relationship. Will also be involved in strategic planning and committee work.
A 24 hour a week position, must be flexible as to hours.
EDITOR FOR THE TRELLIS NEWSLETTER
(Ten (10) Issues per year)
This position is responsible for the Editorial content and preparing paste-up of camera ready material in final format for the printer.
If you have some commercial writing experience and a strong interest in Horticulture, this part-time position may be of interest to you.
Please submit a resume to Sally Sullivan, Executive Director, by September 21st.
HORTICULTURAL ASSISTANT
The position involves 2 days per week, including alternate weekends and occasional evenings. The duties are varied, including supervising and co-ordinating volunteers and assisting with Civic Garden Horticultural Services and Programmes. Preference will be given to the applicants with a varied horticultural background and previous experience in a public service environment.
Please send resume to Anne Marie Van Nest c/o The Civic Garden Centre, by Monday, September, 21, 1987.
WEALL & CULLEN LANDSCAPE DESIGN SERVICE
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SERVICE 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 Garden Centre for more details today!
AT THE CENTRE
TOURS
The Civic Garden Centre 's Garden Tours in the Toronto area were once more, well-attended. Special thanks to those who opened their gardens and put such an effort into making them so handsome. The Port Hope and Larkwistle tours were both successful - Larkwistle had to be doubled to meet demand.
Next year, we plan a spring tour in England, visiting several National Trust gardens; Savill; Sissinghurst; Kew and several private gardens. Watch for details in the next Trellis. Our garden tours next year in Toronto will concentrate in Cabbagetown and Rosedale. If members know of any garden that might be an interesting addition, please call Dorothy Whiteman (445-1552) with the owner s name and phone number.
Now, you last-minute people, we have a few seats still available for our trip to Longwood and Winterthur Gardens. Longwood alone should entice you to join this most exciting trip. It is probably the most extensive and beautiful garden in North America.
A TRIBUTE TO METRO PARKS
Since early May and continuing well into the Fall, Metro s workmen will be seen around our building, undertaking necessary repairs and renovations to conform with the Life Safety By-laws (Fire Regulations). The interiors and exteriors of the buildings are being completely repainted, the front lobby skylight has been repaired to eliminate leakage and scotchtint has been applied to the interior glass panes to reduce the solar heat and ultraviolet rays.
While these improvements are being undertaken precise planning and a very co-operative, flexible workforce has been and will continue to be a most important factor in enabling the Centre to stay open seven days a week with a minimum of disruption.
We wish to thank Metro Parks for their continuing interest and support, in the planning and implementation of the many and varied facets of the Centre s improvement Programme.
We salute you!
The @ountry Squireo Garden
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TRELLIS SHOP
by Jackie Brisby
Although we have been very busy with this summer's booming tourist trade, we have missed so many of you who have been away during July and August.
We welcome you all back to the Centre and our new look. The Shop has been painted and modified to make it more functional.
Our potters have been busy working for us during the Summer months and we will be receiving their newly hand-crafted pottery containers for flower arranging, throughout September and October.
Also arriving daily are the new gift items selected at the Summer gift show.
It is our policy to try to keep our gift and floral items priced the same or lower than other gift shops in the City. Our members receive 10% discount on these prices. Please keep this in mind when you are shopping for Christmas gifts. (So many of our members did their Christmas shopping during our August sale!).
KATHY CANTLON
The Centre is pleased to announce the appointment of Kathy Cantlon as Book Buyer and Assistant Manager in our Trellis Shop.
Kathy is well known to many of our members, having been associated with the Centre as a volunteer since 1965, when she worked with Director James Boyd to set up a successful programme for the drying and selling of plant materials. She is an active member of many horticultural groups.
Her talents are many and varied. Kathy is an award-winning flower arranger and instructor, a judge of decorative arrangements as well as a keen gardener and painter.
Her how to' articles on drying and preserving plant materials, constructing lava rock planters, and other topics have helped many over the years.
We are delighted to welcome Kathy to the Centre staff and know she will be a valuable addition.
FAREWELL, GREETINGS!
My time as your Volunteer Co-ordinator has given me a strong attachment to the Civic Garden Centre and | have been both stimulated and enriched by the many volunteer friends | have made here. After a great deal of thought, | have made the decision to switch from the role of Volunteer Co-ordinator to that of eager volunteer''.
Thank you all for your enthusiasm and support. ;
Centre voluhteer Ruth Bishop helping in the Administration area.
GARDEN MUM SALE
SEPTEMBER 26 & 27 - Noon to 5 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 these colourful plants.
Baby Tears - Small white button. Very prolific. Short and spreading growth habit. Excellent frost tolerance.
Camelot - An attractive dark lavender centre and lighter pink outer edges. A very large spreading plant.
Debonair - An intense purple decorative. Debonair has a strong, spreading plant habit and excellent outdoor durability. Flowers are semiformal and medium in size. An outstanding pink decorative garden mum.
Ginger - A two-tone bronze colour new this fall. A decorative mum of medium height.
Grenadine - A unique colour in garden varieties. A medium sized coral bronze decorative. Strong spreading plants.
Legend - A new golden coloured formal pompon. A durable short garden mum.
Minnautumn - An intense red bronze pompom, deep in colour. Prolific and with a short cushion habit.
Minngopher - Red decorative. Early, intense red garden mum. Good spreading habit.
Mirage - An orange bronze button, medium growth, high flower production. New this year.
