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Fall Garden Inspiration
This is the perfect time of year to get inspired about your fall garden. Ontario and the East will soon be brilliant with fall colour and our gardens will be aglow in this vibrant backdrop. In other parts of North … Continue reading
Posted in Garden Design
Tagged accent plants, blue foliage, blue oat grass, British Columbia, Canada, fall colours, fall garden, fall planter, garden design, honorine jobert, Japanese Anemone, japanese anemones, japanese blood grass, japanese garden, landscape design, natural style garden, nature, patina and company, plants, Toronto, vancouver island
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My Mum’s Spring Garden
I published this post last summer, long after these photos were taken. However, with spring a few days away and North American gardens beginning to wake up, I keep thinking of them. The post seems far more relevant and topical … Continue reading
Posted in Garden Design
Tagged acer palmatum, B.C., British Columbia, Butchart's Garden, Canada, Canadian, canadian gardeners, design, early blooms, flowers, forest, Frank Lloyd Wright inspired, garden, garden design, garden design Toronto, garden ornament, garden sculpture, gardening, japanese garden, japanese influenced, japanese maple, landscape design toronto, majestic, mountains, natural setting, nature, objects in the garden, Pacific, photos, plants, rain forest, rhododendron, shrubs, spring garden, temperate, Toronto, trees, unique garden, vancouver island, Victoria, west coast
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Could It Get Any Snowier?
After my last post, reflecting on last year’s early spring and the spectre of global warming, I was certain that winter would be coming to an end. Yesterday, my dear sister informed me that the annual Flower Count had begun in her fair city, which strives … Continue reading
Posted in Garden Design, Living
Tagged Canada, cold, evergreens, February, garden, groundhog, nature, north, Ontario, snow, spring, structure in the garden, Toronto, trees, winter, winter interest in the garden, winter wonderland
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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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Keeping Asters Green
I am not a high-maintenance gardener, so sometimes when my plants just look great on their own I am thrilled. I plant things that don’t need a lot of babying with few exceptions. An exception, though, is Asters. They epitomize … Continue reading
Posted in Garden Design, Garden Maintenance
Tagged asters, autumn, bee balm, crumbling leaves, fall, fall colours, fall garden, fall garden cleanup, fungus, garden, garden design, garden maintenance, garden problems, garden tips, gardening, humidity, leaves dropping, leaves turning brown, low maintenance garden, mildew, monarda, nature, Ontario, phlox, plant debris, roses, rust, southern ontario, stems, Toronto
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Quick ‘N Dirty Bulb Primer
“Spring, when young men’s thoughts turn to flights of fancy.” Fall, when gardeners’ thoughts turn to spring! Gardeners’ minds become overstimulated at this time of year, with lively, colourful fantasies of . . . yes, the perfect spring garden. That … Continue reading
Posted in Garden Design, Garden Maintenance
Tagged allium, autumn, autumn crocus, bloom season, bulbs, Canada, colchicum, daffodil, design, early bloom, fall, fall bloom, fritillaria, fritillaria meleagris, garden design, garden design Toronto, garden tips, gardening, Giant Flowering Onion, grape hyacinth, how to plant bulbs, hyacinth, landscape design toronto, landscaping, muscari, narcissus, nature, Ontario, plant pairings, planters, planting bulbs, planting tips, signs of spring, spring flowers, spring garden, Toronto, tulip, underplanting, what bulbs to plant, york region, zone 5
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