HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2016-07-21, Page 11Horticultural garden tour makes a
Pulling ahead
Elfi Enns, one of the artists featured at the Blyth Festival's new art show "Common Ground",
welcomed the Auburn Horticultural Society's annual garden tour to her home on Westfield
Road on Monday evening. Enns talked about various plants on her property including the
Scottish Thistle, the national flower of Scotland, shown above. (Mark Royal' photo)
Festival to open `If Truth be Told'
In 1978, a group of puritanical
thinkers who called themselves
"Renaissance Canada" successfully
convinced the Huron County School
Board to put three books on its list
for banning, and finally voted to
forbid any student at one of the five
high schools in the county from
reading Margaret Laurence's iconic,
Governor General's Award-winning,
The Diviners (arguably one of the
single most influential Canadian
books of the 20th Century). At the
same time, Alice Munro's Lives of
Girls and Women was removed from
the Peterborough high school
curriculum.
This real life flashpoint is the
inspiration for If Truth Be Told, a
gripping new play by Beverley
Cooper receiving its world premiere
this summer at the Blyth Festival
from July 27 to Sept. 3 in Blyth's
Memorial Hall. Reserve your seats
by calling the Box Office at 519-
523-9300, Toll Free 1-877-862-5984
or online at blythfestival.com.
With If Truth Be Told, Festival
favourite Beverley Cooper Eyes of
Heaven, Innocence Lost: A Play
About Stephen Truscott and The
Lonely Diner: Al Capone in
Euphemia Township has approached
this significant moment in Huron
County history with passion,
sympathy, and daring.
Peg Dunlop is an internationally
celebrated writer, with a long list of
distinguished awards, living with her
family in Vancouver. Peg is the most
famous and successful writer ever to
come out of the small town of
Wayford. In spite of her influential
career and accomplishments, Peg is
no local heroine. Far from being
celebrated in her hometown, many
of the locals despise her work, and
deeply resent her writing about life
in Wayford.
When Peg unexpectedly moves
home, few in the town embrace her
return. Unaware of the apparent
controversy surrounding Peg,
Wayford's eager young high school
English teacher assigns one of Peg's
books to her Grade 13 class, and
invites the writer to come and speak
at the school.
As news of Peg's return spreads,
and details of her book emerge, a
group of concerned parents, led by a
local pastor, endeavour to have her
book banned. As the townspeople
begin to choose sides, Peg
befriends a teenage girl named
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Burn ban announced for county
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midnight only. After midnight, all
fires must be completely
extinguished.
If you discover a fire in the open,
it is very important that you report
fires immediately by calling 911.
Residents are encouraged to use
the following tips to prevent grass
and brush fires:
• Clear all combustible materials
such as tree limbs, leaves and other
dry materials away from buildings
and propane tanks.
• Keep barbecue propane tanks at
least three metres from buildings.
• Wood piles should be stored a
safe distance from your home.
• Trees should be pruned to create
a good vertical separation from the
ground.
• Clear out any accumulated dry or
dead debris from your property.
• Carelessly discarded cigarettes
continue to be a major cause of grass
fires during these dry periods.
Smokers are reminded to please use
care when butting out. Do not throw
lit cigarettes out vehicle windows.
• Take care when refueling
equipment, and avoid idling hot
engines over or near dry vegetation.
• Check with your municipality
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landfill site hours. Most landfills
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regarding this order, please contact
your local Fire Department, listed
below.
• Howick Township – Fire Chief,
Shawn Edwards 519-335-3202
• North Huron – Fire Chief, David
Spading 226-523-9500
• Morris Turnberry – Community
Fire Safety Officer, James Marshall
226-523-9500
• Central Huron & Bluewater–
Fire Chief, Dave Renner 519-525-
6530
• Huron East – Fire Chief, Marty
Bedard 519-527-0160
• South Huron – Fire Chief,
Andrew Baird 519-235-1981
• Goderich – Fire Chief, Steve
Gardiner 519-525-6028.
THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, JULY 21, 2016. PAGE 11.
reat date night
PEOPLE AROUND
AUBURN
By Mark
Royal!
Call
519-441-2223
I promised my wife a great date
night last Monday night in Auburn
and get this, it was only going to cost
me $2 and it included refreshments.
Want to hear more? My wife Glenda
and I joined the Auburn
Horticultural Society annual garden
tour. I've got to tell you, I really
enjoyed this evening out. What
better way to unwind at the end of
the day than to take a stroll through
beautiful gardens on a lazy summer
evening. About 22 of us met at the
community centre in the village and
then headed out to our first garden in
Auburn Horticultural Society
convoy style which got slightly lost
the first time around.
We began the tour at the home of
Elfi Enns who lives on a beautiful
secluded piece of paradise on
Westfield Road along the Maitland
River. Their certified organic farm
has charming vistas including my
favourite, off -the -barn deck which
looks over a pond then across fields
towards a hardwood forest. Elfi has
lived here with her husband for 22
years and together they have worked
hard restoring the farm and planting
trees and gardens throughout their
property. I was inspired by the fact
they were growing garlic in one of
their gardens. I think I am going to
try this next year.
We moved on down the road to
Cindy MacDonald's place on
Moncrieff Road. She lives in a home
built around 1850 that is surrounded
by quiet peaceful countryside where
there is always a breeze she says.
Cindy had pictures of her house
showing how it had changed over the
years and shared plans of what they
would still like to do in the near
future. I enjoyed the areas she had at
the side and front of the house where
you could gather with friends beside
large old maple trees and admire the
colourful flowers and gardens all
around you.
Finally we headed over to Jane
Smyth's in Blyth to end our tour.
Jane had us begin at the front of her
house walking down a descending
walkway made of small and large
field stones surrounded by
wonderful flowers, bushes and tall
lofty grasses. There were plants here
that were very unique I had not seen
before. One was a Yucca flower
which Jane says grows wild in the
Auburn area. We were all caught off
guard when Jane brought us to the
back of her house where we stepped
into a very large yard surrounded by
more gardens. At the back of the
yard was a larger garden area
complete with a little bunkie that
housed bunk beds. I could see
children loving it out here. Their dog
loved it. I watched in amazement as
Jane's little dog ran up and down the
bunk bed ladder with ease.
Refreshments were served to cap
off a very nice evening.
Unfortunately we couldn't stay due
to another appointment but I wish
we could have.
If you are just wanting to get out
of the house and lazily stroll through
serene settings and chat with
neighbours then I highly suggest you
join in on one of these garden tours.
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