C8 THE OAKVILLE BEAVER Wednesday October 3, 2001 P B |._ iV E N C h r y s l e r CH RY S L E R · D O D G E · JEEP 2388 Roval Windsor Dr., 845-7575 Business To reach this section call 845-3824 Fax:337-5567 These maids tend to gardens By N ancy A lexander SPECIAL TO THE BEAVER Wendy's offers scholarships Each September, Wendy's invites Ontario high school principals to nominate two outstanding students for the W endy's Classic A chiever S ch o larship. The program will assist 12 students who have dem on strated academ ic excellence and com m unity involvem ent with a $1,000 scholarship to the continuing education facility of their choice. The top male and female Ontario students will each receive an addi tional $5,000. The high schools rep resented by the 12 finalists will each receive a $ 1,000 grant. "Each year, our franchisees con tinue to be enormously impressed with the level of school and commu nity involvement of our winners, in addition to their academic accom plishm ents," according to Neil Lester, senior vice-president, of Wendy's Restaurants. "These kids are energetic, focused and deter mined to achieve excellence in every endeavour they undertake." To qualify, students must be in their graduating year and have main tained a 70% average in their previ ous year. Students m ust also be actively involved in at least one extracurricular activity and have demonstrated a com m itm ent to com munity service. The W endy's Classic Achiever Scholarship Program has touched the lives o f over 4,600 outstanding students in O ntario and the Maritimes. Since its inception, the program has awarded in excess -of $300,000 in scholarships and school grants. tanding knee-deep in overgrown greenery, rubber ankle boots sinking into the rain-drenched soil, Gill Young straps on Her hot pink knee pads and prepares to bring some order to a forlorn looking perennial bed. Beside her, partner Judy Joyce, pulls on her gardening gloves and tears away at a patch of weeds, pruning and staking as she makes her way along the garden. Since April, these two friends and Photo by Barrie Erskine devoted gardeners have taken thenGill Young and Judy Joyce transplant a Hydrangea. beloved hobby and turned it into a full time job with the delightful name of them all over Oakville and Burlington. with a couple of anecdotes from des The response was slow at first, perate clients. Daisy Maids. One had asked the young man who Briefly, Daisy Maids brings some more by word of mouth than anything thing new and much-needed to the else. But soon the client list started to regularly tended her lawn if he would whole field of property maintenance build, to the point that an anticipated mind taking care of a large flower bed which most often focuses on lawn-cut- part-time job turned into a full-time that had become overgrown. After pay ing him for his efforts, she went out to ting and trimming. Armed with enthu responsibility, rain or shine. In fact, three more recruits had to be discover that he had "taken care" of the siasm and knowledge, these garden "maids" tidy up beds, prune dead added to the team of hearty gardeners, problem by levelling the entire bed branches from small trees and shrubs, namely Janet Lucas, Jane Dack and with a whipper-snipper. Similarly, another client shared the edge around beds, weed, cultivate, Ginette Randall. "You have to be enthusiastic story of planting a crop of sweet plant and fertilize with the same care and attention they give to their own because it's not all polite gardening," peas--complete with strings for climbsays Gill. "A lot of it can be hot, messy ing--only to find that her lawn service gardens. had come and pulled them all out. Like "Better in fact," notes Gill. "I don't work." Through rain or shine and-- in the any determined gardener, she replanted have time for my own garden right case of this past summer--many them and sure enough, the keen-eyed now." Gill, a resident of Oakville and Judy weeks of scorching heat, the Daisy lawn service once again spotted the from Burlington, first became friends Maids weeded, edged, planted and fer "weeds" and pulled them out. As veteran gardeners, Gill and over the garden fence when both were tilized dozens of area gardens. Their work, for which they charge Judy laugh at the thought but they living in Calgary. As they traded plants and advice, the friendship grew along an hourly rate of about $20, is restrict know there is a world of difference ed to garden maintenance; no lawns, between lawn maintenance and gar with their perennials. dening. When both landed back in the large trees or rock moving. As their very successful first season Judy says they let their individual Halton area and began talking garden ing again, the idea for Daisy Maids clients call the shots on what they want winds down, the Daisy Maids find done and how often. Some are elderly themselves in need of still more maids began to germinate, so to speak. "There were many times when I or have physical disabilities and are to help out next year in the Oakville could have used some help with my glad to let someone take over the area. The pre-requisites, for anyone inter own garden, but there really weren't chores and keep their gardens in shape. any services out there for that," says Others have time constraints due to ested in becoming a Daisy Maid, are a Gill, whose frequent moves have work or small children. Still others love and enthusiasm for gardening as meant constantly putting her green simply want help to get things in shape well as a basic knowledge of plants in the spring and do an end-of-season and a willingness to learn. thumb to the test. For further information about Daisy It was Judy who came up with the tidy-up. Judy says the realization of how Maids contact Gill Young at 905-842name, a clever twist on Molly Maids, and out went the flyers---hundreds of badly Daisy Maids were needed came 8856 or Judy Joyce at 905-639-6632. 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