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The object of this organization
shall be to maintain a Garden Center with a library as a source
of free gardening information; to unite the clubs and individuals
in the common interest of home and community beautification; and
to encourage and train our youth in appreciation of our natural
resources. This organization shall operate not for profit.
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The President's MessageDear Canton Garden Center Friends- First and foremost, I wish to recognize all the former presidents of The Canton Garden Center. Each and every one of them over the past 63 years has left her own unique mark on The Center, contributing ideas, programs and projects to make the Center stronger and more vibrant! Today we have a wonderful place to come together to learn, share, and serve-all in concert with nature and gardening. Thank you, Presidents, for your leadership and vision. My theme this year is "Where is Your Garden?" My focus is to encourage one another to appreciate the "Garden" wherever we are. My personal garden is my farm. I look out my window and see a pasture that supported cows, horses and goats when our kids were little. I see acres of soybeans and corn. It truly is a garden-a garden of lush green soybeans in the spring and summer, golden yellow pods in the fall, and brown after the frost. The corn starts from barren ground and ends up taller than I. A farm is a very large garden! My garden is the urns planted each spring to add beauty to my city. They stand in front of long-time businesses as well as empty store fronts. My garden is the parks in my city. My garden is the four welcome signs, each nestled in a small garden that beckons visitors to enter my town. Travels have taken me to botanical gardens that overload my senses of sight and smell! I have visited a coniferous rain forest in Washington State; the Fern Grotto in Hawaii where ferns grow in a rock wall; the Lava Lands where vegetation sprouts here and there amid black, dry lava beds. These gardens are there for me to enjoy, to appreciate, to cherish. They're there for you, too. Gardens soften our sometimes harsh, disappointing experiences. Gardens give us hope and lightens our spirits. The flowers and trees and soil excite our eyes and noses. They urge us to join in their joy and to keep on going-to believe that if a seed is planted, it will sprout! All these wonderful things are gardens for us-FOR US! Look around
you. "Where is Your Garden?" Celine Hallier
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