President Bill Cheeseman welcomed guest speaker Monica Skinner and her husband Bernard to the Clifford and District Horticultural meeting held Jan. 24 at the community hall.
Monica Skinner prepared six mini slide shows starting with visions of nature’s glory in Canada’s pristine wilderness along with a close up look of the Butchart Gardens of B.C. brimming with Canadian pride and attitude.
The journey wandered through the cactus laden deserts of Arizona before heading to Las Vegas to find sheltered treasures nestled in incredible rock formations.
Springtime in Ontario reflected the splendid hues of single stemmed beauties to fields of waving wild flowers and blankets of pink and orange petals spread across perfectly planned gardens.
Skinner believes “beauty is in the details” especially when people see the purple floral growth by the beach side grave yard and horizontally growing trees of Nunavut.
Exhausting the sights of North America, the tour jetted off to encompass the tropical delights of Barbados and the determined plants thriving unbelievably among the miles of rocks formed by the ancient lava flows of Hawaii.
Skinner, a photo buff, also incorporates the editing program on her computer to showcase her most prized photos of yellow blooms and stately sun filtered forests to achieve the look of vibrant oil paintings, none of which are hung in any gallery but her own.
Doris Jaunzemis thanked her and the crowd offered a round of applause.
Cheeseman announced the coming card parties, including one on March 8, the bus trip to Canada Blooms on March 22, the reddish coloured bicentennial rose, the Ontario Horticultural Association convention in Niagara Falls, the tangerine tango rose, the two day bus trip to Lakefield, and the information in the Newsletter.
Karen Dowler awarded door prizes to ticket holders Helen Braun, Jim Measures, and Isobel Senek.
Many stayed to enjoy a light lunch of fruit bread, cheese, and grapes prepared by Jean Yenssen, Carol Lange, and Janet Huth.
