May 2008

ART EXHIBITION - CHINESE CANADIAN ARTIST FEDERATION MAY 2 - JUNE 2

Peony Paintings from the Chinese Canadian Artist Federation will be on display in the Garden's Hall of One Hundred Rivers, available for viewing from 10am - 6pm daily.

2008 PENJING FESTIVAL: MAY 9 - 16

Penjing (translates from Chinese as "tray scenery") is the ancient Chinese art of growing trees and plants, kept small by skilled pruning and formed to create an aesthetic shape and the complex illusion of age. Penjing is very similar to and is the precursor of bonsai . Various Penjing, new and old, at the festival will move you with their beauty.

ONE VISION - A GLOBAL FUNDRAISING EVENT: MAY 10 6:30 PM

Send two local students on global missions of goodwill! Funds raised will help pay for Tiffany Elsener to travel to Costa Rica (where she will help save forests that have been depleted, due to extensive logging and farming) and Jordana Lowe to travel to Uganda (where she will help set up mosquito nets - to prevent malaria and build a latrine etc...) . Event will feature a light dinner, music, a silent auction, a baloon pop, a cash bar and a treasure chest. Tickets are $50. To purchase and for more info, contact Sacha Chin at sacha@thefunteam.com. Dress is evening casual.

2008 PEONY SHOW: MAY 31- JUNE 2

The peony or paeony (Paeonia) is the only genus in the flowering plant family Paeoniaceae. They are native to Asia and are considered to be national emblems of China. Come and see all the different varieties! Presented in partnership with:

The Canadian Peony Society and Ferncliff Gardens.