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®Visit Autumn Cornucopia, November 6, 7 & 8
® Prepare Your Garden For Winter
® Learn About the Victorian Garden
®Enjoy the Adventures of a Volunteer
CIVIC GARDEN CENTRE BOARD OF DIRECTORS: %
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. Y
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GENERAL INFORMATION
Vol. 14 No. 8 ISSN 0380-1470
Adpvertising information: 445-1552
TRELLIS is published ten times per year as a members newsletter by the CIVIC GARDEN CENTRE, 777 Lawrence Avenue East, Don Mills, Ont. M3C 1P2. Tel. No.: (416) 4451552. Manuscripts submitted on a voluntary basis are gratefully received. No remuneration is possible. ALL EDITORIAL AND ADVERTISING MATERIAL MUST BE RECEIVED BY THE 6TH DAY OF THE PREVIOUS MONTH OF ISSUE. Opinions expressed within do not necessarily reflect those of the Centre.
The Centre is located in Edwards Gardens, at Leslie St. and Lawrence Ave. E. It is a non-profit, volunteer-based gardening, floral arts and horticultural information organization with open membership.
This month s cover shows a familiar view -- one of the paths leading down from the Civic Garden Centre into Edwards Gardens. October is a good month to visit the gardens and admire the fall colours before the valley disappears under the snow.
CGC member Wanda M. Hicks is our cover artist this month.
Dear Gardeners,
Fall has certainly arrived quickly -already my garden is sprinkled with fall leaves and | expect the fall crocus to pop up any day.
In this issue you ll find an important article by Anne Marie Van Nest on putting the garden to bed for the winter. | believe that the fall clean-up is the single most important task there is in the garden. Anne Marie s article is a timely reminder for us all!
The fall bulbs are on sale at the Centre. Of course, there are old favorites; tulips in a rainbow of colours, daffodils and hyacinths. But take a minute to look at some of the less familiar bulbs, too; dainty little species crocus, red, yellow and orange crown imperials and the little iris danfordiae which bloom with the crocus.
When you choose your bulbs, you'll have a chance to admire the great renovations to the Trellis Shop. The central wall has been opened up to create an attractive, open area for shoppers and browsers.
Next month, Trellis will have a new editor. In the meantime, we welcome -as always -- any articles you write, as well as small black-and-white drawings for Trellis. (You may want to give us xeroxes of your art, as we can't promise to return work.)
And if you spot an article in another publication that our members might not have read, send it in. We'll apply for permission to republish it so that everyone can share the information.
IN THIS ISSUE
CHRISTMAS IS COMING
When you receive this issue of the Trellis, the December issue will be in the planning stages. Your articles and illustrations on the subject of Christmas plants would be most welcome. We are unable to return manuscripts or artwork, so please provide a photocopy if you want to keep the original.
The deadline for your submissions is November 6th.
PUTTING YOUR GARDEN TO BED
Winterizing your yard and garden this fall involves much more than raking the fallen leaves that blow into your garden from your neighbour s trees. Some careful preparations this time of year will help prevent many problems next spring and summer. A multitude of insects and diseases overwinter in the fallen debris from your garden. A clean-up will remove the eggs or overwintering spores and possibly chase away any rodents at the same time.
Leaves and Composting
Decaying leaves are a valuable source of compost for the soil and should not be discarded. The safest method of using them is to utilize a composter. The temperature of an actively working compost pile can rise to 170 degrees Fahrenheit (77 degrees Celsius). At this high temperature, harmful weed seeds, insect eggs and disease organisms cannot survive. Thus, you have successfully sterilized your compost during the decaying period.
Your leaves will also be an excellent insulator for cold frames or forcing bulbs. After the soil has frozen around your in-ground potted bulbs, add a significant layer of leaves to reduce the depth of frost. Your bulbs will be easier to remove from the ground in January. The leaves are used after the soil freezes to eliminate any possible homes for moles and mice.
