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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 />

summer <strong>2016</strong> • <strong>Niagara</strong> <strong>Escarpment</strong> <strong>Views</strong> 3

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