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The CIVIC GARDEN CENTRE —Garden Topics & Events Newsletter
MESSAGE TO MEMBERS by Gordon D. Wick, Exec. Dir.
GARDEN TOUR
The board of the CGC has begun
implementation of a full scale committee system and your participation in many areas as volunteers is currently being sought. The CGC Executive committee has just completed a performance analysis on my work at CGC this past year. I am now being challenged to change my priorities. Special emphasis is to be placed on making major further
gains
in
memberships
(this
year’s
new goal is 25%) and in enlisting,
training and effectively utilizing a substantially volunteers.
larger
contingent
of
Our membership has grown from 2400
(Dec. ’82) to the current level of approximately
3000 (May
16% over 1984 levels).
’85) (up
To reach the
26% increase the Executive has set as a performance goal, we’ll require a major effort by our new Promotion and membership committee - manning of membership tables at outside events, presentations to user group meetings, talks at outside service clubs, exhibits in malls around Metro are all possibilities but will require manpower. We have come a long way in the past 22 years in addressing many varied needs. If you would like to help one of our new committees or if you are prepared to act as one of the executive Cont. p. 2
David and Dierdre Tomlinson invite members and their friends to
visit
their
English flower garden, Merlin’s Hollow, 181 Centre Crescent, Aurora on Sat. 6th July or Sun. 14th July 1985.
The 3/4 acre garden contains an extensive collection of over 700 hardy flowering plants, including both native Canadian flowers and many other wild flowers and rare cultivated plants from the temperate areas of the world. The garden has been developed over the last 5 years. The plants have been arranged in wide curving herbaceous borders, in bold colour groups with richly textured foliage patterns.
The garden will be open from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m. and there is no charge. For further enquiries call 727-8979, let it ring, we may be in the garden!
The garden is located at the east end of Aurora, turn north off Wellington Street East onto Industrial Parkway North, then take the first left on to
Centre Street.
Centre Crescent is the
first road on the right. PLEASE — PARK on Centre Street or Industrial Parkway North and walk down to the garden as it is difficult to park or turn round on our road.