Wildlife
By Anne Marie Van Nest
If your garden is a playground for rodents each winter, try to remove any mulch, tall grass, weeds or low growing leaves or branches. These should be pulled back from the trunks of trees and shrubs or the stems of perennials. Areas of bulbs should not have any mulch applied at all. They seem to attract rodents like white flies to the colour yellow. A little work now to discourage these critters is crucial for a good . showing next spring. If you battle with squirrels in your bulbs each spring, this coming year try using moth balls, bloodmeal, or chicken wire to repel them. For larger four legged pests, bundles of human hair will sometimes discourage deer.
Perennials
After the herbaceous first bad frost (when plants are killed to the ground) it is time to prepare your perennial bed for winter. Cut all herbaceous stalks to 6 inches (15 cm) from the ground. This will help catch the snow for insulation. Remove and compost all stems and leaves. Gently rake all debris from the bed. Semi-hardy plants should be mulched only after the ground is frozen. Biennials such as Forget-me-nots (Myosotis alpestris) will have green leaves over the winter (under the snow) so do not remove them.
If less than the normal amount of fall rain has occurred, it is wise to supplement this with a deep watering.
Trees and Shrubs
Trees need some winter protection as well. Cold, drying winds are especially damaging to needled and broadleaved evergreens. Anti-desiccant sprays can be used to coat the leaves with a film that will reduce the amount of moisture lost. Do your spraying on a mild day in early winter. Periodic waterings throughout the winter will also lessen the effects of the very strong sun. Trees and shrubs are frequently harmed by thawing and subsequent nightly freezing actions during the Ilate winter, on their southwest side. This Southwest" injury can be seen as splits in the trunks on this side of most trees. Wrapping the trunk of your young trees and shrubs will decrease the damage. Burlap, commercial tree wraps, or a coating of whitewash may be used for protection.
Snow loads and ice storms can cause very serious damage to your trees, especially the evergreen.
Snow that is allowed to slide off roofs can cause considerable harm to the plants below. Wooden frames, staking or tying can help combat this. Burlap fences or individual wrappings will effectively protect borderline hardy trees and shrubs and provide an efficient barrier from salt spray. An inexperienced
snowblower operator can accidently direct mounds of snow at an unsuspecting Juniper and break the branches down the middle. Any tall evergreen without a central leader should be tied each winter. Some flexibility must be left for the branches to move with the winds without breaking.
Roses
The winter care of roses will be successful if you think of the upcoming winter as the most severe in history. With this in mind, the most effective method is to bring soil from another area of the garden for hilling up the roses. Just before the soil freezes, prune the roses to a height of 12 inches (30 cm.). Then place the soil firmly in a cone shape around the rose canes. Volcanic cones with craters in the centre are not encouraged, as the crater holds water that could damage the plant. In most cases, the roses will be winterkilled just to the point of the mounded soil. Climbing roses are loosened from their supports and laid along the ground. They are then covered with a mulch or soil after the ground has frozen. Fall is not the time to do any pruning of roses, mother nature does enough of this over the winter.
Let the snow fly, the garden is ready for it!
Anne Marie Van Nest is the Centre s own resident Horticulturist.
VOLUNTEER NOTEBOOK
Dear Volunteer:
By Joyce Bertram
Devotees of Roz Russell as Auntie Mame will no doubt remember the gorgeous scene when Mame, down on her luck and between husbands, takes a job as a switchboard operator for a law firm, McGillicuddy, Rabinovitch, Delamer and Burnstoff. Answering the phone, she calls them variously McGillamere, Rabinoff, Delcuddy and Burnovitchand many other combinations. Every line is buzzing and every light is flashing. After a frantic attempt to sort things out she becomes so paranoid that she simply pulls all the lines out, throws up her hands in dispair and quits.
My first day on the desk at the CGC some two years ago was just like that. People were put on hold and left for two hours, long distance calls were cut off, important callers heard wails of anguish not meant for their ears. Several people were left with the distinct impression that they were talking to a lunatic asylum. No doubt they shared with Thurber the plaintive query Well if | called the wrong number, why did you answer the phone?
But things improved -- not perhaps as rapidly as Dorothy would have hoped -but slowly and surely. Whole days passed with no more than two or three earnest souls being cut off in full flight or sent scurrying from Shop to Library to Bookstore and back when all they wanted was the time of the next Ikebana class.
