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Horticulturist Andrew Benn of Scarborough waters plants in his exotic tropical greenhouse where he grows sugar cane, orchids, pineapples and bananas along with regular vegetables. The native of Guyana is teaching courses on indoor and outdoor gardening for beginners and advanced gardeners. His classroom is his greenhouse in his backyard on Vauxhall Dr. Classes started today and will run for 8 weeks.
Horticulturist Andrew Benn of Scarborough waters plants in his exotic tropical greenhouse where he grows sugar cane, orchids, pineapples and bananas along with regular vegetables. The native of Guyana is teaching courses on indoor and outdoor gardening for beginners and advanced gardeners. His classroom is his greenhouse in his backyard on Vauxhall Dr. Classes started today and will run for 8 weeks.

Horticulturist Andrew Benn of Scarborough waters plants in his exotic tropical greenhouse where he grows sugar cane, orchids, pineapples and bananas along with regular vegetables. The native of Guyana is teaching courses on indoor and outdoor gardening for beginners and advanced gardeners. His classroom is his greenhouse in his backyard on Vauxhall Dr. Classes started today and will run for 8 weeks.

Date9/15/1976
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Andrew Benn: The retired University of Toronto horticulturalist works on his lush hydroponic garden in a greenhouse at his Vauxhall Dr. home.
Andrew Benn: The retired University of Toronto horticulturalist works on his lush hydroponic garden in a greenhouse at his Vauxhall Dr. home.
6/11/1980
Gathering food: Donovan Thomas, his wife Marcia Deans and their children Rosealet, 11, and Marvin, 7 months, gather bananas from the fields ravaged by Hurricane Gilbert
Gathering food: Donovan Thomas, his wife Marcia Deans and their children Rosealet, 11, and Marvin, 7 months, gather bananas from the fields ravaged by Hurricane Gilbert
9/18/1988
Mellow yellow: Tomatoes are just one of the vegetables that gardeners are turning yellow these days
Mellow yellow: Tomatoes are just one of the vegetables that gardeners are turning yellow these days
5/28/1988
Herb gardener David Nichol, president of Loblaws, is particularly proud of the sorrel patch on the balcony of his midtown apartment. But he also grows basil, dill and chives
Herb gardener David Nichol, president of Loblaws, is particularly proud of the sorrel patch on the balcony of his midtown apartment. But he also grows basil, dill and chives
8/3/1979
Festive Flowers, Max Epp tends to some of the 8,000 poinsettias, of seven varieties including a new one, Jingle Bell, grown at his Huttonville greenhouse for the holidays
Festive Flowers, Max Epp tends to some of the 8,000 poinsettias, of seven varieties including a new one, Jingle Bell, grown at his Huttonville greenhouse for the holidays
12/9/1991
Special close-up lens on his camera is used by 66-year-old Ted Maginn as he photographs a fuschia bud at the Centennial Park greenhouse
Special close-up lens on his camera is used by 66-year-old Ted Maginn as he photographs a fuschia bud at the Centennial Park greenhouse
6/4/1978
Checking on the high-tech tomotoes, Dave Hughes, who travelled to-Holland last year to study computer greenhouse techonology, brought his know-how to (...)
Checking on the high-tech tomotoes, Dave Hughes, who travelled to-Holland last year to study computer greenhouse techonology, brought his know-how to (...)
3/16/1987
Harvest of mulch, Scott Stewart, manager of residential waste collection and recycling, left, with Chinguacousy Park greenhouse gardener Scott Webster(...)
Harvest of mulch, Scott Stewart, manager of residential waste collection and recycling, left, with Chinguacousy Park greenhouse gardener Scott Webster(...)
10/30/1996
Gourmet gardener: Nick Manchisi, assistant maitre d' at Creighton's, feeds his family from a small backyard garden plot that's chock full of summery vegetables
Gourmet gardener: Nick Manchisi, assistant maitre d' at Creighton's, feeds his family from a small backyard garden plot that's chock full of summery vegetables
8/15/1979
Growing hobby: Peter Poot, Scarborough's deputy planning commissioner, and children, Eric, 9, and Sonja, 14, look over some of the orchids the Poots grow at their farm at Goodwood
Growing hobby: Peter Poot, Scarborough's deputy planning commissioner, and children, Eric, 9, and Sonja, 14, look over some of the orchids the Poots grow at their farm at Goodwood
5/23/1984
Holland Marsh Greening up, Holland Marsh farmers are busy transplanting and tending newly transplanted vegetables from greenhouses. Rudolph Kruger hoe(...)
Holland Marsh Greening up, Holland Marsh farmers are busy transplanting and tending newly transplanted vegetables from greenhouses. Rudolph Kruger hoe(...)
4/29/1976
A man - made beach doesn't necessarily have to be a disaster as this stretch of palm-decorated sand at the Sea winds Hotel, now called Go Bananas, dem(...)
A man - made beach doesn't necessarily have to be a disaster as this stretch of palm-decorated sand at the Sea winds Hotel, now called Go Bananas, dem(...)
2/10/1978