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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

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

Date8/15/1979
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ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0130401F
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.
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Standing at a fruit and vegetable stand covered by a large fringed umbrella, a man in plaid pan ...
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5/29/1974
Giant vegetables: Luigi Zanini and his daughter Laura, 10, are shown with the giant zucchinis the North York family has growing in their backyard
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8/14/1985
Young and old: Seven Oaks Home for the Aged resident Florence Comeau feeds 18-month-old Kofl in the day-care centre that's part of the Scarborough home
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2/15/1993
Canadian fruit, flower, and kitchen gardener : a guide in all matters relating to the cultivation of fruits, flowers and vegetables, and their value for cultivation in this climate
Canadian fruit, flower, and kitchen gardener : a guide in all matters relating to the cultivation of fruits, flowers and vegetables, and their value for cultivation in this climate
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5/28/1988
Has Canada's top historian turned to crime? Well, actually Donald Creighton's just writing novels about it
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Gardening fever has struck the vegetable growing enthusiasts around Metro and although they can't get out and work their backyard plots yet they are g(...)
Gardening fever has struck the vegetable growing enthusiasts around Metro and although they can't get out and work their backyard plots yet they are g(...)
4/9/1975
Plots for high-rise Gardeners, Preparing 308 garden plots to rent to people who live in apartments, Ed Travers and Paul Schlatman of the Mississauga p(...)
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5/2/1974
The spanier family - Lois, 3-year-old Mark, 5-month-old Elizabeth and Herb, a musician - depend on health food shops, discount drug stores and their backyard vegetable garden to help them eat well in spite of skyrocketing grocery prices
The spanier family - Lois, 3-year-old Mark, 5-month-old Elizabeth and Herb, a musician - depend on health food shops, discount drug stores and their backyard vegetable garden to help them eat well in spite of skyrocketing grocery prices
10/11/1972
Little sprouts: Angel Burrows and brother Dougie learn a love of gardening as they give Judy Cameron a hand tending her vegetable garden plot
Little sprouts: Angel Burrows and brother Dougie learn a love of gardening as they give Judy Cameron a hand tending her vegetable garden plot
6/20/1990
Garden enthusiasts can carry on their hobby all winter if they grow their flowers and vegetables under fluorescent lights in their homes. Prices of ne(...)
Garden enthusiasts can carry on their hobby all winter if they grow their flowers and vegetables under fluorescent lights in their homes. Prices of ne(...)
5/7/1974