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Women's Missionary Society quilting Tuesday Sunday services at Nobleton United Church start at 11:15 a.m. The church is at 6076 King Rd. W. Call (905) 859-3976 for more information. The June 17 sermon title is What does God want from us? Join us as we welcome our confirmand, Lynda. The United Church Women's (UCW) Strawberry Social is June 18, starting at 6:00 p.m. St. Paul's Presbyterian Church Join us for worship at 9:45 a.m. Father's Day (June 17) as we welcome Lesley Morris to the pulpit. Nursery care (for children five years and younger) is provided during the service and Sunday school (for adults only) follows at 11 a.m. The ladies of the Women's Missionary Society will be quilting Tuesday (June 19) starting at 9:30 a.m. They are always looking for extra helping hands. For more information about any of our activities or to find out about this year's Bible Fun Camp, please contact the church office at (905) 859-0843. Horticulture "How dry I am, how dry I am. Nobody knows how dry I am." As promised, here is an attractive drought resistant plant for the average garden. It's called agastache (agasta key). Some varieties are native to North America, while others are found in Asia. Most are perennial, but a few are classed as annuals. All plants have columns of small florets like lupines or delphiniums. Some, such as tutti fruiti, with its raspberry red flowers and fruit scented leaves, are tender perennials best treated as annuals in our area. Desert surprise grows about four feet in height with blooms a blend of orange-pink-lavender and is classed as hardy. The hardy perennial agastaches include agastache rupestris (sunset hyssop) which grows about three feet high and whose leaves have a spicy scent, agastache cana, another three-foot high plant with deep pink flowers, agastache foeniculum, also three feet tall with powder blue blooms, agastache barberi (Mexican hyssop) similar in size and blue. In their native habitat conditions are very dry but remember no plant can survive without any water at all, else there wouldn't be deserts. Also it should noted plants that nature programs as drought tolerant live in areas where it is dry much of the year, not where there are wet springs and/or falls, with only drought conditions for a few weeks in summer. One agastache that will adapt well to our wet then dry climate is agastache rugosa (Korean hyssop) which grows about two feet high with violet-blue flowers. I must add that I've really had no problems with any of the agastaches I've planted. One that I recommend although it's annual is apricot sprite (agastache aurantiaca). As with all plants, agastaches need some TLC for the first week or so after being planted until they get established. Tickets for the Nobleton- King City Horticultural Society's annual garden tour, the highlight of King Township summer horticultural events (July 15 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.) are now available at Primrose Garden Centre, Nobleton Pharmasave Pharmacy, Crawford-Wells and Black Forest Garden Centre for $10 each. St. Mary Catholic Church A celebration of our Catholic Mass was heard Sunday. What made it more meaningful is that Fr. Marcos said this Mass. It was his first Mass said in this country and he chose the St. Mary gym to say this most memorable event. The Heralds of the Gospel were all in attendance. Fr. Paul gave his blessings and warm welcome to Fr. Marcos, as well as Catholic Women's League President Lena Mascarin and Grand Knight Elio Bellon. A light lunch was served to further celebrate this event with the congregation that attended church that day. The parishioners at St. Mary' wish Fr. Marcos all the strength and fortitude to continue on his services as a priest in the Catholic religion. |
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