“The Newsletter”September 2011

This spectacular cover photograph by Aline Dupont

Rudbeckia hirta ( Black-eyed Susan )

Editor: Hermina Hubert Phone: 692-1442 herminahubert@yahoo.com.

Membership: Claire LiinamaaPhone: 524-0670claire_nl@sympatico.ca Visit our web site: www.sudburyhorticulturalsociety.ca

Dedicated to the beautification

of the Sudbury region and the preservation of our environment

UGLIEST SCHOOLYARD CONTEST UPDATE

At the present time, regreening projects are underway at the four schools that were awarded funding through VETAC's Ugliest Schoolyard Contest for 2011.

• Southview Greenhouse Growers has planted8 large linden and autumn blaze maple trees atGatchell Public School and two picnic tables arecurrently on order. Additional work will be done thisfall.

• Southview Greenhouse Growers has planted6 large glenleven linden trees, 5 prairie silk locusttrees and 2 autumn blaze maple trees with our fundingas well as 6 additional autumn blaze maple trees thatwere purchased through a grant from the EvergreenFoundation at Walden Public School. Additionalwork will be done this fall.

• Ten large autumn blaze maple and linden treesare on order from Southview Greenhouse Growersfor Ecole Ste. Therese and will be planted in earlySeptember. This school has also ordered four benchesand four picnic tables, as well as Manitoulin stone andsod which will be installed this fall.

• Our contest winner this year was St. JohnsSchool in Garson. I have been working closely withDoug Rosener and Lisa Parise from the SchoolCouncil, as well as the school principal TriciaDowdal-Cirelli and Denis Faucher from the SudburyCatholic District School Board on the planning andimplementation of this project since mid June.

We are hoping to recruit volunteers to assist with thesod laying and planting of shrubs and perennials.Since many of you have been involved with projectsin the past, I hope you will be interested involunteering again this year. Lisa Robinson hasalready been out to the school several times to takephotos of the work as it is being done and I plan toput together a power point presentation that I willshare once the project is completed.

Doug Rosener has been working tirelessly on thisproject and has really been the key player in makingthis a success. He has two very young boys whoattend this school (one in kindergarten and one in

grade one) so he feels a real commitment tomaking this a great place for them as they movethrough the grades. (It has been great to work withsuch an enthusiastic parent who has taken on such alarge part of the workload for this project.)

If you know of anyone who would like to volunteerto help out at the school on September 8th or 22ndplease let me know and invite them to join us.

This is the largest area that we have sodded in ourregreening projects so it will be a challenge to get itcompleted in one day. I was hesitant to approve thispart of the project but it was a real priority for theschool community and thanks to the generosity ofour donors we anticipate that it will cost less than$3,000 to cover a large part of the yard which iscurrently just gravel.

If you are interested in joining us to volunteeryour assistance please let me know.........WayneHugli (705) 693-2476 or whugli@hotmail.com

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and

General Meeting with Guest Speaker, Steve McCall

Sunday, September 25

Enjoy coffee & desserts from 1:15 pmand view the seasonal entries.

Door prizes, 50/50, New Selection ofMagazines

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Announcements !

* The deadline for the photo competitionfor the calendar has been extended toSeptember 17.

* There will be NO fall Plant Sale this year. * Judges' Update Workshop October 15, 2011 (9 am - 3:30 pm) RoyalCanadian Legion, 5 Brennan Rd, SpanishRegistration fee: $30 (includes morningrefreshment and lunch)Note: Design competition is part of the judgingupdate, and will be judged by participatingjudges. All members are eligible to attend andare encouraged to enter the competition!!

The Bean Row Teachings - by Dr. Roger Nash

Along the runner-bean row in my garden, finetendrils reach out adventurously and curl aroundeach other. Like synapses in a swaying green brainover four metres long. It thinks its crowningthoughts only in green – but flowering first-thoughts in scarlet make this possible: surgeupwards, but upwards, with irrepressible life.

Spiders cast their nets among the stems, hauling insmall chartreuse fingerlings almost as transparent ashigh-tide or love. Newly hatched, they begin theiryearly migration down bending rivers of sunlight.Larger beans curl up at their ends like slippers fromthe Arabian Nights: ready to dance to the moon’scurved lute.

Those wrinkled pods -I should’ve picked days ago.Beans clench inside their sheathes with fists ofknobby white knuckles. They hold sky, row, sun,and me together, easily and inseparably. Unpicked,they’ll grow as long as school rulers or detentions.A snail climbs a stem and fits the weight of the skyon its shell. Perfectly.

At the top of the farthest pole, a raised jade-jointedfinger points at me. It’s held still, in the teachingposition. Remember this, and write it down later: Plants garden with people as much as people gardenwith plants. A chipmunk loses one short attention-span and scurries to another. Can I do better?

