Gardening

TheReview Wednesday, February 5, 1992 — A18

Expert will give local gardeners a treat

This morning as we sat at break-
fast I made my usual list, and since
it was raining, planned a day of
domestic chores.

I’d wash the kitchen floor, do
some washing, and certainly attack
the ironing! Then the sun came
out.

I called to “himself” who was
now firmly in control of the tele-
phone, “I’m just going outside for
about ten minutes to prune the
grapevine.”

Two hours later I sneaked in the
door, feeling somewhat ashamed
of my lack of self-control. Oh, it
was sO gorgeous out there! Mil-
lions of puddles reflecting the
bright sunshine, yellow species
crocus with their heads held high,
a warm breeze, and 10,000 chores
to be done!

I did prune the grapevine, and
faithfully collected the severed
vines to be used in the bottom of
the next compost pile. (This keeps
air circulating through the bottom
of the heap.)

Then, since I already had the
secatuers in my hand, I cut off all
the dead foliage from the chrysan-
themums, and hiked the refuse out
to be composted. I heard a wren
singing a lovely, lively tune in our
small woods.

Next I pulled a stalk of Brussels
sprouts to have some right next the
backdoor, so I don’t have to put on
boots to collect enough for a meal.
I had to get the shovel to cut off the
Toot, so since I had it outside I dug
out a few weeds, and beheaded
three slimy slugs who were half-
hidden in the top of a Brussels
plant.

I gave the filbert trees a shake to
spread some pollen, but the tassels

were too wet for this to work,
however I did spy some fat pink
thubarb shoots just peeking
through the soil.

If you want a really early taste,
tip a large pot upside down over
one clump, weighing it down with
something heavy. The rhubarb
tries to grow toward the light
coming through the drainage holes
in the pot, and rapidly makes long
skinny stalks that taste just won-
derful.

I saw two bushtits, just the two,
not the usual flock of 20, so I
assume these little dears are con-
sidering nesting.

It really begins to look as though
we will have a VERY early spring
this year.

Two items of considerable inter-
est to avid gardeners: First the
famous John Brookes, who is not
as well known in Canada as he is
in England, will give a lecture
accompanied by slides on Con-

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her husband. Free admission, offering will
be taken. Info, 652-9453 or 652-6741.
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nich Peninsula Hospital Auxiliary will be
held in the Saanichton Bible Fellowship
Hall on Mt. Newton Crossroad, Saanichton,
starting at 10 a.m.
ROBIN COOKS

Cooking with Robin is the theme of the
Ladies Night Out sponsored by Grace
Community Church from 7:30 to 9 pm.
Robin Bracken will share a sense of humor
and demonstrate how to put on intema-
tional and Canadian brunches. Taste-testing
will be encouraged. The evening will be
held at the Central Saanich Cultural Centre,
adjoining the library on Clarke Drive. Cost
is $5, tickets from Patti at 655-1264 or
Grace House, 652-0045.

temporary Garden Style. This talk

will be held on Saturday, Feb. 22 at _

the Newcombe Theatre in Vic-
toma.

This superb designer of stylish
town gardens in England runs a
series of garden design courses at
the Royal Botanic Gardens, at Kew,
operates a School of Landscape
Design, and travels the world on
lecture tours. I wonder what he
does with his spare time?

I think we are very lucky to have
an opportunity of hearing John
Brookes talk to us in February and
the tickets are only $10 each,
available at Stevenson’s Garden
Design, 10453-Allbay Rd. in Sid-
ney, Tanners Books, Sidney, Dig
This in Victoria, Brentwood Bay
Nurseries on Benvenuto, Village
Books in Cadboro Bay or from
Out of Hand, 566-Johnson St.,
Victoria.

Any questions can be answered
by Giles Stevenson, at 656-8945.
This clever duck organized the
B.C. part of his tour for Mr.
Brookes.

Secondly; Two programs are
being sponsored by Camosun Col-
lege and, Hurray! they are being
held here in Sidney, which makes
it a lot easier for most of us.

The first is series of four lec-
tures on Fruit Tree Maintenance
followed by a session in the garden
where students can discuss their
own problems, as well as witness
actual pruning, training, planting
and staking done by an expert ... in
this case by Michael Gye, a man
with 28 years experience as a
consulting arborist.

Please call 370-3153 for regis-
tration information, and please do
it soon, as classes start Feb. 11 at
the Iroquois Park Club House,
2295-Ocean Ave. in Sidney.

- The second is a class on creating
your own mixed flower hanging
baskets, being taught by Reinhard
Schinz, the C-FAX “Good Gar-
dener.” Fees include material and
supplies for a hanging basket
which would likely sell for $25 or
more. Please call 360-3153 to
register for this fun course, which
will be held in early May, again at
Iroquois Park Club House in Sid-
ney.

I haven’t forgotten the seed list,
but there just wasn’t room for it
today. Sorry!

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walk around the room and see
what they do. It is not what they.
look like, it is what they feel like.”

She may carry a camera but
seldom uses it for photographs.
“All I do with a camera is hide
behind it so I can really stare.”

Her concentration and attention
to detail are also evident in her
other works.

Her portrait of Yehudi Menuhin
hangs in England’s National Por-
trait Gallery, a significant honor
for any artist. She also painted
three portraits of long-time friend
Audrey Hepburn, which are owned
by the actress. Copies of the works
are displayed in Pavelic’s studio.

Among her unique creations are
collages from tissue paper, so
finely crafted that they resemble
watercolor.

“I worked for a year in collage.
Then I got awfully sick of tissue
paper.”

A perspective on her work will
be presented tonight at 8 p.m. and
Feb. 6 at 1 p.m. in Inner Likeness:
A portrait of Mfawney Pavelic. The
program was directed by Agustin
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In addition to portraits, Pavelic
creates detailed sketches of tiny
things, capturing the curve of
shells and the fragility of a single
stalk of grass.

“T don’t like landscape because
it is too big for me. I love it too
much to limit it. I can’t put a
frame around it,” she says.

A professional pianist unul she
was 19 and a lifelong artist, some-
times she is surprised by her own
work.

Once, alone in her studio and
awaiting the result of an operation
on a family member, she caught a
glimpse of herself in the mirror.
She sketched, then dropped the
drawing and left in response to a
call from the hospital.

Weeks later she returned to dis-
cover the sketch, a few lines elo-
quently portraying her despair
with a rendering of a bowed head
and a single, dangling hand.

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