Winnipeg In Bloom

<- Previous Page . Next page -> <- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 -> ROB EVERITT: GARDENER, RAGLAN ROAD: I'm a gardener because I need the relaxation, my job is very busy I just relax in the garden and have a lot of fun. BILL GRINDELL: GARDENER, RAGLAN ROAD: I'm a gardener because of the sense of peace of fulfilment that these kind of activities give me. ROB EVERITT: Bill and I garden together and that has been very fulfilling. BILL GRINDELL: I think my love of gardening came from my aunt. She loved to garden and instilled that love of the earth in me. I think that so many women are gardeners because gardening is very much an experience in caring and watching things grow and being very patient. ROB EVERITT: My favourite area of our garden is the front stairs. ROB EVERITT: It's become our favourite spots of the garden we've introduced rocks with lichen into it. BILL GRINDELL: My favourite area is the side garden with the gravel path the sense of tightness and closeness in there and the play of the light and shadow especially late in the day is a feeling of tranquillity. And a bit of an Asian aesthetic as well. Around 6-7 is wonderful because you get the long extended shadows. Gardening is the art that uses flowers and plants as paint, And the soil and sky as canvas. - Elizabeth Murray HELEN STEEL: GARDENER, ST JAMES My garden is like an extended room of our family room and I like gazing around enjoying the fruits of my labour. This year I am happiest with the hanging baskets. And the summer glow is a new plant I got this year and it's been very prolific and done very well. What I like about annuals you can pick up so many different flower varieties the colour is fantastic you can change the colour, this year I have gone mostly to pinks and to whites. It makes you realize there is more to life than roaring down the highway and roaring down the road of life. Flowers are the sweetest things God ever made and forgot to put a soul into. - Henry Ward Beecher DARLENE GOLINOSKI: GARDENER, ST VITAL I started in gardening because I was looking for a way to be creative and a way of being physical. Gardening gives a person, any person an opportunity to be an artist. When I go out into the garden in the morning and the birds are chirping the world just seems like beautiful place. And there is a lot of serenity and hopefulness. It's a wonderful way to start the day. My favourite plant is the rose called prairie joy. One of the main things I have learned is patience and to love the unexpected because you never know how things are actually going to grow. Gardening is a lot of luck there is some skill but a lot of luck and you have to be an optimist My green thumb came only as a result of the mistakes I made While learning to see things from the plant's point of view. - H. Fred Ale <- Previous Page . Next page -> <- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 ->

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