Fibrous thumbs prod about cautiously in the breeze.Testing new software programmes for the weather.Will it snow in August? And are people, like badly-planted onions, living absurdly upside-down? Onepod, curving sideways, breaks into a grin. We mustknow each other from somewhere else. I grin back. Dr. Roger Nash is Sudbury’s Poet Laureate This poem was written to celebrate the 105th OHAConvention and the 100th anniversary of theSudbury Horticultural Society.

Dr. Nash’s collection of poems and short storiesis available from www.scrivenerpress.com .

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Bring entries between 10:00 am & 11:30at which time judging will take place.

Check pages 54 and 55 in the yearbook for classes.

Our Society Winners of the Competitions at Convention

Section A – Roses Class 1 (Hybrid Tea) - 1st Corona Skakoon,2nd Arian Skakoon, 3rd Mario SkakoonClass 2 (Floribunda) - 2nd Colombe Charest,3rd Corona SkakoonClass 4 (Climber or Rambler) - 2nd CoronaSkakoon,3rd Corona Skakoon, HM Colombe Charest Class 5b (Miniature) - 1st Corona Skakoon,2nd Maria SkakoonClass 6 (English Austin) - 1st Corona Skakoon,2nd Colombe Charest Class 9 (Rugosa) - 3rd Tina Hansen Class 11a (Any other Rose Variety) - 2nd CoronaSkakoon Class 12 (Rose in a clear bowl or snifter) - 2ndColombe Charest, 3rd Camilla Yahnke

Section B – Hardy Perennials, Biennials Class 14 (Astilbe) - 3rd Camilla Yahnke Class 15 (Campanula) - 3rd Uta Decker, HM TinaHansen Class 16 (Clematis) - 3rd Uta Decker Class 17 (Delphinium) - 1st Colombe Charest(Best in Show) 2nd Camilla YahnkeClass 18 (Digitalis) - 1st Uta Decker Class 19a (Heuchera) - 1st Tina Hansen, 2ndColombe Charest Class 19b (Heuchera) - 1st Camilla Yahnke, 2nd Uta Decker Class 20a (Hosta) - 3rd Colombe CharestClass 20b (Hosta) - 1st Camilla Yahnke, 3rd UtaDecker, HM Bev Webster Class 22 (Papaver) - 1st Uta Decker Class 23 (Salvia) - 1st Uta Decker Class 24a (Any other perennial or biennial) - 2nd Uta Decker, 3rd Tina Hansen Class 24c (Any other perennial or biennial) - 2nd Uta Decker

Section C - Flowering Bulbs, Corms, Rhizomes,and Tubers Class 26 (Lilium) - 3rd Colombe Charest Class 27 (Any other bulb) - HM Uta Decker

Section D – House Plants Class 28 (Foliage Plant, grown primarily forleaves) - 1st Uta Decker, 2nd Irene Van Dam, 3rd Tina Hansen, HM Colombe Charest

Class 30 (African Violet) - 1st Colombe Charest,2nd Colombe Charest Class 33 (Any other houseplant in bloom) - 1stIrene Van Dam, 2nd Uta Decker, 3rd ColombeCharest

Section F – Special Collections Class 35 (Collection of Roses) - 1st CoronaSkakoon Class 36 (Collection of mixed cut garden flowers) - 2nd Hermina Hubert, 3rd Colombe Charest Class 38 (Collection of Hosta leaves) - 1st ColombeCharest Floral Design Division Class 41 “Regreening”- 3rd Tina Hansen Class 42 “Timber” - 2nd Tina Hansen, 3rd LisaRobinson, HM Ginny Soderman Class 43a “Blueberry Thrill” (fresh material) - 3rdBev Webster Class 43b “Blueberry Thrill” (dried material) - 2ndCamilla Yahnke, 3rd Theresa Cullum Class 44 “Northern Lights”- 2nd Mary Barnes Class 45 “Rocky Camp Retreat”- 3rd Tina Hansen Class 46 “A Penny for your Thoughts”- 1stMargaret Vivyurka, 3rd Tina Hansen Class 47 “Dynamic Earth”- 2nd Lisa Robinson, 3rdCamilla Yahnke, HM Tina Hansen

Art Competition Class 1 (Painting, acrylic) - Ed Decker - HMClass 10 (Watercolour) - Theresa Cullum - 2nd

Creative WritingPoetry that Rhymes - Richard Toivonen -3rd

PhotographyLisa Robinson won the following: Class 2 “A Place for My Tools” -1st, Class 6“Anyone Recognize This ?” - 3rd, Class 8 “Roomto Grow” - 2nd, Class 11 “Old and New” - 3rd

PublicationsSHS Yearbook and Newsletter - 3rd place100th Anniversary Event Brochure - 2nd place

Congratulations to everyone who entered. What a great show of winners, rememberingthat we were competing with entries fromacross Ontario !

