| The Garden Club of Toronto Publications and CD's
The Growing Years The Garden Club of Toronto has celebrated sixty years of building gardens for Toronto. Fourteen public gardens and thousands of trees, flowers and shrubs colour and scent the air of Toronto because club members have recognized the importance of green space. To celebrate these sixty years, the Garden Club has published The Growing Years by Helen Skinner. The book follows members' activities from the Club's formation in l946, through its major flower shows at the O'Keefe Centre, the Automotive Building, The Royal Ontario Museum, and Casa Loma to the present day annual Canada Blooms Flower and Garden Festival at the Metro Convention Centre. The Garden Club of Toronto is a Charitable Organization which has donated and implemented many city garden projects. These range from the Fragrant Garden for the Blind in l953, through the development of the Civic Garden Centre (now the Toronto Botanical Gardens (TBG), the gardens at Casa Loma, Spadina, Roy Thomson Hall, the Brickworks to a Children's Teaching Garden and the TBG Entrance Gardens. All the Club's project gardens are featured and illustrated in The Growing Years. The Growing Years, encompassing the events of our city for the last 60 years, is a 156 page hard cover publication, replete with photographs in both colour and black and white and numerous black and white drawings from the Garden Club of Toronto archives.
________________________________________________________________ Snippy Tips I A booklet that assists you with the care of cut flowers and plant material. Included is information on conditioning, selecting and cutting flowers as related to specific flowers themselves as well as foliage and branches, vine cuttings, foliage from florists and house plants together with grasses. Mailing Price
________________________________________________________________ Snippy Tips II A booklet dealing with the drying and preserving of plant material. Methods detailed include air drying, glycerin mixture absorption, silica gel drying, microwave drying and freeze drying. A list of plants best suited for each process is also included. Mailing Price
________________________________________________________________ Growing Wildflowers Should you wish to bring wildflowers into your city garden, this booklet provides you with valuable information regarding the choice, cultivation and care of common wild plants for the home gardener. Mailing Price
________________________________________________________________ Plants of Pioneer and Early Days in Ontario This booklet was produced as a result of The Garden Club of Toronto's direct involvement with the planning and planting of authentic plants in the gardens at Black Creek Pioneer Village in 1967. This booklet is the result of 3 years of studying old books, catalogues and diaries for information on early plant material. Mailing Price
________________________________________________________________ History of the Civic Garden Centre (Published 1997) Now called the Toronto Botanical Garden, (formerly the Civic Garden Centre) it was a project of The Garden Club of Toronto in 1958. This centre has been the horticultural hub of Toronto offering varied programs and an outstanding horticultural library. It is home to many of Toronto's gardening societies. (Rhododendron, Rose, Ikebana, Orchid, Wildflower etc.) Mailing Price
_____________________________________________________________ Piet Oudolf's Planting of the Entry Garden Walk at the Toronto Botanical Garden (Published 2007)
A book which provides the particulars of all plants originally planted in the garden including their individual light requirements, zoning information, height and width dimensions. Also included is a detailed map of the garden as designed by Martin Wade Landscape Architects in collaboration with Piet Oudolf.
Mailing Price
CD's Canada Blooms Flower and Garden Show 2005
All publications and CD's are available at a reduced price for pick up in person through The Garden Club of Toronto office, which is open Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays between 9 am and 12 pm from September through to June except for statutory holidays.
All mailing prices are stated in Canadian dollars.
Payment in Canadian Funds is required prior to delivery of items.
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