Fall Newsletter
Now available on our website
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Buttonbush flowers. Photo by Robert Glendinning.
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James Fletcher supervised the planting of the first trees in the Arboretum 130 years ago this fall.
In our fall newsletter,
Robert Glendinning highlights some of his favourite new
trees recently planted there.
Eric Jones meets up with some
"O
ld
F
riends
of the Farm"
there
, including some of the original trees planted in 1899.
Diane McClymont Peace describes some special trees at the Farm that might work for
the homeowner
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Owen Clarkin reports on a couple of the fascinating Arboretum tours of 2019.
Volunteers began helping in the Ornamental Gardens 30 years ago and they continue to enjoy their beautiful workplaces
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p
hotos show
some of
the Arboretum and Gardens teams in action. Joan Butcher introduces Ben Pascolo-Neveu, who became involved with the Friends of the Farm as a student and 13 years later continues to volunteer.
W
e
also
remember Eric Moore, who
led the
Friends of the Farm
as President
from 1997 to 2004, years which marked changing times for the C
entral
E
xperimental
F
arm
and the Friends.
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