Nuggets - Small dark vyellow button. Although taller and more upright than Baby Tears, it provides a bigger plant and better outdoor durability.
Stargazer - A dark lavender daisy type flower. Compact growth with a prolific flowering habit.
Viking - A strong, compact bright orange decorative. Excellent outdoor durability. All varieties subject to availability
MEMBERS DISCOUNT FOR PRE-ORDERS ONLY
Pre-order pick-up - Friday, September 25, 10 am - 6pm
PUBLIC SALE - SAT. & SUN. SEPTEMBER 26 & 27 - NOON to 5 pm 8" Fibre pots only $4.25 each
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 SEPTEMBER 12th, 1987
A 10% member's discount will apply to advance orders only, and only if order is received prior to September 15th, 1987.
Orders charged to Mastercard or Visa accounts will receive 5% discount only.
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GET READY FOR CORNUCOPIA
AUTUMN CORNUCOPIA
By Dorothy Whiteman
The time for this Annual Fund-raising Event is fast approaching and behind the scenes very many volunteers are busy with preparations.
Crafters from all over Ontario have been secured, workshops to make beautiful handmade items have been planned, wonderful gifts for our raffle are arranged, demonstrations are being organized and much, much more.
If you have enjoyed Autumn Cornucopia in the past, you may be sure to find more to enjoy this year than ever before. Why not make a day of it and have lunch at our Garden Hall Tea Room?
Bring a friend, have a lovely day and further the growth of your Civic Garden Centre.
HOW TO HELP BEFORE CORNUCOPIA
If you would like to take part in the behind the scenes work of Cornucopia there are several ways.
e You can take part in our free workshops, helping to make crafts for the sale or teaching a craft that you think would sell well.
e You could collect and deliver, to the Centre, as soon as possible, any of the following items:
a) Baby food jars
b) Small pressed flowers such as Lobelia, Queen Anne s Lace, Johnny Jump Ups, Buttercups, Ferns, Wormwood.
c) Kitchen or toilet roll tubes
d) Milkweed pods, pine cones (bleached if you have any), Larch cones, Hemlock cones.
e) Peach pits
f) any natural, dried material.
e You could call our Volunteer Co-ordinator, Carolyn Smith to tell her that you would like to help at Autumn Cornucopia.
@ You could sell raffle tickets for the draw at Cornucopia, which will be held on November 8th.
There are many ways to help our Centre, all worthwhile, all greatly appreciated. Pick up the phone, we want to hear from you.
CORNUCOPIA WORKSHOPS
If you would like to take part in any of these FREE workshops, please call and let us know. Your assistance in making these crafts to sell at Cornucopia will be greatly appreciated.
Crochet Snowflake Workshop
September 10, 1987 10:00 am
If you can crochet, please bring a fine crochet hook and learn how to make these delicate snowflakes.
Pine Cone Wreath Workshop
September 23, 1987 10:00 am
Learn how to make natural pine cone wreaths to use alone or with candles. Please bring your lunch and a glue gun and dried cones if available.
Paper Bird Workshop
October 15, 1987 10:00 am
If you can use a pair of scissors, you will be able to make these exquisite paper birds. Please bring your lunch, scissors and a pencil.
Santa Claus Workshop
October 10, 1987
10:00 am
These imaginative little Santas can adorn a tree, a table, or mantle or a door. All you need to bring is your lunch, scissors, a glue gun, if possible, and any cardboard, kitchen or toilet rolls that you have saved.
Cones and Critters Workshop
October 5, 19 & 26
10:00 am
This workshop will appeal to anyone who likes to work with natural materials. Come to one or all three workshops. Please bring your lunch and dried materials if you have them and a glue gun, if available.
CORNUCOPIA RAFFLE
This year, thanks to our Cornucopia Committee Chairperson, Camilla Dalglish, we are able to offer the following magnificent prizes:
1st prize: A trip for 2 to Victoria B.C. Spending 2 nights in the Empress Hotel and including a personalized tour of famous gardens. Value approximately $1000.00.
2nd prize: A lamp of your choice. Value to $700.00 from Ridpaths Fine Furniture Store.
3rd prize: An exquisite hand made rug Melanie made and designed by Clarke Sherbo. Value $500.00.
4th prize: Dinner and a show for 4 at the Limelight Dinner Theatre. Value $140.00.
5th prize: A Victorian Teddy Bear by the Snowman Factory. Value $45.00.
Take a chance to win one of these prizes by buying a ticket ($2. each or 3 for $5.) either before or during Autumn Cornucopia.
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We at the Civic Garden Centre warmly welcome new members. Join us, and you will make friends who share the same interest in gardening, the floral arts and horticulture that you do. In addition to the many exciting classes, garden shows, speakers, clubs-within-the-Centre, etc., that will be available to you, our modest membership fee entitles you to the following:
* Free borrowing privileges from Canada's largest horticultural library with more than 5,000 titles currently available, plus journals.
* A 10% discount on regularly priced merchandise over $2 at the Trellis Shop.
* A discounted registration fee when enrolling in our classes.
* Special members' discount for many special events.
Please keep in mind, too, that a Civic Garden Centre membership, with all of the privileges outlined above, makes a splendid gift for any occasion. Think of us for birthday gifts, anniversaries, Christmas, Hannukah, housewarming presents, etc. Where else can you give so much value and enjoyment for only $15? (Your gift recipient will receive a handsome card with your name).
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