Garden Tour

Reford Gardens and their Annual International Garden Festival I recently enjoyed learning about Reford Gardens in Grande Metis, Quebec when Alexander Reford spoke at a recent  Landscape Ontario’s Annual Landscape Designer Conference. Alexander gave a fascinating talk about the history of the gardens that made up part of his family history. The original property in Grande …Read more About “Reford Gardens- Les Jardins de Métis”

This still remains a very popular question when spending time in the garden with my customers. Here is a picture of my Endless Summer hydrangea in the beginning of June: Resist the temptation… no matter how great to take off the stems that are sticking out of the plant. The old wood is where the …Read more About “Tips To Extend The Blooming Season Of Your Endless Summer Hydrangea”

Next to a request for low maintenance gardens, the request for privacy tops the list with my customers. I do my best with the use of trees and wooden screening but many are concerned about how big trees grow and how they may affect neighbors etc. On this tour I found no such concern… just …Read more About “Creative Ways You Can Use Trees For Privacy”

See some of my favorite parts of Canada Blooms 2014 below.  Still popular themes are water and vertical gardens to name a few.  

June 14 and 15: Oshawa Peony Festival http://www.oshawa.ca/tourism/peony/peony-festival.asp     June 14 and 15: Toronto Botanical Garden Tour http://torontobotanicalgarden.ca/enjoy/special-events/through-the-garden-gate/ June 14: The Toronto Flower Market http://torontoflowermarket.ca/    

Here are some inspiring photos of the work of World Renowned Landscape Designer, John Brookes:             credit: www.johnbrookes.com

Canada Blooms 2013 was the best show I had seen in years. A lot of nice display gardens and the hardscaping booths were all creatively done. Here are some highlights:    

I had the opportunity to attend a Toronto Botanical Garden tour in the Rosedale neighborhood. What an opportunity it was to see some mature and well established gardens and to see some newer and updated gardens in the area as well. Also some interesting hardscaping.  As many people ooh’d and aah’d at some of the …Read more About “A Peek Inside Rosedale Gardens”

Well just like plants and gardens keep growing and changing so must websites, especially websites about plants and gardens. Welcome to another new version of my website… I think it keeps getting better,  that is the goal. What’s new… well more of “a designer look”… which was the goal. I enjoy working closely with Landscape …Read more About “Garden Tour”