July 1982
“For all your gardening needs ...all year round.”
eallana Cullen NURSERY GARDEN CENTRES
CIVIC GARDEN CENTRE HORTICULTURE AND GARDENING MAGAZINE
by Heather Fuller
Waterloo Garden Club as well as
Milne House and The Garden Club of
Toronto. A1l fifteen designs were masterpieces of creativity and reIf you somehow missed seeing the straint. Red ribbons went to Mrs. banners flying in the breeze along J. E. Irving of Milne House, Mrs. Lawrence Avenue or the sight of Robert H. Wesley of The Garden the yellow and white striped marClub of Toronto and Mrs. Georgina quee decorating the west driveway Mentis of Cloverleaf, with Mrs. of the Civic Garden Centre during Mentis receiving the Canadian Club the week of April 21 to 25, then you missed one of the most success- Award for Flower Arranging from John C. New, President of Hiram ful ever Spring Flower and Garden Shows of The Garden Club of Toronto. Walker and Sons Limited, as the overall winner. commsncliie 1982 ed1t1on of this popular biennia ower Show, the 25th 1in The Civic Garden Centre building Garden Club history and the first itself was a bustling place with of many, we hope, at the Civic eleven educational displays and a Garden Centre, featured a wildQuestion Centre in the Garden Hall flower theme of "Flowers, (Auditorium); a clever threeNaturally!". Who would have imagdimensional mural entitled "A Walk in the Woods" by the students of ined that under the colourful marquee would be such a variety of Dewson Public School decorated the Tink; 15 classes of herb comOntario wildflowers in bloom -the yellows of marsh-marigolds, petitions, 33 horticultural and 10 coltsfoot and daffodils, the white flower arranging classes staged in of trilliums and hepaticas, the the Floral Hall, along with an intriguing display of "Herbs for the purple of violets, and the pinks of azaleas, hyacinths and a Honey Bee" around an old fashioned saucer magnolia. straw beehive, and a colourful display of bulbs and bedding plants New this year was the staging of planted by the Etobicoke Parks and Recreation Services Department the premier flower arranging comwhich was redesigned half way petition amidst the gardens of the through the show as the tulips marquee. "The Lure of the Wild" faded and had to be replaced! attracted fifteen talented arrangers from the Cloverleaf Garden Club of Mississauga, the Kitchener- Upstairs the studios were trans-
formed into the Garden Club Cafe with bright yellow tablecloths and begonias, art for display and sale on the walls, and lunch and refreshments served to about 500 people a day. Down the hall in the Coffee Bar, another team of members was busy serving 3,600 cups of coffee and lemonade. After a drenching rain on Tuesday which threatened to wash away the peat moss and carefully planted flowers in the tent, the sun came out on Wednesday to welcome the public. And come they did -- by chartered bus, by car and by public transportation -- 18,329 people attended the show, many seeing the Centre for the first time. The Gift Shop and Book Shop benefited from the many shoppers who wanted to take home seeds or books. And as a result of inquiries during the show, the Centre gained at least 15 new memberships. With thousands of volunteer hours
of effort behind such a professional result, The Spring Flower and Garden Show raised approximately $40,000. for its Wildflower Woods project at the Humber Arboretum.
Congratulations, ladies, for a beautiful show! Mrs. Fuller is Publicity Chairman of The Garden Club of Toronto.
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HATS OFF TO THE FLOWER SHOW LADIES!