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This way to the gardens! We know you’ll be inspired. Have you ever wished you could be cloned? I have. Then you and I could be everywhere at once – especially every garden tour at once. This weekend, two local tours at least have the decency to be on different days. Saturday, it’s Leaside. Sunday, […]
The amazing green roof of the Hugh Garner (fingers keep trying to type “Gardener” – whose wouldn’t?) Housing Co-op. You now have official excuse reason to spend the Friday before Father’s Day in the garden. Toronto has proclaimed it Garden Day. Yay! Thank you, Toronto. What’s more, it’ll be part of an annual three-day garden […]
Basket o’ Tomatoes. See also the best little pruner/deadheader, by Fiskars, at left. Thanks to a fun plant swap hosted by our local Toronto garden genius, Gayla Trail of You Grow Girl, I’ve come away with a lovely pile of new tomatoes to try this year. All are new to me, and I’ll update later […]
The gardens of Hogg’s Hollow are putting on their best for you, this weekend If Agatha Christie had set a mystery in Toronto, Hogg’s Hollow would be the ideal locale. Though many of the original bungalows have been remade in a grander style over the years, the neighbourhood’s narrow, windy streets still have the feeling […]
With apologies to Judy Garland, I think the words should be: The sun is shinin’, c’mon, bee happy… You better chase all your cares away. Sing hallelujah, c’mon, bee happy… These bees certainly are. Bee happy, friends!
White Iceland Poppy
Some kinds of clouds are welcome in blue skies We’re still here; just a bit overwhelmed with this and that. Meanwhile, enjoy this long-awaited spring!
I absolutely love this planter design by Lucy Pelletier of Perrin and Rose garden design. Pairing the ‘Princes Irene’ tulips with the wine-coloured pansies and the traditional variegated ivy works remarkably well, especially with the addition of the red twigs. Instead of pairing the orange tulip with contrasting blues or more in the orange colour […]
Look at that face, just look at it! Who could resist Rex begonia (Begonia rex-cultorum) ‘Escargot’? Not me, it seems. Despite her better judgement, Helen the House Plant Killer has become the owner of a slightly fussy Rex begonia ‘Escargot’. The showy leaves with their whorled, snail-shell centres wooed her, that is, er, me. In […]
My own dry shade garden gets featured tomorrow East end gardeners, especially those who garden in dry shade, I hope you’ll join me tomorrow evening, Tuesday, April 15, 2014 at the Beach Garden Society, when I’ll be the guest speaker talking all about dry-shade gardening. The meeting starts at 7:30 pm, and I’ll be talking […]
It seems that you can order these Sage Living Walls as kits, plants and all. Plant unit pops out of the frame, and a cartridge inside retains the water. Strangely, a tropical version like this one doesn’t appear on their website. While our poor blog lies fallow, I’m busily putting the finishing touches on a […]
In a sheltered position, close to the house, one tiny snowdrop defies Winter 2013-4 A little bit of spring has finally emerged from the Polar Voldemortex that was Winter 2013-4 – in the shape of this tiny snowdrop. This is a full ten days later than the latest snowdrop sighting we recorded back in 2008, […]