NORTH Shore Gardens Ccniest judges honored
Delphine Masterton with the Award of Excellence for
her Terrace Avenue property. Masterton's son-in-law,
Wyn Segers, is responsible for much of the gardening.

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Nerth Shore awards presented

By Layne Christensen”
Community Reporter

IT began as a way to
impress visitors to
Expo ’86.

Ten years later the North
Shore Garden Contest has
become an eagerly anticipated
annual event and a source of
community pride.

Over the past decade, vol-
unteer judges have evaluated
nearly 1,000 gardens, both
large and small, private and
commercial. Many of the prize-
winning, private gardens are
opened to the public just one
day a year, during the North
Shore Garden Tour, held annu-
ally in the spring. This year’s
winning gardens, many of
which will show up on next
year’s garden tour, were
announced during an evening,
ceremony Oct. 2 at Delbrook
Community Centre.

Scooping up the Award of
Excellence was Delphine
Masterton for her property on
Terrace Avenue in North
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Masterton’s English garden,
with a stream, pond and two
small foot bridges, was a
romantic setting for her
Laburnum Cottage bed and
breakfast.

First prize for Small
Residential Garden went to
Diane Westerlund of
Wellington Drive for her shade
garden adjoining Princess Park.
Second-prize honors were
awarded to first-time entrants
Heather Priest and = Joan
Bortell for their property on
Skyline Drive, “a most unusual
and lovely garden,” according,
to Harriott McNaughton, one
of the contests six judges.
Third place went to Sharron
Cant of Woodburn Place in
West Van for her container gar-
den of 200 pots.

Barbara Wells was honored
with the Award of Culdural
Excellence for her authentic
Japanese garden on Eyremount
Drive in West Van. Wells has
maintained the _ garden,
designed by Mr. Sumi, for
approximately 20 years.

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