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Times -Advocate, lune 28, 1995
Gardeners find passion in backyard
Janne and Soren Petersen share their immense joy of gardening and appreciation for nature
Ingrid Nielsen TA Staff
EXETER - "1 come out in the
early morning when it is not quite
Tight yet. 1 see the blues and purples
(sigh), it is just beautiful."
Janne Petersen reflects on her
garden, as most gardeners do at this
time of the year. The flowers are in
bloom, the delicate scents fill the
air, and the trees spread out their
leaves to offer some sought after
shade.
However, the Petersen's garden
is not like most gardens.
"It is an all consuming hobby. It
gets to be almost an obsession. We
did not envision it would be this
big at alt. 1t mushroomed, and got
bigger and bigger..." said Petersen.
The garden covers close to an
acre, and offers hundreds of differ-
ent perennials, annuals, trees and
shrubbery, roses, and vegetables.
Their flower beds have to be num-
bered so the family knows which
garden they are referring to.
Janne and Soren Petersen, with
their son Jacob, moved to Exeter 20
years ago. They moved to their cur-
rent home in 1988 and began to
renovate. Once the inside was vir-
tually complete, the family began
to create the huge
garden outside.
Throughout the
early summer
months, the per-
ennials and roses
take centre stage.
There are hundreds
of different flowers
blooming at this
time. Local horticulture societies
make the Petersen garden an im-
portant stop on their tours.
As each plant dies for the season,
a new flower arrives for its time in
the sun. It is all co-ordinated so the
spots left by dying flowers are cov-
ered by flowers ready to bloom.
"Some people get so upset when
some die," said Petersen. "Just let
them die. It is only natural, and its
the only way the perennials will
come back. The whole trick is to
find something to cover up what
has just died."
In the spring, the garden is filled
with up to 1,000
blooming tulips.
"It is absolutely
spectacular. There is
only pink, purple and
white tulips in full
bloom," said Petersen.
In the beginning, the
garden had no struc-
ture. But as it grew, it
needed a plan. Soren is very good
at visualizing and he did the stone-
work, said Janne.
The garden originally started in
the front, close to the road. Even-
tually it worked its way back, and
now features more prominently
along the side and in the backyard.
Around the many flower beds,
features intricate stonework which
It is an
uming
gets to
ost an
ssion."
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hobby. It
be alm
obse
Women's
Missionary
Society
spring rally
EXETER - One hundred and
twenty-nine ladies from the Strat-
ford -Huron Presbyterial of the
Women's Missionary Society met
in Caven Presbyterian Church Ex-
eter, for their spring rally.
The evening began with a song -
sing followed by a delicious salad
supper provided by the Exeter
W.M.S. and the Gordon Auxiliary.
At various times throughout the
evening, the groups answered the
roll call with a humorous item.
Shirley Aitcheson, Stratford,
presided for the rally, and the sing-
song was led by Shirley, assisted
by Margaret Greig on the guitar
and Audrey Vorstenbosch at the
piano.
The scripture from Proverbs was
read by Muth Laing, Mitchell, and
the meditation on Humor was giv-
en by Shirley Aitcheson. Exeter
choir sang two numbers accompa-
nied by the organist, Sharon
McNeilly. Bev Nichol, Atwood led
in prayer.
The guest speaker, Beanie the
Clown (Pat Willows, Carlingford)
was introduced by Janet Gibson,
St. Marys. Beanie stressed the need
for warm hugs and laughter is
good, not only for your mental
health, but for your physical well-
being, too. It exercises every mus-
cle in your body and cleans out
your circulatory system. She ad-
vised everyone to work on having a
sense of humor and to practise
walking down the street with a
smile. Her demonstration of her
"tools of the trade" brought forth
many healthy "belly laughs."
Bessie Thompson and Helen
McLean -Nethercott of Avonbank-
Motherwell W.M.S. sang two
duets accompanied by Anna Mae
Stephens. Cathy Eliot*, Cromarty,
gave a humorous reading, Church
Bulletin Bloopers.
Margaret Greig, Area Education
Consultant, brought information
from Synod and W.M.S. Council
and introduced some supplies that
are now available from the Book
Room in Toronto. A report on the
Hamilton -London Synodical was
given by Verna Willows and Bar-
bara McKay, Stratford.
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gives the look of a traditional Eu-
ropean garden. The stones are
stacked carefully, without the use of
mortar.
Another important pan of the gar-
den, is the leaves.
"I work with the foliage", said
Janne, who considers the colour and
texture of the leaves.
Trees are also very important to
attract birds to the garden, "a big
part of having a garden," said
Janne.
The couple often try experiments
in their garden, to see just how far
they can push the limits. Although
Janne is extremely excited about
her lettuce growing between the
roses; Soren is a little more skep-
tical. One experiment involves
growing peppers and tomatoes in a
shelter built in the middle of the
garden.
Another experiment is growing
ornamental grasses amidst the flow-
ers and trees. Janne insists they take
practically no maintenance and look
beautiful, while Soren points out
that they also compliment the gar-
den in the winter when everything
else has died.
"According to all the books," said
Janne, "the ornamental grasses
should not have grown here. Some
of them are blooming now, and
some will bloom as late as October.
They give the garden one more sea-
son."
Books and information are very
important to the Petersens, and they
surround themselves with au-
thoritative sources to help their gar-
den flourish.
Stopping to
smell the roses
can be an al! day
affair in the Pe-
tersen's garden,
which can also
include a
moment to sit
down and enjoy
the birds.
Their garden "bible" is the Man-
ual of Woody Landscape Plans by
Michael A. Dirr. They check all
their purchases against this source.
As for purchases, the Petersens
will sometimes travel hours just to
find a new nursery growing some-
thing unique. The majority of their
supplies, including Miracle Grow
fertilizer to the roses to the per-
ennials are bought at local suppli-
ers.
"I use all the local nurseries,"
said Janne. "I really believe in
that."
Another good source of fertilizer
is "really good old manure", which
the Petersens get from a local farm. -
They also have a large compost
pile.
It is also important to consider
wind and sun exposure in laying
out the garden, and to use mulch to
help hold the moisture and control
some of the weeds.
"There is always stuff to do,"
agreed Janne and Soren. "The only
time there isn't, is when the snow is
this high."
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