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Group seeks businesses, gardeners for garden tourThe organizers of Undiscovered
Gardens of Huron and Perth are
getting ready for their 2013 season
and they’re planning on going big
for next year.
The event, a tour of local gardens
and businesses, was inspired by the
Discover Rural Gardens of Grey and
Bruce Counties.
After a meeting on Sept. 27, where
the group reviewed comments left
by attendees from last year’s tour,
according to organizer Rhea
Hamilton Seeger, members
discovered that some sites boasted
as many as 65 visitors for the one
day event with others posting
minimum numbers of 25 for others.
Other discoveries included that
among all the sites throughout
Huron and Perth, the sites grouped
closely together were easier to visit.
To that end, they are looking for
more participants for the 2013 event.
“We had a good turnout this
summer and we’re going to be
meeting on Oct. 22 to look at gettingmore people involved,” HamiltonSeeger said. “A lot of people wereinterested in being a part of the
project, but they needed more
notice.”
She said that this year they wanted
to have all their planning done
before Christmas so that the group
could have information ready for the
Stratford Gardening Show, held the
last weekend of February.
“We’re anxious to get people lined
up to advertise on the map so we can
have the materials ready,” she said.
One of the big changes from last
year for the event is that the event
will last longer than just one day.
“I was concerned when I was
asked to be involved that I wouldn’t
be able to be open for every day of
the event but then we realized we
could work it differently,” she said.
“We could have some sites only
open when the gardens are at their
best, others could be open one day or
specific dates. It’s not as big a
commitment as some people seem to
think.”
To that end, the group is lookingfor people to showcase their gardensand business owners to display theirgardening-related wares to show
people what the gardeners of Huron
and Perth have to offer.
“We’re hoping to broaden our
numbers substantially,” she said.
“We’re going to use Facebook, e-
mail and webpages because it’s all
about networking.”
The current executive committee
consists of gardeners, horticultural
society members and business
owners from across the area and they
hope to connect with others to
broaden the scope of this year’s
event.
For more information, or to get
involved, call Hamilton Seeger at
519-529-7238 or e-mail
undiscovered.gardens @gmail.com
The next meeting of the group will
be held on Oct. 22 at 7 p.m. at the
Ontario Ministry of Agriculture,
Food and Rural Affairs office at 100
Don Street in Clinton.
By Denny ScottThe Citizen
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Gardens on tour
Rhea Hamilton Seeger was surprised by how
accommodating the annual Undiscovered Garden Tour
could be and encourages other gardeners, members of
horticultural societies and businesses to take part in it. (file
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