2013 ~ unofficial year of the garden in King

Photos by Barry Wallace

A wonderful blooming summer

While some think we've had to much rain, most gardeners hereabouts are experiencing a summer floral show that so far has been the most bountiful and beautiful in many a year.   It seems as though everyone has a green thumb this year.   Photos taken on Forde Crescent in King City.

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Cars in King this Sunday ~ Cruise for the Cure

The 3rd Annual Cruise for the Cure takes place this coming Sunday from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., at 13200 Weston Road in King Township.   Proceeds go to Prostate Cancer Canada and Shriners Hospitals for Children.   There is no admission fee for this terrific family event but a $10 donation for parking will be greatly appreciated. Photos below are from last year's extremely successful show. 

Photos by Barry Wallace

If you spot this sign on the west side of Weston Road, about a kilometre north of the King Road, then you have arrived at Tim & Brenda's Cruise for the Cure.

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Masked guardian donkey

I've run one or two photos of this donkey on previous occasions but I always had the opportunity to look it square in the eye when capturing its portrait.   This past Sunday, while driving about King Township on the Nobleton-King City Garden Tour, I came across this diligent donkey, doing its duty, once more, on its 15th Sideroad farm.   This time however, it seemed to be in disguise.   While I could not look it in the eye, it certainly could see me.   It came to the fence on the roadside  to check me out, gave a sniff and a snort, and turned its back on me to return to its babysitting duties.   Masks to protect horses eyes from flies and other insects are routine garb around these parts, but this is the first time I have seen one on a donkey.   And those ear-protectors are just too cool.    

Photos by Barry Wallace

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2013 Nobleton-King City Garden Tour

7 Nobleton and King City-area gardens stole the show during a beautifully sunny day today, on the annual garden tour.   The diversity of plants and their settings were, as always, wonderfully entertaining and inspiring.   (All photos by Barry Wallace) 

Photo above and below taken at the home of Jack and Dolena Hurst's Weston Road property which features the old Strange Presbyterian kirk which dates from 1860.

Hummingbird feeder

Black Forest Garden Centre ~ Keele Street

The Secret Garden at Black Forest Garden Centre

Birdhouse at Black Forest Garden Centre

Water feature at the home of Adriana and Peter Tetley

What a man needs in gardening

 is a cast-iron back with a hinge in it.

-- Charles Dudley Warner

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Barry Wallace

Nobleton-King City Horticultural Society

Photo by Barry Wallace

Garden tour this Sunday ~ 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

The Nobleton - King City Horticultural Society is presenting its annual garden tour this Sunday, July 14, from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m.   Tickets may be purchased in advance at the Nobleton Pharmasave in Nobleton Plaza, Guardian Drugs on King Road in King City, and at Black Forest Garden Centre on Keele Street North, south of the Aurora Sideroad.   Tickets will also be available on the day of the tour at the King Township Museum at Kinghorn and at each of the tour garden locations.   Ticket/maps are $10 each.   Seven lovely properties are on the tour this year.

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Laskay Hall packs in the raspberry lovers

Photo by Barry Wallace

The threat of inclement weather this past Tuesday evening moved things indoors at the Laskay Hall Raspberry Social, in the Weston Road hamlet, south of the King Road.   The indoor setting gave the affair an even more nostalgic and familiar feeling for those who have made the annual event a regular feature on their social calendars.

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Big beauties at Windy Hill Farm

Photo by Barry Wallace

The W. Barron & Family Farm 

Keele Street ~ north of Kettleby

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