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Are you a poet at heart? Join the garden poetry group What are your plants thinking? Plant intelligence research shows that plants sense and react to the world. According to an article by Michael Pollan in the New Yorker entitled “The Intelligent Plant”, houseplants could be communicating, learning and remembering. For instance, the sensitive plant (Mimosa pudica) collapses its leaves temporarily when it’s disturbed. After reading the article, you’ll never look at your garden the same way again!
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Like gardening, poetry nurtures our love for the natural world. The Authors of Soul poetry group meets monthly in the Weston Family Library and welcomes all poets at heart— experienced or novice. Here’s some inspiration:
The Waltz The whispering willow dances with the autumn winds Stirring up dreams of summers past As it prepares for the white stillness of the winter’s cloak. —Joanne M. Sedlacek
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Jennifer Casciani, our Children’s Education Coordinator, joined the TBG team in August. She holds an ecosystem management technologist diploma, a BSc in environmental science and a BEd degree. Jennifer has worked in the field of environmental education for 10 years. She recently moved here from Calgary where she spent the last five years providing classroom programs and guided hikes to elementary and high school students about grizzly bears, species at risk, water conservation and natural resources. Jennifer has a passion for the environment that she enjoys sharing with others both in the classroom and especially outdoors. Jennifer loves identifying plants, hiking, camping, eating a good bowl of ice cream and travelling whenever she gets the chance.
Katie Pfisterer joined the staff as Rental Sales Coordinator in September. Her family history is deeply rooted in the hospitality industry. Her dad owned a coffee house (“the 71”) in Yorkville during the 1960s, her grandparents had a small bed and breakfast in Pörtschach am Wörthersee in Austria and other family members ran a hotel in Lech am Arlberg, also in Austria. Following in their footsteps, Katie graduated from George Brown College in hotel management and food and beverage management, landing her first job at the Fairmont Royal York Hotel where she worked her way up the ranks into a sales position. Before joining the Toronto Botanical Garden she was the events and membership coordinator at the University Club of Toronto. Katie enjoys spending free time in her garden where she has created her own pollinator B&B with hummingbird feeders, oodles of bird feeders, a ladybug house and two mason bee houses.
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PHOTOS (this page clockwise from Top Left): Forest and Kim Starr/Flickr, Canadian Garden council, Brian Jenniferc/flickr (opposite): toronto botanical garden, tbg, TBG
The Canadian Garden Council is your source for information about Canada’s garden experiences. Find out about Garden Days events across the country or check out Canada’s Garden Route, a guide to public gardens from coast to coast. Visit canadasgardenroute.ca or “like” Canadian Garden Council on Facebook at facebook.com/ CanadianGardenCouncil.
