City Gardening

a gardening journal by Lorraine Flanigan

Posts Tagged ‘Toronto Botanical Garden’

Gardening Gals Get Cooking

By Lorraine • Sep 8th, 2009 • Category: Dig in, Summer

 
 I should know by now that gardening life rarely leads us down a straight and narrow path. But a cooking show, and a healthy one at that? But that’s exactly where  my gardening friends, Carol Cowan, Carol Gardner and Lorraine Hunter and I wound up. Last week, W Network’s Healthy Gourmet, televised on the VIVA  channel, taped its [...]



Bridle Path Gardens

By Lorraine • Jun 4th, 2009 • Category: Favourite Gardens, Gardens

If you attend only one gardening event this year (poor you!), make it the Toronto Botanical Garden’s annual Through the Garden Gate tour — Beyond the Bridle Path, which takes place on two days only: June 20 and 21. It’s not every day you get a chance to ogle the gardens of one the toniest [...]



5 of 10 Ways to Get Through Winter

By Lorraine • Mar 5th, 2009 • Category: Winter

5. Subscribe to E-Newsletters: One of the best ways to keep in touch with the gardening world is by signing up for gardening newsletters. The ones I receive seem to arrive in my inbox just when I need them most — during a wicked snowstorm, when I’m doubting spring will ever come or when I’ve [...]



3 of 10 Ways to Get Through Winter

By Lorraine • Feb 23rd, 2009 • Category: Winter

3. My third favourite way to get through the winter is to go to a gardening lecture. Luckily, I’m spoiled by the Toronto Botanical Garden’s Edwards Lecture series — and this year’s lineup of gardening celebs offers more treats than usual. First up are Scott Ogden and Lauren Springer-Ogden who are speaking on March 4 about [...]