Stayner Collegiate Institute is the lucky recipient of one of 150 “150th Celebration Gardens” distributed across Canada in celebration of Canada’s sesquicentennial in 2017. Containing 1,000 tulip bulbs, the international symbol of friendship and an enduring symbol of our national ethos of kindness and hospitality, the 150th Celebration Garden is intended to say “Happy Birthday”.
“We feel very fortunate,” said Janice Ellerby, Principal of SCI, “to have received one of these Gardens as we understand that the Canadian Garden Council, the organization behind the 150th Celebration Garden program, received more than 400 applications.”
The garden, consisting of 500 red and 500 white tulip bulbs, donated by Vesey’s Bulbs of PEI, was planted on Wednesday November 2, 2016 at Stayner Collegiate Institute by SCI and Grade 8 students from across Clearview Township while in attendance of an orientation day at Clearview’s regional high school.
The garden, and 149 garden others planted across the country, will be symbolically linked to a Flagship 150th Celebration Garden Promenade, consisting of 25,000 tulips planted this fall to bloom next spring adjacent to Niagara Falls, one of the great natural wonders of the world, and one of Canada’s largest gateways for visitors to our country.
The garden will also be featured on Canada’s Garden Route at www.canadasgardenroute.ca