We’re re-visiting some of our favourite local places this week. Lang Village is a shining example of what a small community can create. If there is a prize for “most amazing volunteers”, I think Lang Village would win. On Sunday, the theme there was “Tying the Knot”. In every house and business there, folks were getting ready for a wedding. Carving love spoons, making a quilt, baking wedding cake (yum, it was good), rehearsing their music. What a place!
Monday, we were dying to see if our bikes are working better. Well, yes they are! We biked 34 km to Lakefield and back. August clouds were in their glory.
We are back in Beavermead Park this week. I love this place. Peterborough’s parks department does such a good job of making you feel like you are in the country, when in fact you are in the middle of the city. The Ecology garden is adjacent to the campground which is adjacent to the beach and volleyball and soccer fields which is adjacent to the lock system. And the Trans-Canada trail runs through it all. Accessible to everyone.
We were wondering if there would be many native plants and trees left for sale in the Ecology Garden. Their plant-selling areas were looking a little picked over, but there were still hundreds of flowers and trees to be bought. Isn’t this a lovely purple flower?
I’ve never looked so closely at a thistle.
We’ve learned a lot about introducing native plants to our own garden from the folks here. They have many really good billboards showing things like how to slow rainwater by creating swales and other features. Trees, both growing in the garden and for sale, are labeled. They have wet areas and drier areas with appropriate plantings in both. They even offer edible fruits like blueberries, raspberries and currents.
Each time Ted visits this garden, he checks out the composter. Still not easy to turn.
The morning’s coolness added to the pleasure of meandering through the Ecology Garden. It’s supposed to get hot today, so we are only going to bike a short distance. Biking in the late afternoon may be a good plan.
In the meantime, it was nice to take our time and absorb the good feelings in the gardens.
You’d never know that our campsite is right next to this scene.
This campground with its adjacent Ecology Garden continues to be a source of inspiration. One person at a time.
One seed at a time.
“Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant.”
Robert Louis Stevenson
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