C6 - Sunday, July 15, 1984 - North Shore News

UBC BOTANICAL GARDEN

Call the hortline for garden help

HAVE you been wondering
what’s eating your apple tree,
or why your bamboo has sud-
denly gone to seed? Or are
you curious about the scien-
tific names of trees that grow
along your block?

A plant science student at
the University of B.C. has the
answer to these and many
other horticultural queries.

, Judy Newton, a mature stu-
dent with 20 years of prac-
tical gardening experience, is
staffing the UBC Hortline
this summer.

The Hortline, a free service
offered year-round to B.C.
gardeners by the UBC
Botanical Garden, answers
questions about everything
from garden pests to plant
identification.

The Hortline number is
228-5858. From September to
April calls are recorded on a
dictaphone and answered by
mail. But during the summer
months the provincial
government’s Youth
Employment Program pro-
vides funding for students
like Judy Newton to answer
the telephone several hours a
week.

Newton says she takes calls
continuously during the
hours the Hortline is open
(Monday

rings as fast as I hang up,”
she says.

When the Hortline is not
being answered, a pre-
recorded tape gives callers
tips on current gardening
problems. Newton estimates

she receives more than 100°

calls a day. ‘‘There is ob-
vidusly a great need for this

sort of information,’’
says.
Newton says gardening

problems tend to be seasonal.
‘*Right now I’m getting a lot
of calls about dogwood,

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style of
Japan —

THERE IS a very special
quality about all things
Japanese. You can discover
the unique style of Japan at
the Japariese Touch, Satur-
day, July 4 through Sunday,
July 22 at the Arts, Sciences
& Technology Centre.

During this weck of events,
traditional and contemporary
cxamples of Japanese art and
culture will) be exhibited,
demonstrated and performed
by local and
craftspeople

artists

Highlights include pertor
mances by dance groups,
demonstrations of the mar

tial arts, vegetable carving,
silk painting, kite making,
otipami and the tea

ceremony

A complete schedule of
events ts available at the Arts,
Sarnces & Technology Cen

tre, 600) Ciranville Stecct,
Vancouver, BC The Centre
6 open Monday through
Saturday 10 am to S pm
and Sundays and holdays
Pte Spm Admission iw $2
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to Wednesday -
12:30-3:30 p.m.) ‘‘The phone ce

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cedar, and apple trees.”’ She.
also gets calls asking what to
do about raccoons, and other
more esoteric gardening
probiems.

To help her answer

questions, Newton has access
to an extensive library of
reference materials as well as

the expert advice of Botanical

Garden staff.
When not answering the

Hortline, Newton works in
the Botanical Garden,
something she enjoys doing
very much. She hopes even-
tually to make a career of

botanical gardening.

Newton is one of almost
700 UBC students being
funded by the provincial
ministry of labor’s Youth
Employment Program to
work on career-related sum-

mer projects.
Letters can be mailed to

‘the Hortline at the following

address: UBC  Botanicai
Garden, 6501 NW Marine
Drive, Vancouver, V6T 1W5.

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