[gardeners] Saturday NOT in the garden
lneuru@watarts.uwaterloo.ca (gardeners@globalgarden.com)
Sat, 16 Feb 2002 23:02:15 -0500
Well, off for about a week from teaching (winter break) and it has
ben esp. hectic this winter.....teaching overload and getting hassled
for research results i don't have time to produce, by friends who
seem to have all the time in the world (no overload).
We here in our neighborhood are fighting a developer who wants to
build a 17 storey high-rise apt. building right behind our houses, the
entire length of the block. It will loom over this entire block, the
street we live on is the main entrance to a 100+years old heritage
park. Beautiful gardens, etc. will now have NO light. I just
refurbished with a 10 metre line of antique peonies, given to me by
a lady whose scottish grandmother had ben growing them for about
100 years or so, given to her mother, friends, etc. and finally some
to me during the last thinning. Peonies need sun. I am going to
lose much of my back garden, antique roses, many bulbs, etc. We
are fighting for height reduction. We will still get a high-rise, but 8-
10 stories is easier to live with. Any ideas?
Lucinda