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The P% be Panel % The National Home Demonstration Council of the United States and the Federated Women's Institutes of Canada have the financial responsibility for the grounds on each side of the entrance roads into the Peace Garden. Tulips and early flowering shrubbery gave early spring bloom, but it was the excellent showing made by the annual bedding plants that were set out i n early June that attracted so much attention in the latter part of the summer. Supplementing these were Pink Lythrum from the Morden Experimental Station, Gladioli, and later on, Autumn Asters. Quite a number of the members of the two above organizations visited the Peace Garden during the season and seemed quite pleased with the grounds for which they are responsible. The large turfed areas financed by the Junior Red Cross of the two countries are improving each year. The surroundmg hedge of Chinese E lm is taking shape and growing rapidly. The Highways Branch of the Government of Manitoba made a most valuable contribution to the Peace Panel this year by hardsurfacing the entrance roads leading into the Peace Garden. Thousands of visitors stop their cars at the Cairn i n order to read the inscription and to inspect the flowers and shrubs in the nearby Homemakers and Institute sections. These people appreciate the improvement on the roads. In addition, the plantings nearby of flowers and shrubbery now show to better advantage and the hard surfacing gives an air of permanence. The west end of the Peace Panel adjoining the Terrace Panel was damaged during the construction of the masonry in the second panel. This could not be avoided but late in the season the damaged area was graded and top soil spread ready for spring planting. The Terrace Panel It is into the Terrace Panel that the larger part of the past three summers' work has gone. Also the greater part of the funds have been spent in labor and materials for fhis section of the Peace Garden. Fortunately, over ninety per cent of the stone work in this panel is completed. There are still four more pools to construct and four walls, but these are very small units compared with the massive walls and heavy7 footings already built. There is also the Garden House at the north end of the tipper terrace to be built. In addition, the concrete channel leading from the third pool into each of the lower pools w i l l have to be constructed. This, the third summer's program, started off with the masons building the low wall connecting the inner circles of the two - 4 -
Object Description
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Title | International Peace Garden, Progress Report |
Subject | ACWW; Peace Garden |
Description | Progress Report |
Language | en |
Format | application/pdf |
Type | text |
Source | Alberta Women's Institutes |
Identifier | awi0811079 |
Date | 1952 |
Collection | Alberta Women's Institutes - Collective Memory |
Repository | AU Digital Library |
Copyright | For Private Study and Research Use Only |
Description
Title | Page 4 |
Format | application/pdf |
Source | AWI Collection |
Collection | Alberta Women's Institutes - Collective Memory |
Repository | AU Digital Library |
Copyright | For Private Study and Research Use Only |
Transcript | The P% be Panel % The National Home Demonstration Council of the United States and the Federated Women's Institutes of Canada have the financial responsibility for the grounds on each side of the entrance roads into the Peace Garden. Tulips and early flowering shrubbery gave early spring bloom, but it was the excellent showing made by the annual bedding plants that were set out i n early June that attracted so much attention in the latter part of the summer. Supplementing these were Pink Lythrum from the Morden Experimental Station, Gladioli, and later on, Autumn Asters. Quite a number of the members of the two above organizations visited the Peace Garden during the season and seemed quite pleased with the grounds for which they are responsible. The large turfed areas financed by the Junior Red Cross of the two countries are improving each year. The surroundmg hedge of Chinese E lm is taking shape and growing rapidly. The Highways Branch of the Government of Manitoba made a most valuable contribution to the Peace Panel this year by hardsurfacing the entrance roads leading into the Peace Garden. Thousands of visitors stop their cars at the Cairn i n order to read the inscription and to inspect the flowers and shrubs in the nearby Homemakers and Institute sections. These people appreciate the improvement on the roads. In addition, the plantings nearby of flowers and shrubbery now show to better advantage and the hard surfacing gives an air of permanence. The west end of the Peace Panel adjoining the Terrace Panel was damaged during the construction of the masonry in the second panel. This could not be avoided but late in the season the damaged area was graded and top soil spread ready for spring planting. The Terrace Panel It is into the Terrace Panel that the larger part of the past three summers' work has gone. Also the greater part of the funds have been spent in labor and materials for fhis section of the Peace Garden. Fortunately, over ninety per cent of the stone work in this panel is completed. There are still four more pools to construct and four walls, but these are very small units compared with the massive walls and heavy7 footings already built. There is also the Garden House at the north end of the tipper terrace to be built. In addition, the concrete channel leading from the third pool into each of the lower pools w i l l have to be constructed. This, the third summer's program, started off with the masons building the low wall connecting the inner circles of the two - 4 - |
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