Gardens for Sustainability - May 25, 2006
Native Plants Front Yard

Co-sponsored by Regina Eco-Living.

this tour visited five gardens with an emphasis on native plants. Photos of Two stops. Barr native front yard.

Hjertaas native front yard, shade garden, pond, no pesticide lawn, and eco-weeder.  May 28

July 30, 2006

Co-sponsored by Regina Eco-Living and Serbu Sand and Gravel.

Features: composting and compost tea, xeriscaping, flower and vegetable gardens, low maintenance lawn, experimental wildflower garden, pond.

32 enthusiastic people  attended this second garden tour.

Three of the five gardens featured:

- Herb Haynes Flower and vegetable garden, organic tricks, pond, composting and compost tea.  Mr Haynes died in 2007.                 

- Rob Wright – productive veggie garden; community lawn. Native grassland patch.

- Grant Road School; comparative native plant plots; Seeded fall 2005, spring 2006 and transplanted (SWA helping)  (Ben Sawa)