Hemingway's definition of guts is grace
under pressure . It was my watchword. Soon the button pressing, finger painting and envelope- and list-typing became second nature. Not to mention answering enquiries about the mongolian in the park. There was lots of time to read the latest gardening books, to confer with visiting experts and to pick the brains of the resident Horticulturists.
When the Gardening Clubs are in swing with their monthly meetings, rich and sumptuous goodies often come my way. | am surrounded by beautiful plants (like the aforementioned mongolian ), | bask in sunshine under a pink umbrella, and even in February | can imagine myself on a Jamacian beach. The lilting sound of the friendly fountain adds to the holiday atmosphere.
We need more volunteers for this fun job. Come along and join us. Only don t volunteer for my days, that's all!
Joyce Bertram is a CGC volunteer, and the only person who knows what the mongolian really is!
Do you know what our Volunteers have done in a one year period?
e Our Centre has 51 staff volunteers who work a regular shift each week?
e We have approximately 97 other volunteers for all our special programmes.
e At present, the total volunteer force is 148.
As you can see, we have many people who give many hours to the success of our Centre. Wouldn't you like to help?
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HOW TO BE AN AVANT-GARDENER
If you're serious about gardening, you've just got to be there -- at the Second Great Gardening Conference.
You'll discover new directions in gardening -- from the people who set the trends. You'll hear from experts in some very special fields. Each horticulturist will bring beautiful, personal slides. And best of all, the speakers understand our climate and will talk about what s possible in the Toronto region.
Your introduction to avant-gardening
Today's garden may contain as a flowery mead, a grass maze, even an erudite understory . Puzzled? The Second Great Gardening Conference will outline the horticultural New Wave for you.
James van Sweden will talk about The New American Garden Style' . His firm pioneered this beautiful style.
Allen Paterson will discuss another new trend, old roses. Old roses are ideal for our northern gardens.
Share the experts erudition
The Second Great Gardening Conference is your chance to gain an expert 's knowledge -- even if you're not an expert yourself. At the first Great Gardening Conference, even beginning gardeners were thrilled with all they learned.
Jim Archibald is a seed collector who travels the mountains of the world. He 'll give us a first-hand look at the cultural requirements for rock garden plants.
Christopher Grey-Wilson is Kew's Principal Scientific Officer. Through the magic of slides, he will take us on his expeditions to China and the Himalayas.
Raymond Evison, a clematis expert promises to expand the repertoire of clematis we grow here in the Toronto area.
A fresh look at colour and style in the garden.
Most of us could use a little inspiration when we plan our gardens. The Second Great Gardening Conference has inspiration in spades, so to speak.
Stephen Lacey, will enlighten us about Colour and Scent in the Romantic Garden' .
Pamela Harper encourages us to develop a personal style in Colour -- do it your way".
Penelope Hobhouse. You saw her beautiful books, Colour in Your Garden and The National Trust Book of Gardening in the library or the Trellis Shop last winter. Now listen to her discuss Garden Style"'.
Two dinners will give you an opportunity to meet the speakers. On Friday, October 16th, Roy Taylor will discuss the interaction of plants and people over dinner at the Granite Club. On Saturday, at the Donalda Club Allen Lacey (author of the desightful anecdotes in Home Ground and Further Afield) will entertain us with Gardening for Love '.
It's going to be exciting -- the Second Great Gardening Conference has already drawn registrants from Vancouver to Nova Scotia, from Kansas and Florida. Come meet horticulture s leading lights and learn how much you can do with your own garden.
The Second Great Gardening Conference takes place on Saturday and Sunday, October 17th and 18th. Time is limited, so register by calling 445-1552.
See you there!
since 1960, and we have over 300 varieties of But we re famous for lots - healthy evergreen stock, shade great selection, quality, &
perennials to choose from! of other things too ground covers, friendly, qualified staff.
GET READY FOR CORNUCOPIA
By Dorothy Whiteman
As you will have noticed in the September issue of Trellis, we have some magnificent prizes for our raffle this year.
