An arbour filled with grapes for making wine.


Life is lush outside the city T


By Tania Moffat


he move to Victoria Beach after living and garden- ing in Winnipeg was not a difficult one for Ernie and Dianne Georgakopoulos. “This was just it,” says


Dianne. There was no question that this was where they wanted to retire. Sandy Bay offered them a chance to kick back from the


busy city pace and do what they loved most. Their children and seven grandchildren also enjoy Papou and Yaya’s home at the lake just “280 steps from the beach, across the road and down the hill,” Dianne says. Their home is situated on a well-treed, one-acre lot which


is filled with numerous healthy gardens. Planters overflow with cheery marigolds, several varieties of hostas surround the property, and clematis climbs the heated garage. These are just a few of the perennials that the couple divided and moved out to the lake with them when they left their city home. The vegetable garden, Ernie’s masterpiece, has been


Moving to the lake was not a difficult choice. 8 • Early Spring 2015


divided into several beds with railroad ties and massive rocks separating the different groupings of plants. “Ernie moved


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