Natural Lawn Care Session MNH Sept 17(Sun)

From: "Helen Jones" <hjones@chebucto.ns.ca>
To: "'Sustainable-Maritimes'" <sust-mar@chebucto.ns.ca>
Date: Wed, 6 Sep 2000 13:37:26 -0300
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  If your friends, neighbours or landscapers are asking questions about
natural lawn care,
  this might be something to alert them to:

  THE MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY is offering a
   2 hour talk and demonstration
   “A NATURAL APPROACH TO LANDSCAPE CARE”

  Sunday, September 17, 2-4 pm
  Rain or shine
  1747 Summer Street, Halifax NS
  (902) 424-7344

  Meet at the Nature Centre
  Cost: museum admission or season pass

  “The MNH grounds have been maintained using environmentally friendly
techniques for several years now.  Today, head     groundskeeper Vernon
Mingo, Edmonds Landscape Services, will lead a tour of the Museum Backyard.
Discover which natural  methods are used to control pests such as chinch
bugs, and weeds such as hawkweed, dandelion, and creeping charlie.  Learn
helpful tips on how to get your garden ready for winter.”

  More good info at :
 http://www.edmonds.ns.ca/lawncare/dp.html


Helen Jones
Member, Pesticide Bylaw Advisory Committee
Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM)
Real Alternatives to Toxins in the Environment (RATE),
http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/Environment/RATE/



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