“The Newsletter”JANUARY , 2007

President: Hermina Hubert Editor: Richard ToivonenPhone: 692-9859 Phone: 566-3037 Fax: 566-0142 e-mail: herminahubert@yahoo.com e-mail: toivonen@cyberbeach.net

Editor Emeritus: Claire Liinamaa Phone: 524-0670 e-mail : clairel@persona.ca

Visit our web site: http://groups.msn.com/SudburyHorticulturalSociety

Dedicated to the beautification of the Sudbury region and the preservation of our environment

Bare branches of each treeon this chilly January morn

look so cold so forlorn.Gray skies dip ever so low

left from yesterday's dusting of snow.Yet in the heart of each tree

waiting for each who wait to seenew life as warm sun and breeze will blow,

like magic, unlock spring’s sap to flow,buds, new leaves, then blooms will grow.

- Nelda Hartmann, January Morn

In this issue: 2006 Award Winners ... Page 8

Amaryllis Care ... Page 9

Canada Blooms bus trip ... page 10

Christmas Show Revisited... page 2

Dates to Remember ... page 7

Editorial ... page 3

Election Results ... page 4

Introducing our Guest Speaker ... page 4

Meet the Members ... page 5

Photography Competition ... page 3

Puzzle ... Page 6

Short Story ... page 7

TIPs from the Master Gardener ... page 9

Website of the Month ... page 9

Our 96 Year th

Member

Mark your calendar:

Canada

BloomsMarch 7-11, 2007

Metro Toronto

Convention Centre,

South Building

See page 10 for

details of the SHS

bus excursion

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The Christmas Show: “Hearth and Home” held on December 3, 2006 was another success. Convenor Camilla Yahnke and

her committee did a wonderful conversion of the C.N.I.B hall into a festive venue for our final show and meeting of the year.

The emphasis was on Christmas theme crafts. Although the number of entries was down from previous Christmas shows, the

enthusiasm was high and the competition close.

The next flower show will be the African Violet Show in April, while the next general meeting will be held on January 28th

with guest speaker, John Lindsay. John’s alter-ego is remembered as Jack Richmond, Sudbury broadcaster.

The Christmas Show featured 41 Classes of Floral and Festive Design, Creative Design, Festive Features and Photography,

vying for the prizes.

Doors opened at 1:15 p.m. for socializing over coffee, tea and Christmas goodies, enough to put everyone in the Holiday spirit.

In the absence of President Hermina, 1 V-P Carol Skanes conducted the meeting portion. Colette Ilnitski and Roger Nashst

proposed the slate of officers for 2006 - 2008, followed by the election. Installation of the new executive was conducted by

Carol Skanes in her role as Assistant Director of District 13. The results are posted on page 4.

Guest entertainment by Andy Lowe included a Christmas sing-along. His CD entitled “A Sudbury Songbook” is available by

contacting him at andielowe@msn.com or 705-524-9154.

Presentation of trophies and awards for all the year’s little shows of 2006 took place and the results are posted on page 8.

2007 Memberships were available for renewal or as gifts. The sign-up sheet for e-mail delivery was also at the main desk. The

number of members receiving the e-mail version is slowly growing.

A bake sale table featured donated items of favourite Christmas goodies that quickly disappeared.

Carol Skanes’ Special Award Design

Guest Entertainer Andy

Lowe

Enthusiastic Carol Sing-along

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The following are the classes for the annual Ontario Horticultural Association Photography (prints) Competition.

Judging by the high calibre of entries in our local shows, our members can compete at the Provincial level. As you can see,

the classes are simple and straightforward. This notice is posted at this time because the deadlines for entries is June 1 , 2007.st

Full details of the rules, judging criteria and cash prizes are available on the OHA Website at www.gardenontario.org. Go to

the website, click CONVENTION (under the picture along the top), Upcoming Convention (in the left hand column),

Competition Guidelines (in the left hand column), >Photo (in the beige box on the right hand side) and you’re there. Notice

also, there are separate classes for those of you who still enjoy slide photography, but 2007 is the last year for slide entries.

You may also contact your newsletter editor Richard at 566-3037, and he’ll be glad to help.

