Exclusive lilac
Syringa x 'Colby's Wishing Star'
Named after our son Colby who was born in April 2002 with Down Syndrome.

 

Colby Moro
our inspiration


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Spring 2008
Our thoughts are our most precious resource.  Everything begins there and at some point, thoughts turn into a dream and that’s when the magic begins. 
Colby's Poem

In the spring of 2002,
a gift from up above,
was sent to me from heaven
to cherish and to love.
He's not what I expected,
and at first I was afraid,
but who was I to question,
the choice that he had made.
For he came to me as an angel,
so precious and so sweet,
and I thankful for him each and every day
that the two of us could meet.
We named my angel Colby,
he's the love that I adore.
He needs me more than ever,
but I truly need him more.
I'll turn my times of sorrow
into happy times at last.
The crying and the heartbreak
will be memories of the past.
We'll look forward to the future
and the milestones that it holds.
We'll battle all the boo boos, the sniffles and the colds.
We're together for a reason,
It was clear right from the start.
I'll be loving him forever, till death our lives will part.

from Daddy

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Colby's Wishing Star pins or keychains are also available for $3.00 USD or $4.00 CDN
Just add it to your order sheet. All money from the pins and keychains goes exclusively for helping fund work on the Colby Wishing Star Park
These pins and keychains were designed by Carolyn Ann Torlot a jewelry designer and lifetime friend of ours.
 Our plan at our new farm is to construct a special park for handicapped children all sales from this lilac will go exclusively to help the construction of the park which we will start this year in 2003.
The park will be wheelchair accessible and will have a variety of games, and sensory experiences to learn about fragrances and textures.
The park will be open to families with handicapped children only. We have realized in the last months how little there is for children with special needs. Select Plus will maintain this park at it's expense in the future and we hope to have something special that families in the immediate area and all around can come and see as well as our future world class lilac collection in the spring.

Seeing handicapped children in the past for us was something we could not have identified any idea what parent's must have gone through on a daily basis. Now we realize that these parents are super beings and their children heroes to have the strength and courage to meet daily challenges.
We have had only great responses for the park and hope that the community and governments will help us with this special project.
Colby has been an inspiration to our family and we hope many of you will raise to a good cause that we feel will be one of the first parks in North America of this sort.

An Update on the Park





Fall 2003

2 acres of land cleared for the park with many good shade trees conserved of a nice size diameter. We have applied for a non profit organization and the Park and organization will be called Colby's Wishing Star Park.

May 26 2004 the official incorporation of the non profit park is registered.
July 15: Well summer is in full swing and our new farm construction is under way.  A lilac garden, peony garden, hosta and daylily garden will be installed also this fall. lso as of May 26 2004 our non profit park for handicapped children was officially incorporated. Colby's Wishing Star Park was born!!!
We will be looking for donations and sponsors for this unique idea. a complete plan will be up shortly.
On July 23 our first lilac was planted "Colby's Wishing Star"

July 15 2005

Planting has finally started of the gardens even with the hot dry weather. Some 50 daylilies in a Garden and 20 lilacs. The land has been levelled off for the first 50-60 lilacs to go in. More perennials to go in ground over the next weeks.

Fall 2008
Peonies and 100 daylilies planted for the coming 2009 season.

February 2009

Plans for the Sensory Plant Gardens are now ready and the garden will be planted in early June this year. The gardens will be free for visitors. They will be open the same times as our buisness hours on the site. As the gardens mature we will extend the hours more every year.
 
 
 

Frank Moro