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The Friends 2022 Garden Season

Please join us for our official new volunteer orientation on April 12 at 9 a.m. in the Maclure Room at Government House. People who wish to attend must contact Krista Lavoie at newvolunteers@fghgs.ca.

A reminder that garden volunteers work on Tuesday and Thursday mornings from approximately 9 a.m. to noon. Most gardeners choose either Tuesday or Thursday, but some choose to work both days.

All volunteers must be members of The Friends of Government House Gardens Society which has annual dues of $20. You can read about the Society at https://fghgs.ca.

The Society’s Membership Director will accept your membership application at the volunteer orientation on April 12. If you wish to join the Society before then, please apply for membership at Become A Member.

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Have the Sharpest Tools in Your Garden Shed

Vern from Sharp and Sharper Sharpening Services will be at the lower parking level on Tuesday & Thursday from 9 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. on: June 3 & 5, July 8 & 10, Aug 5 & 7, Sept 2 & 4. The Friends will cover the cost for communal garden tools, but not individual volunteer ones.

Price List

Per inch: knife: $.75 serrated knife: $1; bevel edge grooming & barber scissors: $2.50; fabric shears: $2.25

Per item:
$3: chisel, serger blade, & round pizza cutter
$5: rotary blade
$6: pet nail clipper & medical scraper tool
$8: hoof knife: hatchet, medical scissors & secateurs (hand pruners)
$10: axe, loppers, & tin snips
$10.50: clipper heads
$12: dematt comb, hand hedge & grass trimmer
$12.50: large body clipper head
$15: straight razor
$18: clipper head 5 in 1
$38: convex hair scissors

 

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