10 hottest and oddest 2017 gardening trends
This installation, a past entry in the annual cutting-edge garden festival at Reford Gardens in Quebec cannily illustrates 2017 Trends #8 and #9. Shot in August, 2014. I don’t normally associate...
View ArticleGarden ideas for the plant maximalist
Think you don’t have room for any more plants in your garden? The wonderfully over-stuffed front and back gardens of this home in northwestern Metro Toronto will have you thinking again. The...
View ArticleA sweeping woodland garden brings formality to the forest
If you’re not lucky enough to have a property measured in acres instead of metres, conveniently positioned at the edge of a lush forest, you can still adopt some of the landscaping and planting ideas...
View ArticleIn praise of garden bridges
Bridges are amazing things. They are the very manifestation of a proposition. What’s a bridge if not the offer to be on the other side? But they don’t have to span a physical thing like a river or a...
View Article6 easy shortcuts to a classic Canadian garden
Earlier this month I published a post (highly opinionated, of course) about gardening shortcuts for getting that traditional English country garden style. Since then, I’ve been thinking. The British...
View ArticleMore and Less
More And Less lists are replacing New Year’s resolutions and this makes sense to me. Compiling a list of what you’d like to do/see/manifest more of as well as what you’d like less of in your life...
View ArticleGhosts of the Victorian garden
Last Monday was Victoria Day here in Canada, a national holiday that was once the official day to celebrate Queen Victoria’s birthday and is now simply our unofficial kick-off to spring. This weekend...
View ArticlePut a little country in your city garden
If you’re craving a little country in your city garden, it might be easier than you think to add some rural charm. And there are inspirations everywhere. But why would you want to? Because farm love...
View ArticleJust beach-y garden style
I love beach towns. Lake or ocean, doesn’t matter. A small town cozying up to a strip of sand or pebbles along big water is my idea of heaven. Last month, we were very lucky to have visited two beach...
View ArticleWelcome to the goth garden
Goth gardens are a thing now, apparently. Garden Media Group (a public relations firm supporting the home and garden industries) points out in their annual Garden Trends Report that #Gothgarden(ing)...
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