Direct Energy Centre
16 March 2011
The move last year to the Direct Energy Centre in the Exhibition grounds
offers six acres of colourful, glorious gardens and
100,000 square feet of Marketplace, ALL on one level.
Once again this year,
the Georgian Bay Garden Club
conducted a bus tour for Canada Blooms.
We left Owen Sound in a light drizzle
but encountered some wet snow flurries
on the way to Toronto.
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Garden Hall –
Sponsor Gardens –
Past Posters –
Professional Florists –
Miscellaneous –
The Mandarin
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The following piece won 2nd place and was entered by John McLaughlin
of the Georgian Bay Garden Club of Owen Sound.
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The Main Entrance corridor had this giant magnolia blooms mural on the wall,
leading to The Green for Life Garden. Created by more than 40 Landscape Ontario members,
this spectacular 9,000-square-foot entrance garden will be one of the largest
created in the history of Canada Blooms.
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The Bienenstock Natural Playground, where children from 6 and
up can discover why nature is so much fun. Designed by Gardens for Living to engage kids in outdoor activity, it features
climbing boulders, a Canadian Shield amphitheatre, an Adirondack log stage, a hill with a slide and climbing wall, an
aerial rope bridge, nature murals, xylophones, whale drums, bongos, glockenspiels and thunder drums.
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Guess who was there?
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Looking Back at
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And just we wrap things up and head for the buses,
some miscellaneous images
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THE STOREY:
The daughter took a picture of mother by the Amaryllis.
I asked if they would like a picture together
(the mother had her eyes closed in the first shot)
and here is the picture.
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A couple of orchids at one
of the stalls in the Marketplace.
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A 10 year old Amaryllis
at another Marketplace stall.
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The flowers adorning the entrance to the Niagara Wine Garden – a Canada Blooms tradition,
where you can meet with friends and enjoy a glass of award winning Ontario wine
and taste fine cheese presented by the Dairy Farmers of Canada.
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The Violet Connection,
where I bought mu Stephanotis.
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The highlight of the day after walking around
Canada Blooms for five hours is our stop at the
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Can you identify these hungry people?
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Just to prove I was there,
Hank took my picture.
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Some of the ice still remaining in
the fountain in front of
The Mandarin.
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A few remaining Christmas lights
being taken down. The staff put
up approximately 700,000.
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These fountains operate
throught the winter with the
water spouting from rocks.
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All aboard! Next stop Markdale,
Chatsworth and Owen Sound.
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NOTE: The vehicle is NOT in motion!
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Of all the pictures I took on the buses, these are the only two that turned out. Sorry.
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