Merry Christmas from the Ladner Community Garden!

As we enjoy the holidays with family and friends, the board of directors would like to wish everyone who has been involved with the Ladner Community Garden, a heartfelt happy holidays and Merry Christmas.

Without out dedicated volunteers our garden wouldn't have accomplished what it did this year. Even in winter the rock garden looks fabulous with its seed heads feeding the birds and hopefully reseeding for us at the same time.

It is now the end of the garden season, this is the time to decide whether you would like to come back in 2013 for another great season, we would love to have you.

Thank you to the allotment owners who have dropped off their cheque or cash.

Application forms are available at Bryan's Bookstore in Ladner, through director,Sharon Hagel or we can email it to you.

Please read over the new garden rules for 2013 before sending in your registration, payment is due January 1, 2013.

Application forms & cash/cheques can be dropped off at Kristin 604-946-8654 or 604-940-8222(Lynn) or mailed to P.O. Box 43 5010 48th Ave Delta V4K 3N5

Both Kristin and Lynn have mailboxes by their door. For LCG Society Membership fee we have removed the family membership .

For those who are not returning please notify Lynn @ 604-940-8222 or lynn.dick at telus.net, we would like to give an early Christmas present to those on our wait list .

Upcoming Events

AGM- January 14- 7pm at Kin House in Ladner

We need to have elections for directors, financial reports and form a building committee plus discuss the upcoming season.

We are pleased to announce the Second Ladner Seedy Saturday and Garden Expo on Saturday, February 9, 2013.
This event will be held at the Ladner Baptist Church in Delta, B.C. from 10am - 3 p.m. and is a fundraiser for the Ladner Community Garden.
There will be presentations in the morning and afternoon.
If you would like to be involved with Seedy Saturday, please contact Kristin @ 604-946-8654 or deltagardener at dccnet.com.
We need lots of volunteers to make this a successful community event. Those who volunteer will receive $10.00 off their Allotment Application for 2013.

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