14 - Friday, June 21, 1991 - North Shore News

HOME & GARDEN
Carrying out Canada’s Green Plan

“ONE OF the special joys of liv-
ing in Canada is to watch winter's
snow disappear and the earth
come alive each spring. The scent
of grass, flowers, shrubs and trees
awakens our senses. There is an
expectancy in the air that is quict-
ly exuberant, compelling us to
celebrate it. In all paris of the
country, we respond by planning
our individual gardens, by digg-
ing, by planting and by seeding
our garden beds,’’ said the Hon.
Don Mazankowski, former
Minister of Agriculture, at a re-
cent ceremony marking National
Garden Month.

“‘Last year, when the Canadian
Garden Council designated May
as National Garden Month, it
began a particularly commendable
project that not only did a great
service to the public at large, but
featured the nursery trades as a

sector with a positive mission.

“This year, the cauncil went a
further step by promoting tree-
planting ceremonies across
Canada to mark the start of Na-
tional Garden Month in each pro-
vince and territory. Both symbol-
ically and in fact. every planted
tree brings us a small step forward
in realizing a major part of
Canada’s Green Plan: to act local-
ly when we think of the environ-
ment.

The minister indicated his sup-
port of a program by the Cana-
dian Garden Council! — an in-
dependent promotional osganiza-
tion fostered by the Canadian
Nursery Trades Association — to
have a well-publicized tree-plan-
ting program carried out in each
Canadian capital city at the
beginning of National Garden
Month this vear,

Each of the trees planted — in

Ottawa and the provincia! capitals
— will hase a special plaque
noting the planting date and
species. The program even extends
to the Yukon Territory, which
participated, but in the Northwest
Territories, no suitable large, har-
dy trees were available.

Canada is recognized by many
tourists, particularly visitors from
the U.S.A., as a country of
gardens. They flock by the thou-
sands each year to gardens that
are open to the public beginning
in early April. Whether it be
world-famous Butchart Gardens
near Victoria, the Memorial Uni-
versity Botanical Garden at Oxen
Pond in Newfoundland, the
Halifax Public Gardens or the
Jardin Botanique in Montreal,
visitors and Canadians alike
marvel at the beauty that hor-
ticulturists have created for them.

‘Dream home’ seminar offered at Quay

Everyone has a dream, and for
some, it’s planning, designing,
and perhaps even building their
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A ‘‘dream home"’ is the
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its lifestyle, ensuring all needs are
met in a way that expresses the
aistinctive characterisitics of its
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