Class 1 “Weep No More My Lady” weeping form of tree or shrub in the garden Class 2 “Pretty in Pink” your prettiest pink blooming plant in the garden, annual or perennial Class 3 “Spring Bloomers” spring flowers in the garden Class 4 “Oh My!” a civic hanging planter in your community Class 5 “All for Show” flowers at their best in the flower show Class 6 “I don’t remember planting that!” garden disaster Class 7 “Shades of Grey” a bridge in the mist Class 8 “For the Future” youth(s) and adult(s) working together in the garden Class 9 “You’ve Got Mail” decorative mailbox Class 10 “A Garden Oops!” humourous oddity in the garden Class 11 “Single and Loving It!” a single bloom by itself Class 12 “KISS. Keep it Simple, Sweetie” an orchid bloom silhouetted against a black background Class 13 “Earth’s Steward(s)” gardener(s) at work Class 14 “Visions of Our Future” -windmill & wind turbine, the old and the new, a double exposure

Winter, a lingering season, is a time togather golden moments, embark upona sentimental journey, and enjoy everyidle hour. - John Boswell

Lawn Service of the 2005 INCO Cup Winner

for “Best Home Garden in the Sudbury Area”

EDITORIAL

From the almost 300 members of the SHS, we

cannot find enough volunteers to fill our Director

positions on the Executive. Furthermore, while the

attendance at the regular general meetings remains

gratifyingly high, the number of competitors has

begun to fall to the point where many of the classes

have no entries.

MAKE A NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTION TO

GET INVOLVED. To use a tired cliché, an

organization is only as good as its members.

We welcome the two new Directors, Georgette

Mitchell and Pat O’Grady. One Director seat

remains open. If you have reservations about the

two year tenure, try it out for one year. The

experience is vastly rewarding, making an

organization move to the benefit of its members.

You have seen the competition entries of others

and thought,”I could do that”. WELL DO IT.

Page 4The following list is the result of the elections heldat the last General Meeting Dec. 3rd, 2006.

PRESIDENT Hermina HubertPAST PRESIDENT Linda Hugli1st VICE PRESIDENT Carol Skanes2nd VICE PRESIDENT Gilberte LambertSECRETARY Carol SkanesTREASURER Wayne HugliDIRECTORS - Dec. 2006 to Dec. 2008

Claire LiinamaaGeorgette MitchellPat O’GradyRichard ToivonenNot filled

DIRECTORS - until Dec. 2007Linda Hugli Wayne Hugli Colette IlnitskiLisa RobinsonCamilla Yahnke

The following clarification of the election process was

provided by Claire Liinamma, our resident fount of

Horticultural Society knowledge. Thank you Claire.

“The Secretary and the Treasurer are appointed positions.

This is done at the first board meeting in the new year. They

are not elected and also receive an honorarium for these

positions. Therefore they do not have a vote. This is spelled

out in an OHA directive. However, so that these two

individuals may cast a vote on SHS matters, they are elected

as directors; or as in Carol Skane’s case, 1st Vice-president.

Neither do the Secretary or Treasurer have a vote in the

OHA.

“Let us assume that we know ahead of time, that the present

Secretary and Treasurer are willing to stay in office for

another term. They will allow their names to appear on the

slate of officers as presented by the Nominating Chair. They

will probably be re-elected at the regular election and

formally be re-appointed at the first board meeting. However,

if one or even both (Heaven forbid) resigns then a call must

go out to the membership with a job description. If one of the

Board Members offers to take the job, they may be appointed

and their elected position will ensure their vote. If a member

at large is appointed, they will have to serve their 1st year

without a vote and allow their name to stand for election the

following year. I suppose, if the board is short a member, the

new person could be appointed by the board to fill a

vacancy.”

The January 28 meeting of The Sudbury Horticulturalth

Society will feature a presentation by John Lindsay

describing the highly successful Minnow Lake Restoration

And Conservation efforts.

After living from coast to coast in Canada, John arrived in

Sudbury in 1965 at age 30 and has happily made this

“community of possibilities” his home. He and his wife

Linda Cartier, a lifelong Sudbury resident, together have 6

children and four grandchildren. Linda is more the gardener

but John once won a Society second prize for a Sudbury

grown apple. Most of John’s “green work” has been

associated with the Minnow Lake Restoration Group over the

past almost 30 years. The last 15 years he has been President

of the organization. A number of waterfront and hillside

parks were created and ecological work carried out, and the

organization was recognized this year with a Community

Builders Award. A web-site on the area is at

www.minnowlake.ca that also showcases the work of the

local Community Action Network of which John is the co-

chair. Another web-site John developed to promote our

community www.SeeSudbury.ca has a picture and a link to

the Sudbury Horticultural Society website. John is looking

forward to speaking to the Society on – the beautification of

our area and the preservation of our environment, and in

particular how important it is for citizen involvement and

commitment. His presentation will include a number of

pictures illustrating the work of the Restoration Group and

the Community Action Network.

The Minnow Lake

Millennium Fountain

and

John Lindsay

A new year is unfolding - like a blossom withpetals curled tightly concealing the beauty

within.