We are pleased to add to these prizes a single membership to the Centre and a course of the winner s choice.
Having secured these prizes we are most anxious to launch a full scale promotion for the sale of raffle tickets. As an added incentive, prizes will be awarded to those who sell 100 tickets.
Think of the people you know who would be eager to take a chance on winning a trip for two to Vancouver or any of the other exquisite prizes. Then call to let me know how many tickets you would like to sell.
This is a wonderful fund raising opportunity. We have the prizes, now we need you.
P.S. Oops, we made a mistake. The 3rd prize of our raffle was not designed by Clarke Sherbo. Apologies.
OUTSTANDING GROWING RESULTS
A BREAKTHROUGH IN GREENHOUSE TECHNOLOGY
SERAC, a leader in modern greenhouse design, is proud to introduce to Canada their unique double-glazed solar greenhouse.
Designed by horticultural experts, the SERAC Northern Light Greenhouse uses a combination of modern materials, calculated solar roof angles, automatic vents and special reflective surfaces to make the best possible use of the sun s heat and light energy. This allows you, the serious gardener to extend your growing season by
creating an optimal year round microclimate for flowers, vegetables and houseplants - with dramatically reduced operating costs compared to traditional greenhouses.
To find out more about how you can get one of these proven greenhouses this fall, for less than $3,000., please call (416)467-6527 (that s 46-SOLAR) or write to SERAC Solar Inc. at P.O. Box 566, Station R, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M4G 4E1.
AUTUMN CORNUCOPIA
NOVEMBER 6, 7 & 8, 1987
Friday & Saturday - 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Sunday - Noon - 6 p.m.
Over 60 Craft Exhibitors
our own Volunteer Handicrafts
House Plants and Bulbs for Sale
Coffee Shop with Light Refreshments
CORNUCOPIA WORKSHOPS
| would like to say a huge thank you to those of you who attended our workshops over the summer. The items produced are of great calibre and |I'm sure will sell extremely well during the show.
If you weren't able to attend the workshops during the summer there are a few still to come in October. Maybe you can attend these.
Carolyn Smith still has space available in several areas during the show and even if you haven't volunteered before, our on the job training will see you through. The only qualifications required are a cheering smile and a welcoming attitude.
Harvest Time with Milne House
Tarts n'toddy; Home baking; Dried & contrived flowers; How To' demonstrations
The Flowery Open House
So, become involved, help us with this major fund raising event. If you have questions, call Carolyn or myself. We'll be pleased to help you help our Civic Garden Centre.
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.
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.
AT THE CENTRE
Santa Claus Workshop 10am
Toronto Gesneriad Society OPEN HOUSE & PLANT SALE" 12:30pm
Ontario Rock Garden Society meeting 2pm
Southern Ontario Orchid Society General meeting 1pm
Garden Therapy General meeting Noon
Mens Garden Club meeting 8pm
Toronto Bonsai Society General meeting Pines New Members 7:15pm All members 8pm
Speaker: Dr. Michael Rieder from The Hospital for Sick Children Mushroom Poisoning - members only
Landscape Technique - 4 week course 7:30pm
Master Gardener Orientation Meeting 7pm
Rhododendron Society meeting 1pm
Indoor Gardening meeting 2pm
York Rose & Garden Society 2pm
Speaker: George Pagowski, Horticulturist, RBG Winter Protection
FALL MID AMERICA ORCHID CONGRESS Noon SHOW & SALE, Adm. $3.00 9am
Mens Garden Club meeting 8pm
CORNUCOPIA - The Civic Garden Centre s Fall Craft Show Adm. $2.00 - Friday & Saturday 10am-6pm Sunday NOON-6pm
Toronto Bonsai Society Juniper 8pm
North Toronto Hort. Society Meeting 8pm
Intermediate Flower Arranging (3 week course)
Ella Irving - 9:45am Pear| Wilby - 1:30pm
Garden Therapy meeting Noon
EDWARDS FOUNDATION LECTURE 7:30pm
Speaker: Brent Elliott, Royal Horticultural Society, England
The Victorian Garden
A Weall & Cullen Landscape Plan is only $40 for a front or back yard ($80 for both). The $40 feeis 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 'rodcyl
AT THE CENTRE
STAFF CHANGES AT THE CENTRE
At the end of September the Centre is losing Anne Dyke, one of its most dedicated, loyal and efficient staff members - and a particularly warm, friendly person.
