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Article: Frank Leith Skinner.
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- Manitoba History
- Article date:
- October 1, 2005
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On Sunday, July 17th 2005, at a ceremony at the Frank Skinner Arboretum Trail at Dropmore, Manitoba, the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada unveiled a plaque commemorating the national significance of Manitoba horticulturalist Frank Leith Skinner.
Frank Skinner was a remarkable man. A self-taught horticulturist and plant breeder, he made it his life's mission to push Canada's horticultural border ever northwards. His interest in the plants around him began while tending the livestock on his homestead that was 250 miles northwest of Winnipeg. Frustrated that many of the plants, shrubs, and trees he subsequently read about and wanted to grow were not ...