The International Peace Garden (IPG) will be recognizing a special Manitoban who paved the way in developing plants, trees and bushes that were hardy enough to withstand a prairie winter, through the designing of a special flower bed in his honor.
Dr. Frank Leith Skinner was one of Canada’s most respected and innovative horticulturalists and plant propagators. His world famous “Dropmore Hardy Plant Nursery” was located 22 kms south of Roblin, a site that is home to the Frank Skinner Arboretum Trail today.
Read all about it in this week’s Review.