For the past eleven years Anne has been the Centre s Rental Agent and more, much more. Her realistic approach to problems, her sound judgement and her unfailing good humour have been an inspiration to us all.
She leaves us to start a new life in Nova Scotia, as her husband is being transferred to Halifax. Anne and John have always dreamt of an eventual retirement to the east coast, so this move is a wonderful one for them.
We all wish Anne happiness and prosperity in her new surroundings. But the happiness we feel for Anne is tinged with sadness, since we and the Centre are losing not only a dedicated and valuable employee, but a very dear friend.
From all your friends at the Centre, Anne, adieu. We don 't want it to be good-bye.
To replace Anne the Centre is indeed fortunate to have Judy Lundy to join us.
Judy has excellent qualificatians for this challenging position -- she has a business background, she has worked as a community volunteer and she s familiar with the Centre through her involvement with the Garden Club of Toronto.
Welcome, Judy.
WONDERLAND OF BULBS
Send for our new catalogue.
The multitude of rare and interesting bulbs listed, over 700 varieties, many difficult to obtain elsewhere, will prove to be a revelation. By far the most complete bulb catalogue in Canada.
Please PRINT your name and address.
C.A. CRUICKSHANK INC.
Since 1925 Canada s Leading Bulb Specialists Dept. T 1015 Mount Pleasant Road Toronto, Canada M4P 2M1 Telephone: (416)488-8292
THE CIVIC GARDEN CENTRE
presents the Fifth Annual
EDWARDS FOUNDATION LECTURE
The Victorian Garden an illustrated talk by Brent Elliott of the Royal Horticultural Society England
All are welcome to attend on @: Wednesday,November 11, 1987 @ d at 7:30 p.m. : Refreshments will be served after the meeting
AT THE CENTRE
IN THE LIBRARY
By Pamela MacKenzie, Librarian
The library s special collection of books of historical interest is small, but growing. While browsing in antiquarian bookstores recently, | was lucky enough to find three English horticultural classics: Philip Miller s The Gardener s Kalendar; 13th ed. 1762. Mrs. Loudon s Gardening for Ladies; 7th ed. 1846. Edward Kemp s How to lay out a Garden; 2nd ed. 1860.
Philip Miller (1691-1771), botanist and gardener, was appointed Curator of the Chelsea Physic Garden in 1722, a post he held until his death. The Gardener s Kalendar ' was first published in 1732 and was a widely-read practical book on all aspects of horticulture.
Jane Loudon (1807-1858) and her husband, J.C. Loudon, wrote for the growing English middle classes of the Victorian era. Gardening for Ladies" is a very sensible work, encouraging ladies to learn to do all the work in the garden, and making such tasks as digging, manuring and pruning socially acceptable to the genteel.
The same group of suburban villa owners was addressed by Edward Kemp (18171891). He was a landscape architect and superintendant of Birkenhead Park, Britain's first planned public park. How to Lay Out a Garden applies his landscaping principles to ..an Estate from a quarter of an acre to a hundred acres in extent. This work was influential both in Britain and North America.
These books are for reference only.
TRELLIS SHOP
By Jackie Brisby
Except for a few finishing touches, the Shop renovations were completed at the beginning of September. Our apologies to any of our members who were inconvenienced by the Shop closing. We feel sure you will appreciate the improvement. Our objective was to clean up, brighten up and expand the display area on a very limited budget and we think you will agree that this has been achieved. The traffic flow is improved as well.
Beautiful new containers have arrived for the Sogetsu and |kenobo lkebana classes being held throughout the Fall in the Centre. There is also a large selection of new containers for the standard Flower Arranging classes.
The Fall bulbs have arrived and include the new Apricot Parrot tulip, a very unusually shaded late flowering bulb for Fall planting. For forcing we have an excellent selection of containers as well as pebbles and vermiculite.
