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\"May<\/a>
Verdun\u2019s 21st Annual Green Space Clean-up takes place Saturday, May 5<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Verdun\u2019s beautification committee has organized several annual events designed to spruce the borough up in time for summer. Registration for garden and photo contests, sales of garden plants and sign-up for the green space clean-up began this week.<\/p>\n

The annual green space and bike paths clean up and the tree, bush and compost pick up takes place on the first weekend in May.<\/p>\n

\u201cCanadian Tire is giving us boxes of flowers for the first 250 households who register for the garden contest,\u201d says Karine Larriv\u00e9e, who is in charge of committee activities.<\/p>\n

Larriv\u00e9e and her boss Normand Houle are the only borough members on an otherwise citizen-run committee that meets five times a year in addition to participating in all the events. Other members include Odette Harton, who is the president, Lucie Vaillancourt, H\u00e9l\u00e8ne Gamache, Walter Grandoni and Annie Toutiras. \u201cThese people all love Verdun,\u201d said Larriv\u00e9e. \u201cEverything we do is to beautify the neighbourhood.\u201d<\/p>\n

Their most important activity is the 21st<\/sup> annual green space and bike paths clean-up, which takes place on the morning of Saturday May 5. Last year, the event attracted 600 people, 200 of whom cleaned up the shore of Nun\u2019s Island, while the rest concentrated on the mainland and the bike path on the bridge.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople usually come with their organizations or companies,\u201d she said. \u201cLast year, we had the Air Transat. This year, it\u2019s the Yellow Pages on Nun\u2019s Island.\u201d [I participated for the last three years with SKIF-Montreal, which trains in Verdun.]<\/p>\n

Citizens who purchase discounted plants from the community centres beginning this week will pick them up the following morning, May 6, at the Municipal Greenhouses, 7000 boulevard LaSalle, between 8:30 and 11 a.m. Lariv\u00e9e says that the committee added vines to the catalogue this year so that groups working to green their lanes can cover backyard fences.<\/p>\n

Any Verdun citizen who brings a bag or bucket can also pick up some free compost from the St. Michel Environmental Complex at the same time. The Maison de l\u2019Environnment, in Borough Hall, will be giving out compost the following weekend as well, says Larriv\u00e9e.<\/p>\n

Then in July, the embellishment committee will pre-select the boroughs most attractive gardens to be judged by author, broadcaster, publisher Julie Boudreau on July 18 and 19.<\/p>\n

For more information, contact Verdun\u2019s Direction de la culture, des sports, des loisirs et du d\u00e9veloppement social at 514 765-7150 or view the committee\u2019s website at http:\/\/www.comite-embellissement.info<\/a>. The site contains a list of all the activities, an on-line catalogue of the plants they\u2019re selling, project outlines and a list of past and present committee members.<\/p>\n

(Note: This article appeared in the Suburban City Edition, April 25, p 14.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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