Our passion for plants, natural habitat, environmental and human wellness extends beyond the premises of the Nursery and Garden Centre and family home. We are actively involved in our community. Both Craig and Marjan volunteer time, knowledge and enthusiasm towards community based activities.

Wheatley Concerned Citizens

Craig is Vice-President of the Wheatley Concerned Citizens; a group of citizens who desire to work on improvements of many kinds. Meeting a held every second Thursday at the Royal Canadian Legion at 7.00pm, 324 Erie Street North in Wheatley. Everyone is welcome to listen and to participate.

Wheatley Two Creeks Association
Marjan is Vice-President of the Wheatley Two Creeks Association; a group of people who manage and daily operate the Wheatley Two Creeks Conservation Area that is owned by the Lower Thames Valley Conservation Authority. Besides other duties, Marjan is mainly involved in the Memorial Groves and the Care for Carbon Carolinian Forest. The Groves are a park like setting where trees are planted in dedication of loved ones or celebrating life’s events. Every year a Memorial Serves is held, this year on September 19, 2010 at 2.00 in the Pavilion. Music is provided by Nicole Baron. Call Marjan at the Garden Centre for more information 519-825-4217. The Care for Carbon Carolinian Forest is designed for an annual fall planting where participants plant native trees and shrubs to partley off-set their carbon contribution. Contact Marjan at 519-825-4217 for more information. Two Creeks Conservation Area is located at Erie Street North, 2 km north of the downtown of Wheatley. Meetings are held every first Thursday, at 7.00pm in the Royal Canadian Legion, 324 Erie Street North in Wheatley.

Coins for Clean Water
In May 2009 we were emotionally and spiritually touch by Nancy Bolton, founder of Women Making A Difference, when she shared her story about the absence of water in Ghana, West Africa. There, water, clean water, clean drinking water is far from reality. We realized that in the Garden Centre we just open the tap to water our plants and think nothing of it; we have taken it for granted. We have now teamed up with Women Making A Difference and I.N. Network, an international mission organization, to Collect Coins for Water in Ghana and drill another well. When you come to the Garden Centre, please ask for a bottle of water for your consumption. When empty, please fill the empty bottle with coins and return it to the Garden Centre at your earliest convenience but before January 2011. We will match all of the coins that are collected so that Nancy can take the sum with her when she goes to Ghana in February 2011. For more information contact Nancy at  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it