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Sending a sincere thank you to everyone who has helped make this garden club a smashing success again this year! You have all been so generous with your time, your help, your suggestions and your enthusiasm!!
The fun isn't over yet - now it's time to visit each other to see the drama of summer unfold in our gardens!
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Garden Tours and Announcements
Touring The Silver Gardens
283 Brennan’s Road
(Parking along Brennan’s Road)
Sunday, May 27
Sunday, June 10
Sunday, June 17
1pm - 5pm
Food donations for the local food bank gratefully accepted.
Donna and John's garden began modestly in the 70’s on their beautiful property. Today the garden covers approximately 8 acres and includes a large spring fed pond with two bridges crossing over two small islands. On a large rock in the pond, a bronze frog sits eyeing a bejeweled dragonfly attached to aged iron bulrushes to add a touch of whimsy. Arbours enhance the natural beauty of flowering beds which overflow with a wide variety of perennials, annuals and bulbs. Each arbour is covered with its own flower – roses, clematis, honeysuckle, grape vines and wisteria. A stunning collection of more than 250 different rhododendrons and azaleas, assorted shrubs and specialty trees, such as the stewartia, catalpa and tulip tree add to the splendour. Following the garden paths alongside the ponds, you experience the reflective power of the water as well as the waterlilies themselves and other water and marginal plantings. And, no matter where you are within this garden paradise, you are surrounded by woodlands full of spruce, fir, maples and white birch as well as many native shrubs like the serviceberry, choke cherry, viburnum, rhodora and many more. Advancing up the gradual grade of the garden, the Silver’s have put in ‘roads’ which they have named after each of their three grand-daughters. John continues to manipulate the naturally fed streams into what some day may be a small waterfall feature. Most days however he is heavily involved in cutting up and cleaning up the windfall that has occurred and continues to occur since Hurricane Juan. This only adds to the fantastic view at the top of the garden which overlooks Shad Bay.
Jodi DeLong Visits Us Wed. May 23
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Please give some thought to our summer garden tour schedule. What dates might be good for a few visitors to check out what you're working on in your yard this year? Should we coordinate with Hammonds Plains Garden Club? Please bring your suggestions to the meeting... |
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10% Discount at Terra Nova Landscaping, Hammonds Plains for NSAGC Members
Hi Folks,
For those of you who have never been there, Terra Nova Landscaping & Garden Centre is located off the Hammonds Plains Road. You can check them out at www.terranovalandscaping.ns.ca
They have knowledgeable staff that can answer many questions.
Terra Nova Landscaping, is now now offering 10% discount on regular priced plant material, and contractors price on sod and bark mulch for pickup orders only with an NSAGC membership card. This was recently negotiated and will be added to the NSAGC website.
Thanks,
Pamela
Garden Party & Eco-Auction
Sunday, June 10 (Noon – 3 PM, 1641 Fairfield Road, Halifax)
Join us on Sunday, June 10th for the Ecology Action Centre’s 15th Annual Garden Party & Eco-Auction. Enjoy complementary refreshments and live music, while placing bids on your favorite eco-friendly items in the relaxed silent auction or the exciting live auction.
Additionally, you can go home with a lovely live potted-plant, or freshly home-baked goodies. The day will also include a chance to win a fabulous item for only $2 in our toonie raffle!
Items up for bid this year include gift certificates for accommodations at lovely local inns & resorts, beautiful pottery and art by local artists, as well as gift certificates from local businesses, and from EAC staff and volunteers, offering up everything from fly fishing lessons, to appliance energy audits!
We are pleased to welcome Special Guests, Canadian comedy icon Cathy Jones, as Auctioneer, Olga Milosevich, CBC Radio host and producer, as EMCEE, and musicians Jeff Torbert and Hausmusik
Tickets: $7 regular, $5 students/seniors/unwaged
The Ecology Action Centre has been working to build a healthier, more sustainable Nova Scotia since 1971. The Garden Party is the EAC's biggest annual fundraising event. All proceeds, including ticket sales and winning bids on auction items, go directly towards our core operations.
For more information or to purchase tickets online please visit, www.ecologyaction.ca/gardenparty
Join us on Sunday, June 10th for the Ecology Action Centre’s 15th Annual Garden Party & Eco-Auction. Enjoy complementary refreshments and live music, while placing bids on your favorite eco-friendly items in the relaxed silent auction or the exciting live auction.
Additionally, you can go home with a lovely live potted-plant, or freshly home-baked goodies. The day will also include a chance to win a fabulous item for only $2 in our toonie raffle!
Items up for bid this year include gift certificates for accommodations at lovely local inns & resorts, beautiful pottery and art by local artists, as well as gift certificates from local businesses, and from EAC staff and volunteers, offering up everything from fly fishing lessons, to appliance energy audits!
We are pleased to welcome Special Guests, Canadian comedy icon Cathy Jones, as Auctioneer, Olga Milosevich, CBC Radio host and producer, as EMCEE, and musicians Jeff Torbert and Hausmusik
Tickets: $7 regular, $5 students/seniors/unwaged
The Ecology Action Centre has been working to build a healthier, more sustainable Nova Scotia since 1971. The Garden Party is the EAC's biggest annual fundraising event. All proceeds, including ticket sales and winning bids on auction items, go directly towards our core operations.
For more information or to purchase tickets online please visit, www.ecologyaction.ca/gardenparty
Buy Any Two 1-Gallon Perennials, Get the 3rd Free
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