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Must be spring!
It’s FINALLY spring in Ontario, and I can tell by the undeserved spike in page views I’m getting on this blog as people google for gardening ideas. I say undeserved because I haven’t posted in AGES. Why have I been so … Continue reading
Self-Help for Sufferers of January Garden Envy (also known as “relatives in Victoria”)
Due to the disturbing nature of what you are about to read, I am warning all Central Canadian gardeners to look away for the following quote. I have been so profoundly disturbed by the contents of this email from my … Continue reading
Posted in Garden Design, Garden Maintenance
Tagged Central Canada, February, forsythia, garden design, garden design Toronto, garden envy, gardener, gardening, gardening in Canada, GTA, January, January garden tasks, landscaping, new garden ideas, Ontario, planning a garden, spring, spring flowers, spring planters, starting seeds indoors, Toronto, u, veggie garden, Victoria B.C., what to do in the garden in January, winter, winter garden, winter garden tasks, winter in Ontario
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Arranging Autumn Indoors
Everyone who reads my blog knows I love autumn. However, it is one of those seasons like late winter or early spring when there are certain days you have to enjoy it from inside the house. So, in time for … Continue reading
Posted in Decor and Design, Living
Tagged arranging flowers, autumn, autumn cabbage, bouquet, bringing nature in, burning bush, country living, design, engleman, fall colours, fall in Ontario, floral arrangement, garden design, GTA, hydrangea, ivy, Japanese Anemone, landscaping, leaves turning, nature, perovskia, red berries, rose hips, roses, russian sage, sedum autumn joy, thanksgiving, Toronto, viburnum
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August Garden Favourites
Admittedly, there is no month in the garden that I do not look forward to. Each has its special flavour, part of the routine passage of time marked with reassuring beauty each year, a reminder that life is truly … Continue reading
Posted in Garden Design
Tagged add seasonal drama, Annabelle, August garden, autumn, autumn joy, beautiful plants, bloom season, burning bush, butterfly bush, Canada, eastern canada, eastern u.s.a., echinacea, fall, favourite plants, garden design, GTA, hosta, hydrangea, Japanese Anemone, late summer, late summer garden, long-blooming, pee gee, perfect plant, pink diamond, purple coneflower, sedum, shrubs, Toronto, york region
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Garden Design Update
Summer is obviously a great time for getting garden photos. I have, therefore, begun updating my site with pictures of recently-completed gardens as well as gardens done in prior years. Move your mouse over “Garden” and click on the pages … Continue reading
Posted in Garden Design
Tagged cat photos, catmint, city garden, compatible, daylilies, design, flowers, garden, garden design, garden design Toronto, GTA, July, landscape, landscape design, mature trees, modern architecture, mouse, nature, nature-inspired, Nepeta, north of Toronto, pets, photos, privacy, rhododendron, summer, Toronto, traditional garden, york region
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Spring Beauty Update
As promised in my March 20 post, “Spring Beauty“, my daughter has again been outside visiting the latest blossoms, and the following are her perspective. and last but definitely not least: Here’s to seeing spring beauty in new ways.
Posted in Garden Design
Tagged beauty, blossoms, early blooms, flowers, garden, garden design, GTA, Ontario, photography, photos, spring, spring beauty, Toronto, tulips, york region, zone 5
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