Li Gardens can be the lynchpin of common com THIS IS about gardens, and has been struggling for production ever since focal publishers Whitecap Books sent me a book for review. THE VINTAGE YEARS ‘It was cailed. The Able .- Gardener, written by an en- . thusiastic gardener-cumi-nurse, ‘Kathleen Yoemans. : ; ‘"s The review didn’t get written ‘ because I, high-handed as " usual, thought it far more .. book than we old fogies would - .want:to get into and, with the ~ publisher’s consent, 1 passed. ‘the big paperback on to a dedicated gardeti-grubber just ~ ‘barely arrived on the threshold - of seniorhood. .. - Now I feel really horrid, ts because she’s raving about > hhow imaginative and thorough and | downright inspirational ‘othis amazing book is, and I “ Feproach myself for putting’ you all down: of What do'l know? Get your, owa copy.:Forget about me. . Call the publisher at 980-9852 ‘Actually, to bring the col- umn to term at last, it took a call from‘one of the North Shore’ Gardens, Contest com-" a mittee members. ; : They've begun their assess- aa ment: tours and:she had been very impressed with a number .of gardens by and for seniors » “roundabout, and wanted me to go-see for myself. ao .. Anice sort of chore. ’ma natural garden ogler. Even, "after our ghastly July there’s a fot of bloom around. On my way to Lions Gate, there’s a special corner where CORRECTION NOTICE In our B6-4 Housewares Fair flyer, Beaumark- ranges and fridges on page 22 and 23 are . in limited” quantities — rain- chacks will be available at the store. In our B7-1A White Sale flyer, Mikasa Serveware in Seashell pattern on page 12; Beaumark range #17310. and #17350 on spage 16 will be late — rain- checks will be available at the store. . Beaumark fridges on . page 16; Bebe Goes Sleeper Stroller on page 30 are in limited quantities — will be substituted at the store. ‘Sorry for any inconvenience this’ may have caused. FESTYLES nunity spirit 41 I'm ‘a natural | garden ogler. Ei “Even after our ghastly July there's a 1 lot of bloom around. 99 an ancient maple shows a deformed hip from some past error. The man who lives as its neighbor has put pots of gera- - nium and begonia on the pro- trusion, using it as a shelf. It’s - charming, But the place that Louise wanted me most to see was in Klahani Court, the new ‘ Rotary-sponsored housing just west of Capilano Road and before the bridge approach. The strip furthest west, at the riverside, is the seniors’ residence, and what is hap- pening there is a cross between. a revolution and 4 revelation. Ail the ground-level apart- ments have a deep patio at the _ entrance; separated from the _ neighbor with wooden lattice. And out from the front of these patios are free-standing lattice panels breaking up the expanse of lawn. All that lattice was real come-on for Lorraine Bates; she busied herself come spring with hanging flower baskets on ~ hers, training clematis on the one by the patio, digging a wee bed for marigolds and cleome and aubretia and pansies. Making a garden, eh? It proved highly infectious. First one, then another of the occupants made a point of coming up her waik to say, “Hey, that looks nice. I could “do that too.”” And they did. You go around there now.— ‘everyone moved in just a year ago the first of this month — you'll see pots and plots and trailing bloom not just amongst Lorraine’s neighbors ‘. onthe ground floor, but on the balconies above as well. And she’s involuntarily become the plant guru. People bring her pallid plants for resuscitation as well as ques- tions about how much light, how much water. Most of the time the solu- tions lie in simple loving care and attention, though she ad- HOST AN AFS STUI mits to actively nursing a few of the far-gone. That’s not the end of it. When they tore down the gas station at Capilano and Marine last year, there were shrubs left behind — yucca, some dwarf evergreens. What a waste. They’re augmenting the fringe plantings at the backside of Klahani Three now, aiong with some cabbage plants that were going to be thrown out from Beaver Lumber’s garden shop over behind Sears‘on First Street. You have to give her full marks for indomitability, yet she’s quiet-voiced, sober in her dress, not in the least pushy. It’s simply that seeing a need compels her to work to fill it, one way or another, With the garden thing, her . | next project is to persuade the authorities that the lawn at the © north side of the back yard is really a wasted territory, and would they be so kind as to let her and her cohorts make it . into a wheelchair garden? There’s lots of room to make half a dozen raised beds, with wide lanes between so that the thrill of planting can - be enjoyed, as well as the harvest. After that, or possibly next week, Lorraine’s s hoping to: ~ initiate a newsletter: Everyone. in the. place must have an idea for making the community successful for each resident. How about morning coffee, shared in the lounge? How about we share our books and magazines and games and reci- pes? Every resident can con-" tribute to the empowerment that will bring a feeling-of re- sponsibility and worth to- everyone in the complex.” You just have to make a beginning, with marigolds and sweet peas and resuscitated. yucca, and maybe there'll be enough cabbages for sauer- © kraut. | would you tke to discover the world without teaving home? AFS Interculture Canada offers families the possibility of hosting, for a school year, a foraign student betwean the ages of 15 and 18. An intense and rewarding experiance awaits you. FIND OUT MORE! 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