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The goals are the same: to stimulate knowledge and love of gardening, to protect our natural environment, and to raise funds for public gardens such as Casa Loma, the West End Creche, and our new projects â€" wildflowers on the highways for the Ministry of Transportation and the North Court Garden at Roy Thomson Hall. { The Civic Garden Centre is transformed into one big landscape comâ€" posed of many smaller gardens. An explosion of bloom, blossoms, greenery, and scent will excite your senses as you stroll through each varied garden. HORTICULTURE A French parterre with fountain and garden gates will be the setting for competitive classes of spring bulbs, African violets, ferns, orchids, herbs, and cacti. This year‘s challenge classes will include plants grown in a setâ€" ting â€" in rock or driftwood, and by water; plants grown from seed, fern columns, living wreaths, planted obelisk garden sculpture, and window boxes. Grass can help stop insect damage GARDENS There are more gardens this year. Among the displays â€" a water garden, rhododendron garden, a selfâ€"sustaining garden, and a verandah setting. SHOPPING Our commercial area continues to expand because gardeners love to shop at the Flower Show. There will be bird world, French country antiques, dried flowers, fresh cut flowers, customized painted furniture and accesâ€" sories, antique ornamental garden pieces, bonsai, topiary, plants, and the garden supplies of the Trellis Shop. Admission: Adults â€" $6.50. Seniors and Students â€" $5.50. Children â€" $1.00. Under five â€" free. Times: March 3rd â€" 7th, Wednesday to Saturday â€" 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.; Sunday â€" 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. There‘s also a tea room and raffle prize along with free parking or TTC to the door. (Continued from page 1) grass. This will keep the insect population low enough to avoid serious grass damage. I do not mind following the cat to the light garden as the 20 pots of lilyâ€"ofâ€"theâ€"valley pips are in bloom and produce the most delightful perfume. This permeates the area around and is a great lift from the blowing snow and terrible weather forecasts. I dug and potted up lilyâ€" ofâ€"theâ€"valley pips in fourâ€"inch pots during a mild spell in early January and rooted them in the cold green house for two weeks before bringâ€" ing them into the house. They have good foliage as well as flowers although at first its looked like they would flower before the leaves grew. Usually in March we have a warm week. If this thaws the lilyâ€" ofâ€"theâ€"valley area I will dig up some more pips and plant them up for April indoor flowers. The forsythia cut last week is showing colour. They are covered with clear plastic to keep the humidity high. When the weather is cold outside the household humnidiâ€" ty becomes quite low resulting in the buds drying out before they flower. ORDER YOUR GAS FIREPLACE TODAY! 338â€"WARM no wood to cut, no ashes to clean up easy payments on your gas bill Expires March 13/93 with approved credit Residential customers only. â€"caulh paerh ERR ST. WN PLAZA Tire) OFF Seeding Annuals As March approaches most of the annuals may be seeded. One species that seems to be gaining popularity is verbena. Three recent All American Selections are Peaches and Cream, a 1992 winner with apricot and salmon colours, and Imagination, a twentyâ€"fourâ€" inch high 1993 winner with violet flowers, feathery foliage and a trailing habit. It is ideal for hanging baskets or as a ground cover. (Continued from page 1) : Accessory Pieces‘ will be heldi while on Wed. March 31st, ‘Supe Storage Ideas‘ will be presented} Wednesday seminars begin at 6:3 p.m. and run to 8:30 p.m. 4 On Sat. March 27th two seminars will be held. ‘Creative Floor & W; Ideas‘ will run from 10:00 a.m. 12:00 p.m. And a seminar o ‘Custom Builtâ€"ins: bars, Famil Rooms Etc.‘ will be held from 12:3 p.m.â€"2:30 p.m. All seminars take place at 16 Bedford Rd. at the Building Design Resource Centre i Designers Walk. Seating is limite so advance registration is necessary Individual seminars are $35 eac plus GST or $30 for three semi Group rates are available. Call 961 1211 for reservations. _ > The third is Novalis, an eightâ€" inch tall 1989 winner with deep blue petals and a white eye. The same series has blue, scarlet and rose petals with white eyes. Verbena seeds may be planted indoors in March or outdoors in midâ€"May. Seminars planned Canna Tropical Rose is an ideal tuber from seed. It will flower nine to twelve weeks from sowing. Sow immediately, covering the seed. Keep around 65°F for 10 to 15 days. Grow seedlings warm, at 80°F. Transplant at the two leaf stage to fourâ€"inch pots. Plant outâ€" side in late May when soil is warm. They will flower in late June or early July at 18â€"inches high. Gairloch Gardens contained some last summer and they were well received by visitors. s Like a change from impatiens all over the garden? Try Vincas if the brighter or sunny areas. The flower shape is similar but the tex= ture of both flower and leaf is much heavier, giving a different look. Tropicana Series were All American Selection winners for 1993 for their large two and a quarâ€" terâ€"inch flowers on fourteenâ€"inch plants. All have pink or white eyes. Pretty in pink vinca won the 1991 award for its large fade proof pink flowers and Pretty in Rose in 1992 for dark rose flowers. Vincas should be sown indoors by mid= March and germinated in the dark for twenty days in a warm spot and grown in a cool area for planting out in May. Vinca may be sown in July for indoor flowering as they make good fourâ€"inch pot plants. An alternative method is to dig up garâ€" den plants before frost and take them indoors. Balcony pot growers will enjoy the new dwarf Spider asters. They are available in six separate colors and a blend. Sow them March 10th, transplant April 1st into fourâ€"inch pots and set outside May 15th. They will bloom in July and conâ€" tinue until frost. § Seeds for all these annuals may be obtained from Stokes Seeds, 33 James Street, P.O. Box 10, St. Catharines, Ontario. L2R 6R6.