Last spring, we were invited guests of the Ottawa Tulip Festival. It was the first year that the organizers chose the Highway of Heroes Tree...
Winter Wonderland
We have met many Canadian gardeners who think that the “winter garden” is a waste of time. We say, “Not so.” A long, cold Canadian winter can be...
The best big bloomers for your garden
“An acre of land between the shore and the hills... A garden I need never go beyond, Broken but neat, whose sunflowers every one Are fit to be the...
How to Make Rock and Concrete Geode Orb Planters
Thankfully some ideas are still safe in my brain have not yet been imitated. An artist can draw inspiration from the strangest places (trust me) so...
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The Human Connection to Gardens: Botanical Gardens
Why would a couple of seniors, who should be thinking about retiring, build a botanical garden? Answer: because these “seasoned” husband-and-wife...
Nature’s Cure All: The Healing Effect of Horticultural Therapy
In 2016, Paul Eisener’s life was turned upside down by a blood cancer diagnosis. A Program Manager for an automotive supplier His life quickly...
Danielle French talks about My Kitchen Garden
A kitchen garden is a wonderful addition to a garden repertoire and if you have no other gardens, it’s a perfect one to have as the only garden or...
Who Let The #$%@ Dogs Out?
How to pet-proof your garden.
Lavender: a little patch of heaven
What’s the Best Hardy Lavender to Grow from Seeds? Best of the Harrowsmith Garden Trials.
Chewing up the Scenery
Popular Plants Can Poison Your Pets: Baneberry, Deadly nightshade, Lambkill… As their folk names suggest, many seemingly innocent plants are a real hazard if eaten. It’s normal for cats and dogs to chew on long grass and other greenery. To ensure that poisonous plants aren’t on the menu, all gardeners with pets (not to mention young children or visiting grandkids) should poison-proof their gardens.
Our home and native land
You live with a balcony, patio or yard and you are thinking about how you can do something interesting with it. The decline of the honeybee and...
In bloom
The previous generation of gardeners believed that the long weekend of May was the “planting weekend.” If they didn’t get plants in the ground...
The Lure of Lavender
Ian Baird has no reason to be blue. The hot, dry summer which has plagued home gardeners and farmers across Ontario has been a welcome zephyr to the...