APRIL 1984
THE CIVIC GARDEN CENTRE GARDEN TOPICS & EVENTS NEWSLETTER
MESSAGE TO MEMBERS by Gordon D. Wick, Executive Director Our participation in the recent Garden Festival Show has brought the Centre much recognition for the co-ordination of the educational exhibit area. A second benefit will undoubtedly be a better working relationship with the numerous specialty and general gardening clubs who mounted the various educational areas. Both Dorothy Whiteman and I had a chance to get to know many of the most active people in these clubs. It was a very rewarding experience to see so many people put in contact with other dedicated amateurs who share a common interest through gardening.
The Centre’s information booth was also manned mostly by volunteers, promoting memberships, course registrations and talking up our library, and resident clubs such as the Green Thumbs and the Men’s Garden Club. Once again our volunteers really came through and I would like to add my public thanks and congratulations on a job well done to all our volunteer helpers and to Dorothy Whiteman, our volunteer co-ordinator for her dedicated work in supervising and co-ordinating the entire exhibit despite her recent illness.
Dorothy is currently busy lining up our information desk volunteers for
The exposure aspect for the Centre is an important consideration in deciding where we can best participate in outreach displays and sales. Public response to the availability of the gardening books and floral supplies was excellent. Sales in the 5 days matched our routine budgeted sales for half a month in the Trellis Shop. To accomplish these sales, we once again called on our volunteers, to help in preparing the goods for sale ahead of time as well as to man the actual sales area giving out helpful information on the products and books.
the Garden Club of Toronto’s Spring Flower and Garden Show, April 11 to 15th. With up to 20,000 people expected over the 5 days, the Centre will be a real beehive and our volunteers will be hard pressed to meet the extra time demands in manning the information desk, shop and library. After the Garden Club’s show, the Centre volunteers will again be pressed into service, organizing and manning the Spring Plant Sale - our major
spring fund raiser.
Please see the
article on page 6 for more details.
NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING To approve accounts, elect directors, appoint an auditor, and transact any such business as may come before the meeting.
7:30 p.m. - Tuesday, APRIL 24, 1984 in the Garden Auditorium Civic Garden Centre, 777 Lawrence Ave. E. Don Mills