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This month, we profile Jessie MacIsaac , a card carrying member of the SHS

“T N ” What is your earliest garden related memory? As a young girl of about 8, my Dad had me pick out a sapling to

plant in our back yard. That sapling grew into a beautiful maple tree, my favourite type.

“T N ” How did you become interested in gardening? Actually I love the look of beautiful flower gardens and lovely

landscaping more than the actual activity of gardening. I remember the beautiful rock gardens and water fountains that once

graced Bell Park. I found it fascinating to walk near the rock gardens with all kinds of special plants in varied colours.

Whoever was the gardener there way back in the ‘50s and early ‘60s was a very creative individual. The planting beds at Bell

Park and by the Amphitheatre, today, tend to be boring and rather mundane. I ‘d love it if SHS were to contact and invite

past gardeners to speak at our meetings.

“T N ” What type of gardening do you do? Landscape gardening; only flowers, shrubs and a few trees. Balcony plantings

in pots with petunias in eavestroughing around railing of balcony ( an idea I saw and copied from a B&B in a small town

heading to Sault Ste. Marie. I’ve been growing more perennials on the street side at the front of my home and am more

interested this year in planting annuals in planters and boxes . I also have 5 beefsteak tomato plants which is the extent of

my vegetable gardening. I rely on my Dad for great gardening advice and know-how as he grew up on a farm in the Ottawa

Valley in the Pembroke area on Alummette Island, Quebec . He is the best gardener I know and is an avid vegetable and

flower gardener . Thanks to his work in his greenhouse , almost across the street from our home, where he plants vegetables

and flowers from seeds and sometimes cuttings, I get most of my annual plants.

“T N ” What prompted you to join the SHS? My mother, Helen Cotnam, has belonged forever or so it seems and I finally

decided to join and attend SHS meetings and events with her.

“T N ” What did you, do in real life? Unbelievably, seven years have passed since I retired ,and I am enjoying retirement!

I was a high school teacher/guidance counsellor for 31 years

“T N ” Of what life accomplishment are you most proud? I have no idea...guess I haven’t done it... yet!!!

“T N ” Other than gardening, what hobbies do you have? Photography; taking photos of people; especially group shots,

really appeals to me; the luxury of time to read some good literature; watching interesting one-hour weekly television

programs, spending winters in Acapulco, meeting people and getting to make new friends, attending the Acapulco Filarmonica

concerts in February & March, getting together with relatives and friends, studying the Enneagram personality types, being

a Red Hat Society lady.

“T N ” What hidden talent do you have? Me gusta hablar espanol; I also like to read a prepared speech before an

audience (which is amazing since I was petrified about public speaking way back when I was a high school student.)

“T N ” What is your most remarkable garden success/failure? I cannot grow

roses–try & try though I have. However, my poinsettia plants are still blooming and do

so all year long..

“T N ” Favourite garden tip to share? Just learned this one from my good old Dad –

prepare the soil for potting plants by sifting the old soil through a screen. Then add

some fertilizer like manure and some fresh soil and your plants will thrive. Of course

there’s my personal favourite: Fertilize with Miracle Grow every two weeks for fabulous

looking flowers.

“T N ” What is your garden philosophy? Maximum results with minimal effort.

“T N ” Pet garden peeve? Finding time to plant my flowers and wondering whether

that huge stalk is just a weed or some fabulous perennial.

Every gardener knows that under the cloak of winter lies a miracle ... a seed

waiting to sprout, a bulb opening to the light, a bud straining to unfurl.

And the anticipation nurtures our dreams. - Barbara Winkler

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First Meeting of the New YearSunday, January 28 th , 2007

LCambrian Hall C.N.I.B Corner of Regent and York

Streets (Use the Regent Street entrance)

LDoors open at 1:15 p.m. for “The Gardeners’ Friendship

Hour” with refreshments.

LMeeting begins at 2:00 sharp.

LGuest Speaker: John LindsayTopic: Minnow Lake Restoration And ConservationRead John’s impressive biography on page 4.

LAdmission is free to those who have renewed their 2007

membership. Otherwise $2.00

Why not renew at the door and save the two bucks and the

$3.00 mailing fee for the Annual Yearbook.

LWhite elephant table

L50 - 50 Draw

LDoor Prizes

EVERYONE IS WELCOME

Bring some friends and encourage them to join.

??????JANUARY PUZZLE ??????

Below are a dozen movie titles with one word missing.

The right hand column lists a dozen horticultural related

words.

Choose a word from the right hand column to correctly

complete each title.

The correct titles will be listed in the February issue.

