20 - Wednesday, November 26, 1997 - North Shore News

PARK and Tiiford Gardens will officially light up on Saturday at 7 p.m. for the Christmas season.

The gardens, located in the Park and Tilford shop- ping centre on Brooksbank Avenue, will sparkle cach evening in December (except Christmas Day) for public strolls from 4 p.m. to 9:30

p.m

On Light Up_ night, Santa’s elves will be busy face painting and creating balloon art for children.

Kid entertainers dubbed The Lady Bugs will perform the Christmas Museum skit. Also on hand will be strolling carollers.

To round out the

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5 FOME & GARDEN _

Christmas ambience, ginger- bread cookies and hot apple cider will be provided free on a first-come, first-serve basis.

The Friends of the Gardens have prepared a Christmas Window at the end of the rose garden that con- sists of a festive display behind glass.

Winter hanging baskets adorn the gardens now, dur- ing the West Coast’s chilliest time of year.

The interesting plant combinations in the baskets brighten up dull winter days.

Friends of the Gardens say that any hardy plant in our area can be used in winter baskets.

Pointers for growing a winter basket include:

@ soil should be course, light

ing up the seast

ree draining;

@ ideally, baskets should be planted at the end of August or carly September so the plants can establish them- selves in the basket, Mature plants can be purchased from the nursery and planted as late as mid-October;

B let the weather keep the basket watered, unless it is under an overhang in which case it should be watered sparingly.

The basket should be well

watered before the onset of

frost.

A list of plants suitable tor a hanging baskets includes:

@ heathe

ica darleyen- sts silbersine. B any dwarf grasses such as

NEWS photo Paui McGrath

PARK and Tilford Gardens’ official Christmas Light Up is set for Saturday at 7 p.m. The gardens, located in the Park and Tilford shopping centre on Brockshbank Avenue, will sparkle each evening in December for public strolls from 4 to 9:30 p.m. Todd Major (above) is the Gardens’ director.

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Caryx morowii vari small blue grass ovina alauca); Cotoneaster (damert)

B dwarf Pieris:

@ periwinkle (rinac minor varicgata):

B Enonymus microphyilys syn E. Fortune

Ma red berried plant such as Vaccininm Vitus idea;

an evergreen ground cover plant such as) Riebus Calycinoides syn Ro pen- talobus,

Bi any of the Hellebores such as . Corsicus white magic or H. Niger;

B pansies;

B violas

@ Forget-rac-nots (Myosotis),

dwarf

@ bulbs (in anticipation of

spring color.)

The cold facts about winter home care

AS the temperature dips outside, the Greater Vancouver Home Builders’ Association offers these tips for home care:

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