Deborah Browne

Leaside’s Big Bird takes first place despite show being shut down

The Leaside Garden Society had just started setting it up its Big Bird entry at Canada Blooms, when a show representative gave them the bad news.

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The Empringham, Danforth or Play Pen — they’re all the same hotel, standing at Danforth and Dawes from the late 1800s into the 1980s.