1) The Black _____________ Magnolias

2) The Sword and the ____________ Tomatoes

3) The ____________is also a Flower Grapes

4) _____________Flower Rose

5) _____________Drum Song Birch

6) Simon _____________ Dahlia

7) Steel ______________ Cactus

8) The Secret ______________ Lilies

9) ______________County Poppy

10) ______________of the Field Flower

11) The _____________ of Wrath Garden

12) Fried Green _____________ Orange

?????????????????????????????

Little Nancy was in the garden filling in a hole when

her neighbour peered over the fence. Interested in what

the little girl was up to, he politely asked, "What are

you up to there, Nancy?"

"My goldfish died," replied Nancy tearfully, without

looking up, "and I've just buried him."

The neighbor was concerned, "That's an awfully big

hole for a goldfish, isn't it?"

Nancy patted down the last heap of earth and then

replied, "That's because he's inside your stupid cat."

Printed monthly by

If Jimmy cracks corn and no one cares, whyis there a stupid song about him?

Page 7Dates to Remember

(We have so much to celebrate)

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The GardenA short story by Dickie T.

The three boys sat on the ground with their backs to the fence. They were discussing the approaching storm with all the

expertise of their eight years of age. “My Granny said to watch the swallows. When they are flying and diving in the middle

of the day, a big storm is coming,” offered the smallest of the three.

“Why?” asked the bully.

“Because they’re feeding before it rains too hard to fly.”

“How does she know?” challenged the bully.

“Because she’s ten times older than we are, and anyway she knows a lot of things,” defended the little guy.

“Your granny is older than eighteen; she’s gotta be older than dirt,” laughed the bully becoming argumentative.

“Ten times older means she is eighty, not eighteen, everybody knows that,” piped in the third fellow, trying to be conciliatory.

“Anyway, lets raid her garden before it starts to pour. I’m going for a carrot, what about you guys?” With that he crawled under

the fence they had been leaning against. “You coming, or are you too chicken?”

“Don’t call me a chicken, fatso,” said the bully, following him.

The little one looked on helplessly, wishing he could stop the others from their planned thievery.

At that moment a kindly voice said, “Oh boys, don’t pull the little ones, the carrots at the far end were planted first and will

be larger and juicier. Try those.” No one had noticed her approach. Granny stood at the garden gate, her hands on her hips and

her face wreathed in smile.

The two vandals froze in fear; the little one ran around the fence to hug his grandmother’s ample waist.

“Now, since you’re in there, let me show you what are weeds and need to be pulled and which are veggies I have planted and

must be left to grow. We don’t have much time – the rain will start in a while. So, let’s get at it.”

“Aw, gardening is for sissies; I don’t want any of your stupid carrots anyway,” said the bully, storming out of the gate passed

the little guy and his grandmother.

“I call this farming. Flower growing is gardening,” she said, the smile never leaving her face. “Where would we be without

farmers to grow our food?”

The bully stopped in his tracks and turned around. Slowly he came back inside the fence and knelt on the ground beside the

grandmother, and asked,”How can you tell if it’s a weed, they all look the same to me?”

“Well, lets concentrate on learning one weed this time, and we’ll pull all of those first. Then tomorrow, I’ll teach you another

weed to pull and I’ll have to show you which peas are ready to sample, while you work. Them that works, eats.”

For twenty minutes the three boys bent to their task, as the grandmother watched, continuing to smile.

Just then their toil was interrupted by the first big rain drops that hit the ground making puffs of dust in the dry garden soil.

(Used by permission)

Page 8Awards Presentation for Small Shows - 2006

African Violet Show - 117 entries

Most Points in Show Winnifred Squires Trophy Theresa Henderson (3 year) 91 pointsrd

