Our Nursery is now open for the 2012 season
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News at the Nursery
Welcome to the 2012 catalogue. We are pleased to add many exciting new items and some returning classics that are worth a spot in the garden.
This year marked the passing of Nobel laureate Wangari Maathai, a very remarkable woman. When she was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize I thought it was a nice idea to give this award to a tree planter but I really had no idea of how impressive her life was. Here, I too often feel like ornamental plants have been reduced to just another consumer product, like another pair of designer shoes. Wangari took the simple act of planting a tree to many levels. On one hand many people, mainly women were given work where they could put clothes on their backs and feed their children from the employment growing and planting the trees. The most amazing aspect was how she used this simple act as a mode of social change and activation. With a tree in one hand and a shovel in the other Wangari and her supporters pushed past the army and armed thugs to reclaim and plant public land that politicians had given to their cronies. More than once she suffered physical injury.
“But when you have bad governance, of course, these resources are destroyed: The forests are deforested, there is illegal logging, and there is soil erosion. I got pulled deeper and deeper and saw how these issues become linked to governance, to corruption, to dictatorship. In a few decades, the relationship between the environment, resources and conflict may seem almost as obvious as the connection we see today between human rights, democracy and peace. “Wangari Maathai
She was a force of nature like the trees she planted. The results according to the United Nations were helping 900,000 women and the planting of thirty million trees. I don’t think I will look at a newly planted tree the same way again.
The nursery has grown, and is more organized thanks to the stalwart efforts of all involved. Please check out our blog. We would also like to thank Brock for all of his effort in making this website possible.
We were fortunate to spend time this summer in the high desert and Sangria de Christo Mountains in Southern Colorado and then time in India, Bhutan, and Mustang [a remote part of Nepal up in the Himalayas] in the fall. It was humbling to see what a marvellous world we live in and what a huge range of vegetation in such diverse climactic areas. We will put up a blog with photos shortly.
You may view our updated inventory by downloading our 2012 Catalogue, available by clicking Here
Our seasonal hours are Wednesday to Sunday from April (weather permitting) until October, and from then on check by telephone. Hours are:
10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
We are presently looking for nursery staff. If you are interested in working in a stimulating environment please contact us at:
Lost Horizons RR #1, Acton, On L7J 2L7
Ph 519-853-3085
Fax 519-853-2279
You may find a job description at GoodWorkCanada
