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so many days of sun!
while the past few days have not been what i would call warm, they have been sunny and my plants have been thrilled. everywhere i look in my garden there is new leaves, buds and shoots are reaching...
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selby street, toronto
last year at this time i was still living in toronto’s downtown core. the backyard really needed some help and we decided to have it totally redone so we could enjoy it for the summer. i designed the...
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enter the joneses
as any real estate agent will tell you, curb appeal is important. for those of us that live in one of the city’s many townhouses it is our gardens that allow us to express some individuality on this...
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away from the garden…
it seems that i have been away from my garden for a longtime – and it’s true! in mid-july we headed back to do some work on our place in toronto – i will not bore you with details, but in short, i...
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summer snippets
there is nothing quite like a sunny day in vancouver. my garden is its happiest when amun ra graces us with his presence. you can practically watch the banana leaves unfurl and the canna reach for the...
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banana update
in my small back garden it is the bananas that truly make it feel like a tropical oasis. my nanners sure have come a long way since their ugly winter stem-only days.
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winter garden
one of the surefire signs that spring is just around the corner is the very early blooming hellebores like these double bloomed pink oriental cultivars in my front garden. i snapped this picture last...
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march in vancouver
Keefer Entrance Originally uploaded by shawn cornell despite hosting the winter olympics, vancouver has had one of the warmest winters on record. this has given an early start to the garden on all...
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Spring Tulips
it’s sometimes hard to remember in the misery of november (or even december!) when i’m wrist deep in soggy dirt planting bulbs for spring just how worth the discomfort is. yesterday i finally removed...
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may garden
for those that like the newness and vigour that spring brings, vancouver might just be your place. at times spring seems almost never-ending here. with the micro climates in the city and the relative...
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