Re: HELP, our garden is in danger

I sent an email to the reporter also as requested by Gay.  This is a 
wonderful lady and should be supported in her effort to save her beautiful 
garden. Clearfelling in this instance is a crime and I am particularly 
disturbed by the harm to the animals as well.  How cruel.
Gay introduced me to the world of Hellebore by sending seed from her garden 
to me in my early computer days.  They took a year to germinate in the 
refrigerator and now I have a lovely grove of
  H lividus corsicus.
Thank you Gay and the very best to you.
Regards,
Lorraine Hoag



At 04:32 PM 4/3/01 +0800, Margaret Moir wrote:
>Dear all,
>I've sent a letter of support for Gay as she requested below. Please take a
>couple of minutes to do the same. Some international support and outrage
>will carry more weight than national voices. This clearfelling is a criminal
>destruction and wanton slaughter of native animals.
>Margaret.
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Gay Klok <gklok@trump.net.au>
>To: <medit-plants@ucdavis.edu>
>Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2001 9:40 AM
>Subject: HELP, our garden is in danger
>
>
> > This is a copy of a letter I sent to our
> > largest daily newspaper "The Mercury".
> >
> > Yesterday, I was interviewed at
> > "Kibbenjelok" by a feature reporter and
> > photographer.   Simon wants to place an
> > article in the Sunday newspaper [our
> > largest newspaper] and thought it may be a
> > good idea to include the thoughts of my
> > gardening friends from around the World
> >
> > Briefly this is what will happen:   The
> > land next to our country property was sold
> > a few months ago [due to domestic trouble]
> > and the new owner has leased the forest
> > area to the Forestry Dept. to clear fell,
> > wood chip the Eucalyptus, then air spray
> > with "Round Up" and then lay 1080 to kill
> > all the fauna.   The land will then be
> > replanted with Eucalyptus regans and the
> > whole cycle will start again.   The
> > boundary is very close to the creek that
> > feeds our water dams that we use to
> > irrigate the gardens.
> >
> > At the moment, there is a huge ground
> > swell of protesters against these
> > practices that is not only ruining our old
> > growth forests all over Tasmania but
> > endangering our native fauna
> >
> > If you decide to help, this is the
> > reporter's email address.   When you email
> > the paper, they ask for plain text and
> > your name.   I don't know if Simon
> > requires the same - the article should be
> > printed next Sunday [our time]
> >
> > bevilacquas@dbl.newsltd.com.au
> >
> > Letters to the editor require full name
> > and tel no.:
> >
> > mercuryedletter@dbl.newsltd.com.au
> >
> > Please help!!!!  >
> >
> >
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