FEB - MARCH 1983
“For all your gardening needs ...all year round.”
ealland Cullen NURSERY GARDEN CENTRES CIVIC GARDEN CENTRE
GARDEN TOPICS & EVENTS NEWSLETTER
MESSAGE TO MEMBERS
MEMBERSHIP INCENTIVES
by Gordon D. Wick, Executive Director
At the end of my first month at the As your new Executive Director,
Such
early
glimpses
of
Spring
Centre, I am pleased to report we
I look forward to working with
often bring back fond memories;
you as active and involved members of our Centre. I believe the future will hold a great many more activities for our membership provided you and I together, can enlist the co-operation and support of many more gardening enthusiasts
affording an opportunity to reflect
are returning to a regular series of membership nights as a direct benefit of membership.
on the wonderous resurgent powers of nature.
I am also a stong believer in the Even as in nature’s cycles, we find
our own interests and involvements ebb and wane, only to be re-awak-
value of our excellent specialized garden topics library. It alone is often considered worth our current
ened by some spark reconfirming
modest membership fee.
point for the activities of amateur gardeners throughout Metro and its immediate surrounding areas.
is an important component in the fulfillment of our organization’s ultimate goals.
As a source of many specialized
Our challenge is to revive that marvellous spirit of enthusiasm which sparked the resolve that the enlarged Centre was needed to fulfill our members’ ongoing
At the Centre, we have a small but
S
T
I see the Centre as acting as a focal
that our role, no matter how small,
articles,
often
elsewhere, provides
commitment to our basic purpose.
We recently mounted an exhibit of forced spring bulbs in our main lobby, courtesy of the Landscape Ontario trade show.
excellent staff who have been very capable in operating the building, but as an organization, we need the
input and enthusiastic participation of many more volunteers to make jobs light and fun for everyone taking part. Our charter defines our role as being a nonprofit organization devoted to education and
hard
to
obtain
our garden shop also a
direct
benefit.
The
added bonus of a member’s discount on purchases in the shops and substantial discounts on courses make membership very desirable.
Changes, effective immediately, will, we hope, make Trellis a more current and ‘newsy’ newsletter. The increase in frequency to nine
promotion of gardening, nature and floral arts.
times
It’s easy to be ‘non-profit’ but the rest of our role takes member participation. If you have some time and would like to be involved, we are beginning a drive to recruit a broader base of volunteers. Please call or drop in to the office to register. If you have some particular expertise or area of interest, we would like to know about it. Thank you.
much greater detail of the many activities in which you will often
per
year
should
provide
want to participate.
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