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Volunteer Gardeners’ News - Summer 09 |
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Written by Rose Dudley
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Friday, 19 June 2009 |
Did you know that you, too, could become an honorary member of the Volunteer Gardening Group? Sandy Mutrie recently achieved this status just by going for a stroll on a balmy summer evening. She came upon me and the long suffering John who, incidentally, was never ever going to get involved in another of his wife’s crazy schemes, mapping out the ground for The Olympic Rings. Within minutes, she reappeared with trowels, worked like a whirling dervish and in two sessions the rings were in place to enthusiastic honking whistling and great applause.
Now, therein lies a saga. Permission had been granted by VANOC and after the flowers had been purchased and the work begun with Brenda’s blessing, another department of VANOC decided that it was illegal. After a fight, and once the work had been completed, The Ministry of Highways informed us that it was not their policy to have annuals planted beside highways or to have their schedule interrupted in any way. So far we have managed to prevail but for how long we know not; our idea may yet fall victim to bureaucracy.
The Rings were actually the initiative of the gardeners on The Olympic Torch Committee who are in fact the original volunteer gardeners with the addition of Sabine Jones and Neil Berman.
In other news, Steven Ross has rejoined our group this spring for regular Friday weeding sessions and is finding that while gardening may be good for the soul it is terrible for the back, but coffee breaks at the cafe more than compensate for the pain.
We hope that you gained much pleasure from the daffodils in the spring and are now enjoying the pots. Credit is due to Donna, from The Works Crew for planting the perennials this year. We have just added the annuals and begun the watering schedule, our free weightlifting and cardiovascular workout. We may be the only people who are praying for rain this summer.
Happy Gardening!
Rose Dudley
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