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No Guff Vegetable Gardening
Whoo-hoo — my copy of No Guff Vegetable Gardening by Donna Balzer and Steven Biggs just arrived! I first met Donna at the Garden Writers Symposium in Portland Oregon — she was chattering on about soil...
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Best of Canada Blooms 2011
For the past four days, I’ve been living and breathing Canada Blooms, first helping out with the set up of the show as part of Director of Horticulture Charlie Dobbin’s team of volunteers, then at the...
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Kingsbrae Garden: Top 5 North American Gardens Worth Travelling For
Hooray to New Brunswick’s Kingsbrae Garden, which was recognized as one of the top five gardens worth travelling for at the recent Garden Tourism Conference, held in Toronto. Marketing Director Maureen...
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Is there a spirit house in your garden?
The spirit house at Jim Thompson House and Museum in Bangkok Those of you who have been following my Facebook posts know that I was lucky enough to be invited by the Tourism Authority of Thailand to...
View ArticlePlant Sale, Lake Simcoe South Master Gardeners
Saturday, May 21 from 9 a.m. to noon at the Newmarket Church of Christ, 230 Davis Drive. Click here for more details.
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June 2, Woman to Woman Luncheon Party in the Garden
Toronto Botanical Garden (TBG) is ushering in the summer season with a new signature event: Woman To Woman is an elegant luncheon that will take place on Thursday, June 2, between 11:30 a.m. and 3:30...
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Getting the Dirt on Dirt
Jeff Lowenfels Jeff Lowenfels travelled all the way from Alaska to Canada Blooms to dish the dirt on soil to Toronto gardeners — and I’m glad he did. His lecture on Wednesday afternoon was all about...
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Child’s Play at the Toronto Botanical Garden
If you go into the woods today, be sure to mind your “stooks and punes”! Don’t worry, it’s easy to do, and only a tiny bit scary. Nestled next to a lightly wooded area of Edwards Gardens, the “Stooks...
View ArticleA Big Win for Pollinators
There’s a buzz in the air about local hero Clement Kent, a York University postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Biology in York’s Faculty of Science & Engineering and president of the...
View ArticleToronto Tree Symposium, November 3, 4, and 5 at the Toronto Botanical Garden
The Toronto Botanical Garden will host a tree symposium titled Spreading Roots. The purpose of the symposium is to explore the critical issues affecting urban trees while examining what can be...
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Owl Prowl, January 21, 2012 at the Toronto Botanical Garden
Your kids will think it’s a hoot to join in on this guided winter hike to explore the owl’s forest home. $10 ($7, TBG members). Call 416-397-1341 to register.
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10 Ways to Weather Winter
The hubbub of the holidays may have distracted you from the dearth of winter gardening opportunities, but just in time, as the lows that follow the sugar rush from a feast of festive treats threatens...
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Mulch making
Kerri Stevenson (left) and Chelsea Stroud with a handful of freshly made mulch. While researching Mulch To Be Desired for the Spring 2012 issue of GardenMaking magazine, I visited the mulch-making...
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Creativity, unleashed
W. Gary Smith Look up the word “numinous” and you’re well on the way to understanding what you can gain by unleashing your creativity. Landscape architect W. Gary Smith opened his recent lecture at the...
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5+ Must-see exhibits at Canada Blooms
Medinilla magnifica is the "it" plant of the show. After spending just about every day last week at Canada Blooms, helping Charlie Dobbin with the plant material, attending two media events and...
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Toronto Islands House Tour, June 10
In the six years since it was initiated by the Stephen Lewis Foundation, the Grandmothers Campaign has raised more than $12 million for projects in Sub-Saharan Africa that support African grandmothers...
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Best easy-care flowering shrubs
Endless Summer hydrangea Although I enjoy spending as much time as I can in the garden, I know that many of you just don’t have the time to tend to finicky flowers or vigorous vines. But you still...
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Compost chronicles
Photo: Kirsty Hall/Flickr At this time of year, talk with my fellow gardening pals invariably centres around our favourite gardening subject – soil. I can hear your groans now, and I know you wish I’d...
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Falling in love with Helleborus x hybridus
Helleborus 'Cotton Candy' Photo: Terra Nova Nursery I’m in love. The handsome specimen that’s caught my eye is perfect in every way. Long-lasting flowers that bloom in a rainbow of colours, evergreen...
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Beach Garden Society Plant Sale, SATURDAY, MAY 19, 2012
The Beach Garden Society sale is tailor-made for city gardens with hand-selected Connoisseur Collection plants and great bargains on member-grown perennials. Location: Adam Beck Community Centre, 77...
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