Remembrances of the Second Annual "Touch the Earth" Garden Tour   2001

Yvonne's deplhiniums Brenda's bird-bath and Hostas Relaxing in Gallant's shady area Jean-Luc's 'helpers'! Lynda and Doug with Kay and one of many roses Pauline and Bernard at The Willow Garden

logo designed by Lynda MacLellan
"TOUCH THE EARTH"
A Tour of Antigonish Town and County Gardens
Sunday, July 8th, 2001
12:00 - 4:00 PM
 
Photography kindly done by Agneta Sand, hopefully scanning has not altered them too much.
Charlie & Yvonne Gallant
 Wedgewood Dr., Antigonish
Beautiful, eclectic town garden, artistically presented.
The Gallants recent sojurn in South Africa inspired the garden feature to the right.
Yvonne Gallant next to their pond
Memories of South Africa, in progress

 
Bernie & Brenda Chisholm
Sylvan Valley Road
A lovely garden using garden structures & a beautiful water feature
Brenda at her garden entrance framed by honeysuckle		 Chisholm's pond with water lilies

 

Yvonne with one of her many colorful plantings
Francis & Yvonne Maas
 Pleasant Valley Road
Well planned family-oriented garden. Beautiful roses & delphiniums		 This is Yvonne's lovely little grotto

 
Kay MacDonald
Rte245, Maryvale 
Small country garden featuring a rock wall and roses
Kay and her 'volunteers'...Margie and Mary in front of the arbor with honeysuckle		 One of Kay's shady areas with Lamium and Fringed Bleeding Heart

 
Jean-Luc Declerck
 Greendale Road, Maryvale
Novel organic garden, carved from the forest, with the focus on vegetables
Jean-Luc with one of his many raised planting beds.		 One of Jean-Luc's garden beds with broccoli looking very happy.

 

Bill and Sharon with the late blooming azalea 'July Jester'
Bill & Sharon Wilgenhof
#407 Old Maryvale Road
An extensive, informal, 'growers' garden where seed sowing abounds		 Lilium 'Lollipop' with Campanula punctata

 
Co-sponsor for the tour 
"The friends of The R.K."
The pavillion at the front of The R.K.
Two of the plantings from the Gardens of The R.K.

The R.K. MacDonald Nursing Home
64 PleasantStreet, Antigonish
Tour the garden and have refreshments in thePavilion