Public Gardening
These crocuses are blooming in the garden in front of the Plant Recreation Centre at the corner of Somerset and Preston Streets. The lovely garden at the corner was built, planted, and is maintained by community volunteers. It is on city-owned land. It illustrates the power of volunteer community action. Personally, I feel the City tries to do too much — too much of what I don’t want, and not enough of what I do want. And too much of what it shouldn’t be doing could be done perfectly well by others. Can you image the tax load if the … Continue reading Public Gardening