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Wednesday, July 15, 2009
Grand Forks Horticulture Society Garden Tour
Thursday, June 18, 2009
Newly-created Horticultural Society brings experienced and novice gardeners together Green thumbs unite
BARBARA DEAN-SIMMONS
The Packet
In a land where the sea ice hugs the shore until late June, on a day when summer seems as unlikely as spotting elephants on the Trans Canada Highway, it's hard to imagine that anything grows well here.John Norman can tell you different.
He's busy around the grounds of his parents' Bonavista home, plucking out the first of this season's stubborn weeks, and admiring the shrubs that are already adding a dazzle of colour to his garden.A quick tour around the property and Norman's passion for botany is evident.
He has a natural-born gardening talent."Before Kindergarten I started memorizing the Latin terms for plants," he smiles. By the time he was seven he was digging holes and planting on his parent's property.
At last count he had about 40 varieties of Hostas - one of his favourite plants - as well as over 20 varieties of lilies and more than 100 trees and shrubs of all namesakes.
"I also collect a lot of apothecary plants," he says, plants that have deathly medicinal properties. "I have monkshood, leopard's bane, foxglove (digitalis) and deadly nightshade.
"He has several rhododendrons growing at the rear of the property, along a back fence, with tall trees behind to shelter from wind.They range in colour from pink to blood red to magenta and banana yellow.
The yellow one is a Hong Kong rhododendron, better suited to a Zone 7 growing area. Bonavista falls in Zone 3.
"I'm very surprised that one (Hong Kong rhodendron) survived," he points out.His garden also contains plants that have been doing well in Bonavista for decades.
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The Packet
In a land where the sea ice hugs the shore until late June, on a day when summer seems as unlikely as spotting elephants on the Trans Canada Highway, it's hard to imagine that anything grows well here.John Norman can tell you different.
He's busy around the grounds of his parents' Bonavista home, plucking out the first of this season's stubborn weeks, and admiring the shrubs that are already adding a dazzle of colour to his garden.A quick tour around the property and Norman's passion for botany is evident.
He has a natural-born gardening talent."Before Kindergarten I started memorizing the Latin terms for plants," he smiles. By the time he was seven he was digging holes and planting on his parent's property.
At last count he had about 40 varieties of Hostas - one of his favourite plants - as well as over 20 varieties of lilies and more than 100 trees and shrubs of all namesakes.
"I also collect a lot of apothecary plants," he says, plants that have deathly medicinal properties. "I have monkshood, leopard's bane, foxglove (digitalis) and deadly nightshade.
"He has several rhododendrons growing at the rear of the property, along a back fence, with tall trees behind to shelter from wind.They range in colour from pink to blood red to magenta and banana yellow.
The yellow one is a Hong Kong rhododendron, better suited to a Zone 7 growing area. Bonavista falls in Zone 3.
"I'm very surprised that one (Hong Kong rhodendron) survived," he points out.His garden also contains plants that have been doing well in Bonavista for decades.
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Post-Aila efforts to grow
ONTHESPOT - AGRI-HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF INDIAThe Agri-Horticultural Society of India is on the path of regeneration after Aila.
Pictures by Sanjoy Chattopadhyaya
Aila left in its wake a trail of destruction but efforts at regeneration are already on at the Agri-Horticultural Society of India (AHSI) at Alipore. The garden is gearing up for the impending monsoons when propagation is at its best and will rear upto 80,000 saplings this season through various methods.
According to official figures, the garden spread over 24 acres lost 20 trees on May 25. Most of the trees that fell were about 30 to 50 feet in height on an average and most of them were over 40 years old.
Experts at the garden felt that cyclones like Aila, which have a swirling effect, can cause mass destruction that cannot be controlled. “We can do as much as we can to maintain trees and plants, but during natural calamities like these, we have no choice but to bow down to nature,” said S.L. Rahman, the joint secretary of the society.
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