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Four years agy, the Pacific
Demonstration Gardens, off
West Saanich Road, were the
Start of a unique horticultural
project’ which would attract
world-wide attention.

Under then-Saanich
Mel Couvelier, the 136-acre
property was to become the first
horticultural *‘Expo.”’

fruits that could be grown on
Vancouver Island while training
prospective horticulturalists.
’*There appeared to be a void
.in horticultural training in
Canada,’’ explained Couvelier.
“We “wanted to create a
cultural centre so each country

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plant their native flora and it
would be managed by the group
of gardening students at ‘the
centre,’’ he continued.
Couvelier’s plan..had = solid
roots. ‘‘We did a. feasability
study which showed the centre

dant if we built the main hall
and developed 20 acres of the
; grounds.”’

» However, due to lack of fun-
ding, the centre subsists from
‘year to. year with a Canada

MSSH

taken out

| | of union?
i

Ministry - of social. services

» Yand.. housing “is attempting ‘to
: ‘take its district supervisors, now...
.. jealled district managers, out of
_ the. bargaining unit of the B.C.»
s ; Government Employees Union...)
- The move, according to John...
‘responsible:: for
and. a
igrievances in. the social services 0,
-Acomponenet,. ds: Can exercise: in, wo
“making. supervisors. ‘the meat-in.
“the | sandwich: between’ the.

iBCGEU negotiations

_ministry’s political agenda and
‘the ‘obligation of: -the

lineworkers. to cope with. ‘their =:

strict mandate: '

Ministry ‘information. ‘officer .
< Art. Seott . said,

he could not
release ‘any details: of. the pro-
“posal other than it:was a senior
management: decision. in. line
With ministry personnel policy. °

/2 -MSSH asked. the: union ‘to
"agree thatthe . managers

-shonld be taken: out of the
-bargaining unit,” Robinson ex-
‘plained. .-:
The BCGE 2U appointed Trail
social worker Mike Eso. to. con-
with

Regional supervisors

outside the bargaining unit.

If the union does nat comply.
-¢ with the ministry’s request, the

-issue will ga before the Labor
> Relations. Board which - will
‘ decide the issue.
According. to. Robinson, the
tried

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fh oanagers are

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The main objective was to —
* provide a school on the Pacific
; Rim demonstrating the variety
- of trees, shrubs, vegetables and

. Manpower ‘grant to hire one
would have an acre of land to .

could be. financially indepen-—

district,

who -
already

to remove the — ¢
managers on two oveassions: in

remaved :

y from. the anion, be said, it will”

ov result ine “significant: alteration ae
Yin the working relationships, in os

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dry start, flowers

, Sidney B.C.

plants, magnolias and ‘a variety
of figs. ‘‘The president wants us
to: plant what are not normally
found here,’’ he explained.

The Horticulture Centre of
the Pacific is located on Quayle
Road and is open from 9 a.m.
to5 p.m.

$150,00 was needed to properly
operate the gardens year-round.

This -year, with Chris
McKnighton as supervisor, the
group received $150,000, put
towards new stock and new col-
lections.

Some landscapes currently
viewed by visitors are the peren-
nials,.rose garden, kiwi plants,
rock and herb” gardens.
McKnighton is just finishing a
rhododendron display and ex-
panding the perennial borders.

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-Only 10 of the 136 acres are
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McKnighton.

And later this summer, if all
‘goes according to plan, in-
terested visitors may be able to
see bougainvillia, more tropical

We specialize fn.

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head gardener and six students.
Last year, the gardens receiv-
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covered costs. According to the
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