When on tour you will see some of the loveliest gardens in our area. Come and be inspired by the diversity of our "Secret Garden Tour." These seven gardeners, who have opened their gardens for the tour, are dedicated gardeners who work hard at keeping their gardens, neighborhoods and communities beautiful. Everyone who goes on the tour will come back to their own garden with many new and innovative ideas. There are a variety of styles in our gardens this year. There is a garden for everyone’s taste. We have gardeners who have successfully designed beautiful landscapes around what most of us would call impossible settings. Visitors will even view some farm animals this year! There is a hobby farm with goats, chickens, a mini horse and a micro pig. One garden is designed for pollinators, birds and beneficial insects and is designated as a Monarch Way Station.
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"Growing in Friendship"
Judy Russell, 2018 Canton Garden Center President's Message:
Looking ahead I am experiencing a great sense of anticipation and excitement. I look forward to serving as your president in 2018. Starting a new year at the Canton Garden Center offers many opportunities, and I look ahead to a year of Growing in Friendship.
One of the things I love about the Canton Garden Center is seeing the long-standing, deep friendships of its members. Friendships that have stood the test of time - been strained by honest differences, strengthened by common interests, and flourished through ups and downs. I see members sharing joys and leaning on one another for support - such wonderful examples of Growing in Friendship.
I feel a strong responsibility to see that the Canton Garden Center flourishes - not just the gardens, not just the organization, but as friends with a common bond. We stand on the shoulders of remarkable women. Our founders grew to adulthood through a World War and the Great Depression, and still had the optimism and passion to start the Canton Garden Center, to be committed to sharing their love of gardening and sharing the beauty of gardening with the community. We should look to these women for inspiration. We should ask ourselves if we are living out the vision they surely had for a vital organization based on friendship and mutual support. We all recognize what a wonderful resource our gardens are for the community. I want us also to recognize what we are to each other, and let that move us forward.
Already we have many plans for 2018 - 3 interesting mini-programs, a Fall luncheon and fashion show, exciting things happening in the Children's Garden, and some new ideas still in the early stages of exploration. Great things can happen if we work together and support one another! I am looking forward to a year of continued Growing in Friendship.
Sincerely,
Judy Russell
2018 President's Message
One of the things I love about the Canton Garden Center is seeing the long-standing, deep friendships of its members. Friendships that have stood the test of time - been strained by honest differences, strengthened by common interests, and flourished through ups and downs. I see members sharing joys and leaning on one another for support - such wonderful examples of Growing in Friendship.
I feel a strong responsibility to see that the Canton Garden Center flourishes - not just the gardens, not just the organization, but as friends with a common bond. We stand on the shoulders of remarkable women. Our founders grew to adulthood through a World War and the Great Depression, and still had the optimism and passion to start the Canton Garden Center, to be committed to sharing their love of gardening and sharing the beauty of gardening with the community. We should look to these women for inspiration. We should ask ourselves if we are living out the vision they surely had for a vital organization based on friendship and mutual support. We all recognize what a wonderful resource our gardens are for the community. I want us also to recognize what we are to each other, and let that move us forward.
Already we have many plans for 2018 - 3 interesting mini-programs, a Fall luncheon and fashion show, exciting things happening in the Children's Garden, and some new ideas still in the early stages of exploration. Great things can happen if we work together and support one another! I am looking forward to a year of continued Growing in Friendship.
Sincerely,
Judy Russell
2018 President's Message