New in the Shop are stunning items of pottery from Hillborn Pottery of Cambridge, including textured wall pouches for branches and flower arrangements, from $12.00.
Just unpacked - a selection of oriental ware - many different items in blue and white and celadon, at wonderfully low prices.
AT THE CENTRE
IN THE BOOKSHOP
By Kathy Cantlon
The bookshop has opened again -- along with the Trellis Shop -- all freshly painted and in alphabetical order! Some lovely new books are arriving daily, and will be reviewed in this space in the weeks to come. The Great Gardening Conference has brought in some fascinating books, among them some wonderful coffee table volumes. Come in, visit -- and keep your Christmas list close at hand. If the book you want isn't in stock, you can always order it.
Do drop in soon -- I'm looking forward to meeting you.
ART IN THE LINK
October 19-28
Judy Livingston Blank Verse Watercolour and acrylic
November 10-24
Beverly Hagan *Recent Work"' Watercolours and acrylic
HELP WANTED
Library assistant/receptionist wanted for weekend work 12-5pm Saturdays and/or Sundays. Library experience preferred. This is a staff position. Please call Pamela MacKenzie, Librarian at 445-1552, on Mondays or Fridays by October 21st.
CIVIC GARDEN CENTRE ON TOUR
Tours are an exciting part of the Centre s programme. Highlights of the past Summer s itinerary were Vvisits to Longwood and Larkwhistle. Longwood has been described as dazzling and America s Greatest Showplace' -- the CGC trip to this famed du Pont garden was a great success. Closer to home is Ontario s distinguished garden, Larkwistle. Audrey Mercer, who travelled to Larkwistle with the CGC group, reports that the garden was outstanding, with an abundance of lilies, some water-lily pools and a delightfully fragrant herb garden.
Now, we're looking forward to next year's ambitious tour programme.
The star event will be a tour of gardens here in Toronto, with the focus on south Rosedale and Cabbagetown. You'll be able to see the gardens on foot or by bus, and you'll be able to enjoy a special luncheon and afternoon tea. Although
the date is not yet fixed, a weekend in mid-July seems most likely.
The programme will require many volunteers and we look forward to your help for the event. Do call the Centre (445-1552) if you're interested.
Another very exciting tour is the trip to southern England, probably for the last week of April and the first week of May. A highlight of this tour will be a helicopter trip to Tresco Abbey, one of the most exotic gardens in England. Warmed by the Gulf Stream, this garden features palm trees and many other tropical plants not usually associated with England. Thirty other gardens are on the itinerary. Travel will be along the English byways whenever possible.
P. Lawson Travel will be in charge of all the travel arrangements; a brochure will be available by late October.
Other tours of interest include a winter escape offered by the Royal Botanical Gardens. This plant tour of the Caribbean will be led by RBG director Allen Paterson and RBG horticulturist Fred Prescod. The tour leaves February 23, arriving back on March 3 and the cost of the trip is $3,103. Call Shirley DePaul at RBG for further details.
UPCOMING EVENTS AT THE ROYAL BOTANICAL GARDENS
Burlington artist Paul Duff will present recent oil paintings in a show entitled The Bruce Trail: Ontario s Treasure, opening at RBG on Thursday, October 1 at 7:30 p.m. The paintings represent well-known landmarks from Tobermory to Niagara, as well as endangered plants along the way.
On Saturday, October 3rd, RBG will offer a half-day symposium, Mediterranean Plants...Exploitation or Extinction. Dr. James Eckenwalder will discuss the status of wild plant collecting, Dr. Alexander McKay's topic is Greek and Roman Plants and Plantations and Brian Holley will place Mediterranean plants in contact with today s economy. The $25 registration fee includes afternoon tea.
Harry van de Laar, noted plant propagator and plant hunter, horticultural judge, dendrologist and long-time associate of the Research Station for Nursery Stock at Boskoop, The Netherlands, will speak on Famous Gardens and New Hardy Plants in Holland at RBG Centre on Wednesday, October 7, at 8 p.m. Admission at the door is $5.
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MAY WE INVITE YOU TO JOIN US?
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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