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.
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 Horticultural Societies of Parkdale and Toronto. Kent founded the Pollinator Garden Project two years ago to teach gardeners, members of the public and school [...]
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 and Punes” art installation at the Toronto Botanical Garden (TBG) is made for exploration by the young [...]
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 mycorrhizal fungi, protazoa, nematodes and bacteria. Yes, I’ve heard about these micro-organisms but never in such an entertaining way. Somehow, he [...]
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 p.m. against the spectacular backdrop of Toronto Botanical Garden. This much anticipated event will bring together passionate gardeners and nature [...]
Saturday, May 21 from 9 a.m. to noon at the Newmarket Church of Christ, 230 Davis Drive. Click here for more details.
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 visit some of that amazing country’s gardens and attractions. Fresh from that trip, I’m all agog with ideas for adding a touch of Thai to my own garden. Once [...]
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 McIlwain sent me these gorgeous shots of the garden to share with Citygardening readers. Enjoy!
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 Opening Night Cocktail Party, off to the media preview the next morning and finally, wearing my Master Gardener badge, chatting to the [...]
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 and microbes while we sat on the bus, heading to our next garden-gazing excursion. Soil is a subject very dear to [...]
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