I have returned to the world of blogging – finally!  The winter has been busy planning for Spring 2013 as well as wrapping up some of our last years installations.  We have had two months to prepare and we are no where near ready.  If we have an early March like last year it is going to be crazy.  The hiatus from blogging is not because I haven’t been working on it is that I had to change my platform due to the amount of pictures that I put on my blog.  But that’s what my blog is all about – pictures of the ever changing scenery around here.  As we specialize in rare and unique products and rare and unique installations – they need to be photographed!.  We spent most of November and December and into January doing a large installation of huge trees in the town of Goderich.  On August 21, 2011 an F3 tornado ripped through this pretty little town.  The winds were up to 360 kilometers per hour and it lasted only 12 seconds.  In that short time it killed one man and destroyed homes and businesses and changed the lives of the people of Goderich forever.  The pictures are quite devastating.  The Courthouse Square Park is in the centre of town and is the hub of the town and is where people came to gather.  It was a beautiful spot with lots of big trees for people to sit under in the summer.  That is where the tornado whipped through and destroyed all the trees.  Thus with all re-building going on the people of the town wanted the park to be re-built as well.  That’s where we came in.  We were approached by the Town to help re-build the park with large trees.  And that we did.  Fifty foot trees came back to the centre of the town!  It is started with a huge parade of trees coming into the town – escorted by fire trucks and police cars.  It was nice to see people gathered for the first tree being put into the ground, Some people were actually crying.  So for the months of November and December we trekked back and forth to Goderich with more trees.  176 of them to be exact.  It was unique and very satisfying project that made us feel good about helping re-build the town.  The townsfolk were wonderful and very supportive.  The Town of Goderich with whom I had to deal with were just as wonderful as well.  In an attempt to some up the past few months work and a repeat visit in the Spring I will put a gallery of pictures together.  I took thousands of pictures from the beginning of this project until the end.  It will be quite exciting to go back in the Spring and take pictures of the final project.

 

In a last minute rush to get everything to Goderich as well as moving the nursery I am not finding much time to blog.  But I am going to keep everything in order.  On November 10th we brought our first truckloads of trees to Goderich.  We were escorted into town by the OPP, Firetrucks and Hydro trucks – the works!  With lights flashing, sirens going – it was all very exciting – I couldn’t help but giggle a bit! Below is some pictures of the parade events.  since then we have been busy loading, digging and transporting more trees.  Not very exciting once you have been doing it for a month and half – but in my next blog I will have pictures of the actual site as we have started planting.  I must tell you Goderich has the best homemade donuts and tarts – I am putting on some weight…