MAY 1984
THE CIVIC GARDEN CENTRE GARDEN TOPICS & EVENTS NEWSLETTER
MESSAGE TO MEMBERS by Gordon D. Wick, Executive Director
Wow! What a Show! Our congratulations go to the Garden Club of Toronto’s Spring Flower and Garden Show Committee under the chairmanship of Heather Fuller.
Once again, we need to recognize the outstanding devotion of our volunteers. The Information desk, the library, the regular Trellis Shop, the temporary second shop, the cloakroom sales station were all manned throughout the show with hundreds of hours of donated labour. We had outstandingly successful shop areas, and we also appreciate the many
hours of helpful gardening advice given Each of the many sub committees came together to produce an orchestrated symphony of spring beauty through flowers and plants.
The highest calibre of showmanship was evident, not only in their floral design classes and horticultural competitions, but in the overall design and
execution of the show’s use of our total building facilities. It was a great joy to see the thousands of visitors enjoying this beautiful (if
not always practical) facility which the C.G.C. calls home. Many hundreds of the people who visited the show came to the Centre for the very first
time.
I trust they left with a good
impression. Hopefully, many of them will return again. Certainly, we hand-
ed out a lot of coming events folders, and we answered a lot of general questions about the Centre. The library
welcomed
many newcomers
for a quick browse and we are pleased to welcome quite a few new members who joined during their visit.
out by some of our more knowledgeable members, including many hours given by our resident, amateur, question answer man, Hal Price. Hal was
on hand for a good portion of the show hours and was able to answer hundreds of questions related to the seeds, bulbs, tubers, perennial roots, fertilizer, composters, light gardening and hydroponics being sold in the shop area where Hal was stationed. If you missed speaking with Hal, why not give him a call weekdays 9:30 to 11:30, when, if Hal can’t give you a
specific answer, he can probably recommend the books or other sources for you to do further research. You can reach Hal at 445-1552. May being planting month, we will be needing plenty of volunteers to help
us run the Spring Plant Sales which this year are extended to 2 public sale days to allow for the holiday weekend. If you are not going away and
could spare us a few hours especially on Friday, call Dorothy Whiteman.