It's the Merry May meeting! This means we'll have a bunch of speakers with short presentations and slideshows.
MEETING LOCATION:
We will be meeting in person at Bonar Parkdale Presbyterian Church, 250 Dunn Ave, just South of Queen Street West. Arrive after 6:30 PM for refreshments and socializing, the meeting starts at 7:30PM.
Non-Hort members are welcome to attend in-person for a suggested donation of $5 or Pay-What-You-Can. To join the meeting online, please contact
info@parkdaletorontohort.com.
We will also be holding the meeting online through Zoom. Members will be sent the link in the newsletter in the week leading up to the meeting.
TALKS & SPEAKERS:
For this year's Merry May Meeting, we have five of our own Hort Members sharing their experiences.
A Great Time in Argentina
Our long-time member Eduardo Barnett returned home to Buenos Aires for a visit with family and friends earlier this year. He discovered wonderful places and interesting things along the way and will share his favourite photos with us.
Photo by Eduardo Barnett
Explorations in How Tenants Can Get Their Hands In The Dirt
After a history of involvement with plants and other gardens both at a community and retail level, Annelies Groen now enjoys her private garden. In this presentation she goes back to when her garden belonged to someone else. This presentation is a snapshot of some of the opportunities and challenges for local renter/gardeners.
Photo by Annelies Groen
Tapestry Garden for the Lazy
Last year Clement Kent started work on a Tapestry Garden for the Lazy. Importantly, very little weeding or soil preparation work was involved. It's taking longer to establish, but that's OK – he has many other things in the garden to entertain him in the meantime. Clement will show pictures of the current state of the Tapestry, with its moth-holes and all, and tell you where he hopes it's going next.
Photo by Clement Kent
Bringing Waterfront Neighbourhood Centre (WNC) Residents and Herbs Together in Garden Therapy
Michael Gebremariam from WNC will show and tell us more about this interesting and meaningful project. The WNC Community Connect Garden received a grant in 2024 from the Horticultural Societies of Parkdale & Toronto. With this funding, they purchased compost and herbs. The garden serves as an outdoor classroom where residents learn to grow, harvest, and use herbs for common ailments and daily tonics. These herbs now stock the community kitchen's medicinal cabinet, bringing pleasure and achievement to our community members.
Photo by Michael Gebremariam - Herbs from the Community Connect Garden
A Shade Garden Oasis In Victoria, B. C.
Diana Fancher was visiting friends in Victora last June who live near the historic district adjacent to Beacon Hill Park. She was invited to view a remarkably lush and remarkably narrow shade garden circling a home that had originally been designed to be a gas station. The residents had created a pathway through a green oasis behind an 8-foot laurel hedge.
Photo by Diana Fancher - hosue and garden near Beacon Hill Park, Victoria, B.C.
