What the new tower may look like in the future. Interwoven is the design competition winner, presented by Guy Prefontaine and Charles Anderson.
Salvia 'Victoria Blue'.
Daylilies.
of Gardeners at a meeting that was held in Toronto. The idea was quickly endorsed. The International Peace Garden, Inc. was incorporated in the state of New York on Sept. 17, 1930. A number of sites were considered for the garden but when
Dr. Moore happened to see Turtle Mountain on a flight west, he was smitten. “Those undulating hills rising out of the limitless prairies . . . What a place for a garden!” He wrote. Even from the air, Moore recognized the special feeling of
the site that has been occupied by various nations of aborigi- nal people for at least 10,000 years. Pierre de LaVérendrye, when he first saw Turtle Mountain in 1738, described it as the “blue jewel of the prairie”. The garden is located at the Turtle’s Head, rising 2,450
feet (735 metres) above sea level, the second highest point in Manitoba, in what is now Turtle Mountain Park. Originally, all the members and directors of the garden
were from the eastern U.S. A year after the opening, changes were made to populate the board with local people, with equal representation from Manitoba and North Dakota. Board members included Lady Eaton and Mrs. Henry Ford. The first president was Donald Crighton of New Jersey and the first
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secretary was North Dakota’s Judge John Stormon. Judge Stormon would spend the next 40 years as one of the garden’s most ardent supporters. Currently, the president of the board is landscape architect Charlie Thomsen of Winnipeg. Construction of the garden began in 1934. The first build-
ing, erected in 1937, was the historic Henry Moore American Lodge, and it remained the only meeting place on site for many years. The U.S. Civilian Conservation Corps planted thousands
of trees and wildflowers throughout the 1930s. Picnic areas were created and staff residences were constructed. In 1939, some of the dormitories were built. Two man-made lakes were excavated. Lake Stormon, on
the Canadian side of the border, honoured Judge Stormon. Lake Udall, on the American side, was named for Canadian W. V. Udall, publisher of the Boissevain Recorder. Udall was instrumental in the development of the garden. After the war, building and garden development once again
picked up pace. Many donor organizations and service clubs have been the mainstay of development and improvement over the past 83 years.
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