The President’s Tree

In late June, OHA President Vickie Wiemer, with theConvention 2011 organizing team cheering her on,planted a red oak at the entrance to Sudbury’s JaneGoodall Trail to commemorate the 105th OHAConvention.

Bill Newton, we will miss You ! This summer, one ofour dear friends,William Newton,passed away, onJuly 15.Bill, as he wasa f f e c t i o n a t e l yknown, was thelo nges t a c t ivemember of oursociety.In his earlier years,he served on theexecutive, published the newsletter and the year“booklet”, and spearheaded many committees.He gave freely of his time volunteering with theRotary Club and Memorial Hospital Association toname a few. Aside form gardening, his interestsincluded antique fine china, of which he became anauthority, and heritage buildings.Because Bill was a noted Historian, we would nevertier of hearing his interesting stories of the Societydecades ago and of days gone by. His friendly smileand demeanor will be sadly missed at our meetings.

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Dates to Remember Sept. 10 - Fall Fair at Anderson Farm Museum, Lively

Sept. 17 - Spanish Flower & Vegetable Garden Show & Art Exhibition

Sept. 17 - deadline for submitting photos for competition

Sept. 25 - Autumn Show & General Meeting, CNIB, Guest Speaker: Steven McCall

Oct. 4 - Executive Meeting, Red Oak Villa, 7:00 pm

Oct. 15 - Judging Update in Spanish

Nov. 5 - Advisory Council meeting, Blind River

LOOKING BACK AT OHA CONVENTION 2011

You can be proud of our society and of our District 13 for a “well-organized, enjoyable and inspiring event.”These are the actual adjectives used by a participant from a society from Southern Ontario. What a greatfeeling to have participated in such a successful event as the 2011 OHA Convention.With the determination and many hours on our feet, the 70 some volunteers from across the District (somewho had never met) worked together well and without complaint. Heartfelt thanks go out to all who helped tomake the convention a memorable one. Some of the many volunteer duties are shown in the photos.

Barbara Smatlanekand Sue Turgeon(below) tie up the

table favours for thebanquet...little bags ofchocolate rock candy

Camilla Yahnke, Uta

Decker, Lisette Bernier, and Luigi Santorodress up the huge urns at the Radisson Hotel with fresh flowers.

Sheila Pope (President of theEspanola Society) and JudyMulligan clerk for the judgesof the horticulturalcompetition (left).

Nicole Richer (right) createdthis wonderful colouredglass window and pottedplant display to decorate theentrance to the hotel. Nicole

also donated hundreds of plants ...Rudbeckia Hirtas ... to the parting convention participants.

Karen Munn and Jessie Galbahelped out in the coat room, selling T-shirts and “Best KeptSecret” booklets.

At the Saturday Evening Banquet, Claire Liinmaa, Christine Osmond, and Carol Skanes (above) and Shelby Woolnough and Theresa Cullum (below).

Lisa Robinson(below) wasone of theofficialphotographersof the event.

The Shanks were one of twelvedifferent vendors that weekend.(Below) Their honey and beeswaxdisplay was fabulous. Laura Foreshew at the welcome desk.

Corona Skakoon brought most of the rosesfor the competition, and won many ribbons.

Shelby Woolnough(right) joined theguerrilla gardenerson Thursday night.

See many morephotos on ourwebsite !!

In the hospitality room (our volunteerheadquarters) we had lunch, coffee anddesserts (brought by the French River ladies)and a well-deserved rest. Above are SheilaCampbell (Assis Director, Algoma District),Ties van Dam, Gilles Charest, ColombeCharest, and Irene van Dam.

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Contribute your extra garden produce to local food banks !

Bring it to the Anderson FarmMuseum Heritage Society

Fall Fair!September 10 and 11...10:00 am to 4:00 pm, 145 Main Street, Lively

(The Fall Fair includes farmers’ market, giant pumpkin contest, classic cars, 75 vendors &artisans, live music, dog agility trials, goats, llamas, horses, and so much more !

Come out to the farm for BBQ lunch.)

To register, please email: growarowgreatersudbury@gmail.com Or visit the website:www.foodshedproject.ca : Contact Dan Xilon at the Sudbury Food Bank to find out more aboutfood banks in your community: Website: www.sudburyfoodbank.ca Telephone: (705) 671-966

Address: 634 Notre Dame Avenue, Sudbury, Ontario, P3C 5L2 E-mail: General Information: sudburyfoodbank@vianet.ca

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