Carol Skanes 60 points

Best Entry by Senior Scherzinger Trophy Kay Tones

Best Entry by Novice Gift Certificate No Entries

Queen of Show Gift Certificate (Stokes) Colombe Charest

Best in Design Gift Certificate (Dominion) Helen Toivonen

Most Points in Art & Craft Liinamaa Family Trophy Helen Toivonen 40 points

Rose & Perennial Show - 152 entries

Most points in Show Gisella Daru Memorial Helen Toivonen 80 points

Best Red Hybrid Tea K.W. Bigelow Corona Skakoon

Most Unusual Flower Gift Certificate (Veseys) Colombe Charest

Best in Design Gift Certificate (Stokes) Rachelle Corrigan

Autumn Show - 101 entries

Most Points in Show Acme Printer’s Gilberte Lambert 98 points

Most Points - Sweets Helen Duncan Award Gilberte Lambert 41 points

Best in Design Gift Certificate (Dominion) Hermina Hubert

Pumpkin Show - 55 entries

Most Points in Show Book Gilberte Lambert 33 points

Most Points - Savoury Rita Fox Plaque Gilberte Lambert 46 points

Best in Design Gift Certificate (Veseys) Gilberte Lambert

Christmas Show - 53 entries

Most points in Show Claire Liinamaa Award Lisa Robinson 65 points

Best in Design Gift Certificate (McFayden) Carol Skanes

Best Festive Feature Gift Certificate (OSC) Camilla Yahnke

Overall Awards

Most Points in All Shows SHS Award Gilberte Lambert 265 Points

Most Points in Photography Clara Peterson Award Richard Toivonen 135 points

The Trophies

Kaye Tones and

Carol with the

Scherzinger Trophy

Lisa and Carol with

the Claire Liinamaa

Award

Someone painted pictures on my

Windowpane last night --

Willow trees with trailing boughs

And flowers, frosty white,

And lovely crystal butterflies;

But when the morning sun

Touched them with its golden beams,

They vanished one by one.

- Helen Bayley Davis, “Jack Frost”

WEBSITEof the MONTH

Photo from: www,flower-gardening-

made-easy.com

TIPs

from the

MASTER

GARDENERS

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from: Linda Hugli

Given proper care, your Amaryllis (Hippeastrum actually)

can rebloom for several years. Here are some tips for

making that happen...

i Cut off the flowers as they fade.

i Cut the stems back to just above the bulb nose, but

not until they have begun to collapse.

i Continue to water whenever the soil is dry and

fertilize monthly (20-20-20) for at least six months so

that the foliage continues to grow.

i Come summer, you may plant the Amaryllis, pot and

all, in a sunny spot in the garden. Alternatively, grow

it as a houseplant.

i When the leaves yellow, cut them back to 5 cm.

above the bulb.

i Remove the bulb from the soil and clean it gently.

i Store in your vegetable crisper or other dry, cool

location for at least two months.

i The bulb may be repotted anytime from October to

April. Plant it two months before you want it to

rebloom.

It's that time of year again. Unfortunately, the snow is falling

with the leaves. To help cope with the winter blues, working

with houseplants helps some of us keep our sanity. Some

benefits of houseplants include; cleaning the air of some

indoor pollutants, helping to maintain a certain level of

humidity, as well as providing some much needed greenery.

Some tips for maintaining healthy houseplants are:

i Pick one day a week to check houseplants for water,

pests, and disease.

i Water sparingly in the winter since they don't require

as much water with short day length.

i Occasionally give your plants a shower or wipe dust

and dirt off leaves.

i Give your plants a quarter turn every week to

maintain shape.

i Remember, when shopping for plants, check to

ensure that they are free of pests or disease.

Submitted by James St. John, MG

Well fellow gardeners, I'm not sure

what I should be writing about today. The snow is rapidly

leaving for the third time this fall (can't call it winter)... the

garden catalogues have been arriving for over two months,

and we're only a week away from the shortest day of the year,

so spring can't be far off. So what might be of most interest

during this outdoor gardening break... it sure is great to have

good search engines in the old computer... and they don't

require a stop at the gas station! I have been a genealogist for

many years, and one of the largest resource sites on the web

is called Cyndi's List. Well, wouldn't you know it. Cyndi

likes gardening too, and she has created a list just for her

ga rden ing f r ie n d s a n d w e c a n f in d i t a t

http://www.gardenlist.com/ It's a treasure house! Check out

the centre column on the opening page; "The General

Catalogues" and there we Canadians get our very own list. It

will take you so long to get through this list that you might

forget to order your seeds... and once you've gone through the

general list, then you can move on to the specialty lists. Fear

not, by the time you're done surfing, the daffodils will be

emerging through the last of the crusty snow and you will

once again have mud on your boots. YEAH!

Submitted by Garth Wunsch

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WE’RE“ON THE ROAD AGAIN”

IN 2007

The Sudbury Horticultural Society invites you to enjoy one of itshorticultural adventures this year!

CANADA BLOOMS TRIPThursday March 8, 2007

5:30 am to 11:30 pm

$85.00 - SHS Members / $90.00 - Non-Members

Canada Blooms has received national and international recognition and The New York Times referred to Canada Blooms as one of the

top three shows of its kind in North America.

Explore acres of fantasy gardens - stretching the imagination with vibrant colours and fragrances.

Delight in stunning floral creations at the standard judged flower show.

Shop for exciting gardening gadgets and designer innovations from across Canada.

Learn the answers to all your horticultural questions in non-stop workshops anddemonstrations by your favourite gardening gurus.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACTGilberte Lambert - (705) 524-5779

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