Tea and Tales

Sya VanGeest and Rachel Schoen of the Guelph Guild of Storytellers entertained Guelph Enabling Garden visitors with wonderful tales on a beautiful Friday morning. Stories will continue each Friday morning from 10:30-11:30 am until August 26th. Please bring your own lawn chair if you can and a cup if you care for iced tea. Donations greatly appreciated.

Marigold & Lavender

Guelph Independent Living residents came to the garden recently to check out their bed. Participants familiarized themselves with two very different smelling flowers: marigold and lavender. Both have very distinctive scents - marigold has a musky, pungent odor that tends to keep 'pests' away, making them an excellent companion plant. Most people prefer the sweet smell of lavender though, which can help calm the nerves and help those with insomnia.

Riverside Glen visits

Riverside Glen residents came to the GEG recently to look after their piece of the garden. They made a new sign, painting on it brightly coloured flowers to make their bed even more charming!

Creative greeting cards

Marilyn Swaby shows us how to make faux-parchment greeting cards during a Horticultural Therapy teaching session. The sky sprinkled some rain on us, but thankfully not enough to stop these participants from coming to the Garden to learn from our creative guest speaker.
We designed a picture from pressed garden flowers (we placed the flowers in between parchment paper and a napkin) and covered it with a half glue, half water mixture. When it dries, we will iron each card flat, fold it, and insert writing paper into it.