Niagara Escarpment Views - Autumn 2016
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SUMMER <strong>2016</strong> (JUNE, JULY, AUGUST)<br />
PM 41592022<br />
WITH WORK BY<br />
CONSERVATION HALTON HERO<br />
MIKE DAVIS<br />
SUMMER BLISS<br />
IN SOUTHERN<br />
GEORGIAN BAY<br />
Dark Skies, Bright Stars<br />
Back to Nature at<br />
Willow Park Ecology Centre<br />
Canada Blooms’<br />
Most Imaginative Garden<br />
Award-winning Photos<br />
from Halton Hills<br />
www.NE<strong>Views</strong>.ca<br />
Summer <strong>2016</strong><br />
(June, July, August)<br />
ON THE COVER:<br />
Mark Bourbonnais of Xtreme Hummer Adventures.<br />
Photo by Mike Davis<br />
FEATURES<br />
14<br />
Celebrating the<br />
Small Back Yard<br />
By Gloria Hildebrandt<br />
Photos by Mike Davis<br />
20<br />
PhotoArt Winners:<br />
The Art of Photography<br />
26<br />
Under Dark Skies<br />
Written by Sandra Howe<br />
34<br />
The Summer Side<br />
of Collingwood<br />
By Gloria Hildebrandt<br />
Photos by Mike Davis<br />
42<br />
Willow Park Ecology Centre:<br />
Success and Sustainability<br />
Written & photographed<br />
by Rosaleen Egan<br />
50<br />
A Lion’s Roar<br />
Written & photographed<br />
by Bruce Mackenzie<br />
DEPARTMENTS<br />
5 View From the Editor’s Desk:<br />
Turning Away Advertisers<br />
6 Michigan Lilies in<br />
Stoney Creek<br />
Written & photographed by<br />
Bruce Mackenzie<br />
8 Readers & Viewers<br />
9 View of the Crombie Report<br />
By John Bacher<br />
10 Events Along the Rock<br />
18 Worth the Visit:<br />
Paradise Farms Prime Beef<br />
Boutique & Bistro<br />
32 Featured View:<br />
Devil’s Punch Bowl<br />
Photo by Mike Davis<br />
53 Eat & Stay Along the<br />
<strong>Niagara</strong> <strong>Escarpment</strong><br />
58 Subscription Form<br />
58 Coming Events<br />
59 Community Market<br />
62 Foresight<br />
64 Map of Where to<br />
Get Copies of <strong>Niagara</strong><br />
<strong>Escarpment</strong> <strong>Views</strong><br />
COLUMNS<br />
52 The Gift of Land:<br />
What Else I’ve Inherited<br />
By Gloria Hildebrandt<br />
57 View of Land Conservation:<br />
The How-To of<br />
Conservation Agreements<br />
Written & photographed<br />
by Bob Barnett<br />
All editorial photography by Mike Davis except where noted.<br />
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