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GREEN GUIDE is a week- ‘ty Sunday column, If your business or charity is plan- ning a ‘gardening event, send in your information as cerly as possible to the North:Shore News, 1139 ‘Lonsdale... Ave., — Narth Vancouver, B.C. .V7M 2H4. Priority is given. to fundvaising events and shows taking place on the North Shore.

‘EVERY WEDNESDAY & SATURDAY: Tours of the main. garden at the UBC Botanical Garden will be given by the Friends of the Garden.ar 11 am. The tour is included with the price of admission: To arrange group ‘tours ‘for the Main’ Garden and the. Nitobe.Garden, call 822-9666. “dhe UBC -Botanical ‘Garden is located

rt 6804 Southwest Marine D. Vancouver.

SATURDAY, APRIL 18: -For. those interested in hav- ing: some divisions of the Friends of Park and Tilford Gardens’ plant material. in ‘your own garden, the group is is willing to share at its first ; garden sale: The sale takes place from: 10 a.m, to 2 p.m. invthe garden at Park and Tilford Shopping Centre at ‘Brooksbank . and = Main ‘Street. Cash only.

-| SATURDAY, APRIL 18 & SUNDAY, ‘APRIL 19: In onjunction with the Alpine ‘| Garden Club of B.C. Show the B.C. Primula Group pre- sents'a Primrose Show and aie from noon to 5 p.m. on turday and 10 a.m.-to 4 p.m..on Sunday. The show [Avil feature primroses, auric- ulas, cadelabras, cowslips and

“to 4 pan,

‘elsewhere,

" SUNDAY,

Hail at VanDusen Gardens, 5233) Oak St.. Vancouver. Admission is free. For further informa- tion, call 274-085).

Floral

SATURDAY, MAY 2: As part of the 10th annua! Burnaby = Rhododendron Festival, a special lecture entitled The Garden Heritage of — Southwese England by Terry Underhill, Southwest England’s leading garden writer, will rake place at 7 p.m. at the Studio Theatre at the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, 6450 Deer Lake Ave., Burnaby, For tickets ($12, $10 for | seniors) cal! 205-3000. It’s { one of many” activities planned for the owo-day fes- tival which includes free events ‘such as naturalist tours, workshops in water- colors, rhododendron cul- ture and floral photography as well as a spring flower dis- play and show

SUNDAY, MAY 3: The Alpine Garden Club of B.C. Presents its annual Spring Plant Sale at William Griffin Community Centre from 1 This sale features many interesting and unusu- al plants, difficult to find |

including alpine, | woodland, and native plants, some small trees and shrubs and a variety of other special- ty plants. A large pasrt of the pracceds of the sale will be donated to the Van 1 sen Garden, the Alpine Garden at UBC and to the BC Couneil of Garden Cl.bs scholarship fund.

MAY 10: Celebrate Mother’s day ar the UBC Botanical Garden’s eighth annual perennial plant sale from 10 a.m. to 4

The sale will feature 10,000 plants grown by the

“Friends of the Garden and

staff plus gardening advice from Canadian Gardener David Tarrant and author Judy Newron.This is the major annual fundraiser for the garden, located at 6804 Southwest Marine Dr., Vancouver.

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({ARDENING Build a beautiful basket ©

home ideas

EASTER is always an exciting time for the

little ones.

One wey to help them cel- ebrate is ro get them involved making baskets to collect their eggs in un Easter morning.

These baskets can be easily assembled in a short period of time. Here are two different versions. One is a traditional basket and the other ts a cre- ation of a very good friend of mine.

Materials (Basket No. 1): smail wicker basket Spanish moss ~ ribbon

fresh flowers slstromeria)

wire

fresh ivy

small cicas suse tubes (avail- able at a florist’s)

Begin the first basker by wrapping the fresh ivy around the handle and the outside edge of the wicker basket. Next, fill the inside with Spanish moss.

The ribbon can be loosely wound around the ivy on the handle and attached with the wire to the basket. For a dec- orative touch, make a small bow on one side. Lastly, cur the fresh Howers leaving a { to 2 inch stem to be inserted in the rose tube. This will keep the flowers fresh. Place these flowers around the basket making sure to hide the tube in the Spanish moss.

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Materials (Basket No. 2): small tin bucket

Spanish moss

thin velvet ribbon

glue gun

buttons (assorted colors)

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For the second Easter bas- ket, simply gluc the chin velvet strips of mbbon around the top and bottom edges: of the tin bucket.

Next, cut assorted lengths of ribbon and glue them verti- cally to the bucket. For a final touch glue some colorful but- tons at the top of the velvet strips and this will give the effect. of flower stems. This basket is charming.

Making your own Easter:

baskets can be very rewarding, but the best part is watching the little ones collect. their treasures on Easter morning. — Barb Lunter lives is West Vancouver. She is the best

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