“moving. creek. Continue

~ Recreational Center on East:
“Saanich Road, the park has .

been in. a state of decline

-since - ‘maintenance funds

www.BCelassified.com

“tep out: of the

_# meadows and. fol-

low. one of the cobblestone

: walkways down to a slow--

along | the pathway until the’
vegetation tinue in ee

“aura. of bygone ays. ss
© Located. a. few blocks
“south. of the. Panorama

“dwindled away sometime
during the 1980s.

E tiative, visitors will soon be:
able to experience the park
as it was meant to.be.

“In 1997, the District of »
North Saanich entered into: .

a renewable five-year lease
with the federal govern-
‘ment so that Dominion

Brook Park, could be re-.

‘stored.
Capital

1999-2000. and nearly

$60,000 has been spent SO
far this year,

Even though the Munici-

_ pality of North Saanich has

taken on responsibility for

the park, its successful up-

keep will depend on addi-

“tonal support from. the

- put in place to provide that...
broad sin apple d grass‘ roots: support. The.
“process of planning what
the volunteer program will
‘look like. "
Dominion Brook. Park i is.
one of several arboretums.

~~ funding ~ of
$85,000 was allocated for.

community. A. volunteer
program will eventually be -

50 CENTS

AUGUST 30, 2000

Fresh fruit
for food bank

Have a fruit tree that’s so

~ covered with plums, apples,

peaches or pears you don't
know what to do with it all?
-The food bank is more

“than willing to take your.

municipality. is in =the:

~ Brook. eek in 1913 with ©
’ flowering trees and shrubs.
‘from Japan, lilacs from Ger-
ne many, 108 varieties of climb-
ing roses from Pennsylva-.-: :

But thanks to.a Jocal ini- 2 nia and_60 different rhodo-

dendrons from Boston.

-~ By the 1920s the :park |
~ had expanded to its present °
--size-and was maintained by ©
three. full-time gardeners,
Records indicate that thou.

sands of people visited the
park every year,

“Many of the. original Z
plants eventually proved un-.

successful and no longer
survive,

But the government has 7
kept an extensive record of —

every specimen that was

ever planted and has a.com: |

plete inventory of all living

plants. The record provides
“valuable data about the -
long-term viability of the ex-.

otics for Vancouver Island Mo ore Photos on page rt Ree ese!

Rrowing conditions.

” JEAN BUTTERFIELD PHOTOS /MIKE RIMMER PHOTO ILLUSTRATION

: A couple hundred of the area's movers ‘and shakers milled around the Peninsula

Gallery last Friday evening for the opening of Robert Batemans first showing In.

-nearly a decade, The show Is previewing in the Peninsula Gallery, ‘owned by Larry

Hanion, this week before It Is sent off for the main show in Johannesburg. Always

congenial, Bateman answered questions from everyone about his paintings, includ. —
Ing several minutes spent with a precocious youngster who wanted to meet the fa-

mous artist. The goneral fecling of those attending was awe and admiration for the
diverse array of paintings In the show. The wine and cheese reception was by Iinvi-
tation only and people came from as far away as Washington to take a look at.

 Bateman’s paintings. An area town crier, Ken Podmore, greeted guosts at the door f

drossed In dashing white dinner. attire instead of his traditional town alae Barb.

: your: extra fruit and veggies |

BD 655-0679 for more info.

-- green. thumb’s excess off:

your ‘hands so that some-
one who wouldn't normally
be able. to afford. fresh fruit:

‘and’ vegetables | can enjoy. -
~ the season’s’

bounty.
They’ re particularly looking
for hard: vegetables: that*

“keep well, such .as beets,

onions, carrots and. pota-

for someone who could use.

them. Call the food bank at _

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