6. Get thee to a greenhouse!
When it’s frosty outside, it’s a tropical paradise inside a greenhouse or conservatory. Here in Toronto there are several indoor gardens, including Allan Gardens in the heart of the city, the Cloud Forest Conservatory to the west of the downtown core and Centennial Park Conservatory in Etobicoke. Outside of town, [...]
Winter is not high on my list of gardening seasons. Around February, waiting for the weather to warm up, I get itchy feet and twitchy green thumbs. To get me through the dreary days, I’ve developed a list of winter gardening passtimes to while away the winter. Here’s the first one of my top ten list:
1. Escape to [...]
No matter where I wander, I find city gardens with loads of personality. Nancyland in Portland OR is one of the best examples. Here’s a garden that grabs you by the eyeballs and says, hi, this is my world and I hope ya’ll like it.
Hold on tight, ‘cos your eyes will dart from the mosaic pebble welcome [...]
Gardeners seem to grow like weeds up on the Bruce Peninsula. In addition to all the fabulous gardens I wrote about in A Day (Or Two) in the Country, I recently discovered another beautiful country garden large enough to make a city gardener green with envy.
From the winding country road it flanks, My Heart Is [...]
In the summertime, there are two types of families: cottage people and stay-at-home city folk. Ours is one of the latter. On the May 24 weekend, we watch as the city empties out and wait for the blissful quiet to descend on the city. This euphoria lasts for a few weekends, and then we get [...]
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