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Ma�hew Logan

A na�ve of Lakefield, Ontario, Ma�hew

Logan has been in the arboriculture

industry since 2001. He graduated from

the arboriculture program at Fleming

College in 2003. In subsequent years,

Ma�hew has become a Cer�fied

Arborist, Tree Worker and Tree Risk

Assessor through the Interna�onal

Society of Arboriculture and has focused

his interests on arboriculture safety and

proper prac�ses. Ma�hew is a trainer

for Arboriculture Canada Training and

Educa�on, a na�onwide arborist training

company focusing on safety and

innova�on. He also instructs Arborist Theory at

Humber College and is a columnist for

Ontario Arborist trade magazine.

With a large support group of friends, family, and his

fellow brothers and sisters in arboriculture, Ma�hew

feels very lucky to be able to pursue his goals and to

offer his services and abili�es to others. Ma�hew lives

in the Buckhorn area with his wife Tracy and daughter

Emma. Together they enjoy camping, canoeing and

other outdoor ac�vi�es that the Kawartha Region has

to offer. Grant Commi�ee

The Grant commi�ee reminds everyone that some of

the profits from the Garden Show are returned back to

organiza�ons and beau�fica�on projects within

Peterborough and the surrounding area. If you are

aware of an organiza�on that would like to apply for a

beau�fica�on grant, please direct them to our website.

The applica�on form is available under the PHS link for

Scholarships and Grants. Applica�ons must be

received by the PHS by April 1st, 2013.

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Newsle�er Submissions: tammy.gibson.phs@gmail.com - P.O. Box 1372 Peterborough, ON K9J 7H6 - www.peterboroughgardens.ca

Wednesday, February 27th at 7:30 p.m.

Spring Plant Sale

Our Annual Spring Plant sale is being held

on Saturday, May 4th at Westdale United

Church, Sherbrooke Street just east of

Brealey. Be sure to mark your calendars.

While we usually have many perennials at

the sale we also sell other plants e.g.

vegetables, annuals, shrubs, houseplants,

etc. If you are planning on star�ng seeds

or taking cuCngs, please consider doing a

few extra for our sale. Watch for more

informa�on in our March newsle�er.

50/50

The 50/50 draw for this month was run by Sally

Rye (replacing Dawna Rhodenizer.) Winner of the

50/50 draw for the month of January was Pat

DeVillier. She states that it's going to be saved for

spending at the garden show. She won $96.00. The

remainder of the draws were bird feeders, seeds and

bird seed bells. All draw prizes were purchased at the

TSC store this month.

@PtboHortSoc

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Peterborough Hor�cultural Society

The Peterborough Garden Show

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Library

New Books in the Library

I always try and look for new books that appeal to a wide

variety of topics. Fortunately, there are quite a few new

garden related books being published and here are the

most recent addi�ons to our Library.

♦ Crea�ng a Courtyard Garden: Designs and ideas for

every kind of Outside Space, with 300 photographs

♦ Landscaping for Privacy: Innova�ve Ways to Turn Your

Outdoor Space Into a Peaceful Retreat

♦ The Unexpected Houseplant: 220 Extraordinary

Choices for Every Spot in your Home

♦ The Northern Gardener: Perennials that Survive and

Thrive

♦ Edible Landscaping: Urban Food Gardens That Look

Great

♦ Beau�ful No-Mow Yards, 50 amazing lawn alterna�ves

and,

♦ Gardening for a Life�me…How to Garden Wiser as you

Grow Older….Pat Lounsbury reports that this is an easy

read, true stories with prac�cal advice.

Coming Event

SEEDY SUNDAY - Sunday, March 10th

Peterborough's popular Seedy Sunday is being held on

Sunday, March 10th from 2 - 5 pm at George Street

United Church. This is a free event and a great

opportunity to purchase local, organic and heirloom

seeds.

For more informa�on go to urbantomato@gmail.com

SPRING GET-TOGETHER - Saturday, March 16th

Our annual Spring Get-Together for OHA District 4 will

be held in Peterborough this year at the Peterborough

Public Library on Aylmer Street on Saturday, March

16th from 1 - 3:30 pm. All are welcome and there is no

cost. The Programme topic is "Best Prac�ces for

Society Mee�ngs". There will also be a Seed

Exchange. If you have seeds to contribute be sure they

are packaged and labelled.

GET THE JUMP ON SPRING - Saturday, February 23rd

For those green-starved enough to do the drive to

Toronto, the Toronto Botanical Gardens is holding their

Annual Hor�cultural Open House on Saturday,

February 23rd from 10am to 4 pm. Admission and

parking is free with a suggested $2 dona�on. Garden

seminars are being held throughout the event.

Welcome New Members!

