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You may be surpriscd what works and what docsn't. Bright orange Lillies, which are sot my favourite, look great against soft bIsse Delphinius. Keep an eye on gar- dens and magazines and Usink about why certain ggrdens work wcll. More often tIsas not, it is Use subtle pairings of plants Usat catch your cye. Miltos has some beautiful gardens to look to for exaraples. ee.cp inraind tat Use gardes needs K.\someUsing of istereat at different imca of ycar. The Purpie Cone Flower looks great in August wiUs Use dusty rose Joc Pye Wced and pink Summer Phlox. Yellow Rudebeckia, Showy Stosecrop and any omamental grasses look won- derful in September and Uroughout the winter. As an aside, 1 ara sot inclîned to cut down mot of my perennials until March, Icaving thara standing through Use wintcr for shelter and visual intcrest. Be aware of Use mature hcights of Use plants so tIse tali specimens don't hide Use smaller plants. (flants cas be mixcd togeUser. LLGrowing vines such as Clematis or Honeysucklc woven into a luniper or Rose-of-Sharon add a season of interest to an ares without using.extra space. It doesn't hurt the shrub to have a comýpas- ion such as Clematis. Planting Tulips under Lillies Usat are planted under Asters, in layers, gives Usrec seasons of interest in ose sral1 arcs wiUsout hurting Use plants. Try anyUsing you Usink would look well together. If it works, great. If it doran't, it cas be chasged. Sean James N.P.D. President of tIse Milton & District Horticultural Society Commiunitis in Bloom is generously supported by: A Worldof Chowce 715 Nlplsslng Rd., Milton 875-4999 By IRENE GENTLE The Champion Secrets to the universe lie everwhere, if you know where to look. Stili, it's no mystery where Milton Town planner Bill Mann's career as an esoteric writer ia going. Fast, furious and forward is the general idea. Alter apending eight years gathering information to write the 250-page tome Labyrinth of the Grail, Mr. Mann recently signed a contract with Bantam Dell to have it releaaed as a mass market paper- back. It's one of five books selected to be in a series namied after a syndicated radio talk show host broadcast out of Sas Antonio, Texas. Mr. Mann's book is the lasi in the (Ma OfRFEn SOM Wed., SuK & Sun. 2:00 pin. IL 3:50 pin. Duiy 7:00 pin. & 8:45 pi. Wud., SuK & Sun. 2:00 li.n & 350 i. Whitley Strieber's Hidden Agenda Series and should be out in paperback next spring. "The show is called Dreamland," said Mr. Mann. "He has seven million listeners world wide." That's a heavy-hitter to have on aide, and Mr. Mann is expected to increase his own notoriety by hitting the show's air- waves in thse future. Borne out of his own background, which is steeped in railitary and Maaonic tradi- tions, Labyrinth is a complicated cornu- copia of history, religion, philosophy, math and art. It challenges readers to look at life in a new maniner, hunt down connections in the seemingly unconnected, and even change their thinking on the meaning of the Holy Grail. Long considered a chalice or material treasure. Mr. Mann contenda the graîl may be nothing leas precious tIsas knowledge itself. That's why he laughs at e-mails he receives offering to track it down for cash. "I tell them if you're looking for money, you've missed tIse treasure," he said. Since publishing the book, Mr. Mann has gone on a number of amaîl speaking engagements. But his ideas have found a more willing audience across tIse border. "In Toronto t've had between one and 20 people show up," said Mr. Mann. "In the States 1 get 200. 1 fil] the room. The" Americans are rauch more open to what I gueas you'd caîl hidden knowledge." Despite keeping busy with the Town's burgeoning population boom, Mr. Mann is already hard at work with a second book. And he secs so sign of stopping soon. 1I have 10 in my mind," he said. -There seems to be hidden secrets everywhere in the land when you know where to look." Photo by GRSAHAM PAINE Town planner B111 Mann has bacons. a pap.rback wrlter atter slgnlng a contract to turn hlm debut book the Labyrlnth of the Grail mbt a mass market paperback w*hh Bantans Dell. Mountsberg hosts music, eraft show In the summer montha, creatîvîty can unfold lîke buttery sun bearas over a land in full bloom. So it's no surprise Mountsberg Wildlife Centre in Campbelîville is holding ita mausic and crafi show in the heart of Use sizzling season - Saturday, July 15 from 10 ara. to 4 p.m. Featured at the event will be Wye Marah Folk Festival win- ner Myrna McBrien. Marty and Pullin and James Miller wiIl also take to the stage to, spin folk and Celtic music around lis- tenera, wbo cas browse through a wide array of crafts in the show's rnstic setting. For the kida, Usere'll be nature crafts, face painting, Celtic dancing lessons and horse drawn wagon rides. Centre staff will also be on hand to guide festival gocrs along a hiatoric hike through the Cameron House and Bara and Jessie's Garden. Admission coats $5. For more information, caîl the wildlife centre at 905-854- 2276. TOP 10 NEW RELEASES ALL NEW RELEASES Mon To s299 W.d.