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Barrie’s Garden Club
http://www.barriegardenclub.com
April 2015
Upcoming Garden Club Events
April 7th Garden Club
Meeting
7:15 pm – 9:00 pm
Guest Speaker – Celia
Roberts
“De-Mystifying Floral
Design”
Celia Roberts was one of the
20 designers who entered the
“imposed” Class 12 titled
“Conundrum” and won a Silver Award (2nd place) for her
delightful design at the 11th World Flower Show ‘A Floral
Odyssey’, held in Dublin, Ireland, in 2014. Other winners
were from New Zealand, South Africa and the UK. In an
imposed class, entrants do not know what material will be
available until they arrive in the floral hall. Everyone is
provided the same material and supplies that may be used in
whole or part. The only tools that can be brought in by the
designer are a stapler, wire cutters, flower cutters and a
knife. With only four hours from first viewing the materials
until the completion of the design, there is quite a bit of
pressure undertaking this type of class. She decided to use
four calla lilies, two pieces of corkscrew hazel, all 15 pieces
of flex grass plus two limes and some of the accessories.
This is the second time Celia has entered the World Show
and her first win.
(information from:
http://www.gardenontario.org/docs/trillium_news_2014-03_fall.pdf)
Celia is Co-Chair of the Cloverleaf Garden Club Flower
Shows, a Director of the Oakville Horticultural Society, a
Past Director of OHA District 6, an accredited GCO Floral
Design Judge, an accredited RBG Horticultural Judge and a
member of the Toronto Garden Club where she is Chair,
Canada Blooms Staging Committee and a member of the
Canada Blooms design Committee. She is also the chair of
the Garden Clubs of Ontario Education Committee as well as
being co-Principal of the GCO 7th School for Floral Design
Judges, Instructors and Exhibitors
Barrie Garden Club
Annual Spring Seminar
(see registration form below)
Last chance to sign up!
@ Tangle Creek Golf & Country Club
April 11 @ 8:30 am – 2:30 pm
$45.00 for members
($50.00 for others)
Plant Sale
www.barriegardenclub.com/calendar/
see website – for more details
May 30th 2015
8:00am – 12:00pm
At Sunnidale Park
Volunteers (and plant pots)
Needed!!!
Please contact Clarinda
At (705) 728-8823 to help!
Clean Into Spring
Friday, April 24th
At Sunnidale Park
9:00 am to 11:00 am.
(The City supplies the gloves and
garbage bags.)
& Barrie Public Library
Rooftop Garden
May 2015
Volunteers Needed!!!
Please contact Joanne at
(705) 717-9843 or [email protected]
to help.
Hooray!! Give yourself a pat on the back
because you’ve survived a VERY long cold
winter! Spring is here! The birds are starting
to sing a little louder and I can visualize
the garden again… The snow is almost
gone! I’m also excited to see the spring
flowers are in abundance in the stores.
Happy Easter everyone!!
April is also National Volunteer Month!
So if you’ve been thinking of getting
more involved in our community then
now is a great time! The Barrie Garden
Club has a number of events coming up
that need you! Please consider giving a
little of your time to help us out! Let us
know if you are interested!  Kim
April Garden Tasks and Garden Maintenance
 Beware of late frosts and keep vulnerable plants and new shoots protected at night if frost is
forecast. Don’t be tempted to put out tender bedding until much later in May and even then be
prepared to cover it if necessary.
 Deadhead daffodils and narcissi; give them a liquid feed or a sprinkling of bonemeal and then let
them die down. Don’t cut off the leaves as they are necessary to replenish the bulb for next year.
Keep deadheading spring bedding to keep it looking neat, and to encourage new flowers.
 Start spring cleaning. Hoe your borders when the ground warms up but don’t mulch until the
ground is completely thawed. When the soil is warmed up and things start to grow, add a general
purpose fertiliser before covering with mulch especially in borders, the
fruit and vegetable patch and containers.
Start removing moss and weeds from paths, terraces and drives.
Make new beds and borders - mark the shape with sand trickled from
a bottle, remove the top layer of growing vegetation and dig the ground
over, incorporating as much organic matter as possible. If you are
making a bed in the lawn, remove the turf – if you dig it in the buried grass will regrow.
 Clean and repair your garden tools, book the lawn mower in for a service and check garden
furniture for any rot. When it is warm enough, treat sheds, fences and trellis with wood
preservative; brushes and rollers are fine for most things, however a sprayer is well worth buying
for tricky projects such as woven panels!
 Now is the time to wage war on slugs and snails. They love tulips and delicacies such as the
delicious young shoots of delphiniums and the like, so use pet-friendly slug pellets or crushed egg
shells and drench the ground around hostas with liquid slug killer to exterminate slugs below the
surface.
Read more: http://www.wyevalegardencentres.co.uk/gardening-advice/april/general-tasks-and-garden-maintenance/1S#ixzz3VvRvEYS7
BARRIE’S GARDEN CLUB’S ANNUAL SPRING SEMINAR
Saturday, April 11th
8:30 am – 2:30 pm
Tangle Creek Golf Club
4730 25th Side Road South, Thornton, ON
Three Knowledgeable Speakers:
Wolf Bonham – “Creating Interesting & Intriguing Gardens”
Sean James – “What To Do With A Downpour: Ornamental Ways
to Handle Rainwater”
Kristen Ego McPhail – “New Trends In The Garden & Fairy Gardening”
Coffee break with treats and a full lunch
$45.00 for members ($50.00 for others)
There will be a Silent Auction as well as Vendors for your shopping enjoyment!
To register – please complete the lower portion and mail it with your payment
(cheques payable to Barrie’s Garden Club – mail to Mrs. Holly Wells
79 Emms Drive, Barrie, ON L4N 8H4
Phone: 705-735-3198/Email: [email protected] )
or sign up online (www.barriegardenclub.com)
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