Pat Freista�er & Lori Logan

LUG-A-MUG

Don’t forget to bring your coffee mug

and wear your Name Tag to our mee�ng.

Winter Weather Warning We have no control over the weather and rarely have we had to cancel a mee�ng. If cancella�on is necessary, an announcement will be made on the

radio and an email will be sent to all members who are on our list. If you have email, please check your inbox before you leave for the mee�ng. If in

doubt, call one of the members of the board (phone numbers are in your yearbook).

Ask Tammy This is my second month edi�ng the newsle�er and I

thought I would try something new. Members can

email gardening ques�ons to me and they will be

answered in the following newsle�ers by myself or a

Master Gardener. Tammy.gibson.phs@gmail.com

For instance, I was wondering if the snow we received

on Friday, February 8th, 2013 was enough to get my

snow peas planted?

DUES DUES DUES

January’s mee�ng was busy with renewals, and that

puts us at just over the half-way mark of members who

have renewed for 2013. A single membership is

$15.00 and a family membership is $20.00.

Your membership can be renewed either in person at

the next general mee�ng or mailed in to our post office

box. The complete address can be found at the top of

the newsle�er and the renewal form. If you or

someone you know is unable to renew at this �me,

please let me know so that I can keep our files up-to-

date. Thank you.

Monica White

monicawhite_962@hotmail.com 705.749.3034

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Absolutely the biggest and best local garden show in Ontario and it is operated by the Peterborough Hor�cultural Society and

Peterborough Master Gardeners! Plans are well under way for this year’s show with an exci�ng slate of speakers including

Marjorie Mason, Paul Zammit, Dugald Cameron and Beckie Fox and of course our own Dawn Tack.

We have wonderful ideas of how to transform the Evinrude Centre into a garden wonderland and will need help in this area.

The Celebrity Flower Arranging Contest on the Friday evening will be a great opportunity to cheer on your favourite!

Corry Vanderkooy from Pamme�’s Flower Shop will demonstrate how to make an arrangement and then our celebri�es will

have a chance to prove how talented they are. Ken Tremblay, CEO of the hospital, Gary Dalliday, re�red sportscaster,

Peer Christenson, ar�st and store owner and John Mackle, re�red school board superintendent have all agreed to have fun

and learn a li�le at the same �me. There is also an open flower arranging compe��on en�tled “Spring Fling” and we

encourage all members to enter (see the website for rules and regula�ons).

Kawartha Ar�sts Galley and Studio will be showing their hor�cultural themed pain�ngs again and this year they will be for

sale. BE Catering and Kyoto Coffee will be providing the refreshments and their menus look exci�ng.

We have a full lineup of demonstra�ons including a panel of Master Gardeners who will try to answer all your gardening

ques�ons. The Scissor Man, Robbie Preston, will be set up outside and can sharpen all your garden tools and knives. It will be

great to start the garden season with your tools sharp and ready to go. Bring cash as Robbie only takes cash payment.

If friends and family want to avoid long line ups, Joan Harding is selling advance �ckets and can be reached at

705.799. 5378 or harding@i-zoom.net. They are also available at Custom Copy on King St., Avant-Garden Shop on Sherbrooke

St. and Lakefield Flowers in Lakefield with more vendors to follow in March when the nurseries reopen.

We have rack cards available to get the word out and at the March mee�ng we will have posters for you to put up.

Visit www.peterboroughgardens.ca for more informa�on.

Once again it looks like a terrific show, so spread the word and come and enjoy that first taste of spring.

Rachel Burrows, Show Chair

Garden Show Volunteers It’s that �me of year again!

Thanks to all who signed up at the January mee�ng. ShiUs are set up for 2 hours at a �me. Volunteers are needed for set up,

take down, cashiers for booths, membership table, runners, �cket takers and booth relievers. For set up and take down we

are again appealing for "men with trucks" and electric drills for picking up items from the

storage locker and assembling at the Evinrude. This would be for Thursday, the 11th in the morning and again for take down

on Sunday aUer the 4 pm closing.

We also have a new category which I am hoping some of you could give a 2 hour shiU for during setup �me on Thursday

throughout the day and Friday morning when vendors are arriving as well as your shiUs during the Show. It is for signing out

tables and chairs to vendors as they arrive. It is a "sit down" job. If you have never been there during Show set up, it is

interes�ng to see behind the scenes as it all comes together.

This is a huge undertaking and we tradi�onally have about 100 volunteers, many of you taking more than one shiU over the

course of the Show. I thank you in advance for your generous commitment of �me. It is one of the

successes of our Show.

I can be contacted at 705-741-1101 or by e-mail at patdevilliers@hotmail.com.

Pat de Villiers

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