Great Landscapes start with a Great Design
1. Top up your gardens with mulch. 2. Don’t top up the mulch around your trees too high! No mulch volcanos. 3. Edge garden beds at a 45 degree angle to keep a nice clean edge. 4. Now is a good time to shape your pyramidal yew as shown here: 5. Apply fertilizer to your …Read more About “Are You Maintaining Your Garden The Right Way? These Tips Will Help You Answer”
After a hard, long winter and cool spring, plants can be delayed or just not sure what they are doing yet. By the beginning of June many of these plants will have just finished blooming. Here is how you prune them. Pruning of Spring Flowering Shrubs Early spring flowering shrubs like Flowering Almond, Lilac, Sand …Read more About “Prune Like A Pro With The Help Of These Tips”
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
I think we can all do our part in helping the bees. There are many low-maintenance plants that we can add to our gardens to attract this important pollinator. Here are a few that have a place in almost any garden. PERENNIALS HERBS A low maintenance solution and can even be kept in a …Read more About “6 Low Maintenance Plants That Will Help You Help Bees”
My route to become a Landscape Designer was certainly a I have spoken about or mentioned how I ended up becoming a Landscape Designer a number of times in .]0 0. ‘?+9a number of ways; my website, speaking engagements or ne on one with my clients. But until a recent chat at my local Pickering …Read more About “Little Known Facts About Horticultural Societies – And Why They Matter”
Even if you’re as passionate about your garden as my loyal customer, Donna George, it doesn’t mean you have to go it all alone. I’m happy to welcome Donna as a guest author. Donna is a retired gardening enthusiast or as I affectionately call her, “my gardening from the deck lady”. She shares with you …Read more About “Gardening By Observing”
One of the most common requests I get when visiting a customer is what will grow on my fence? Well I know firsthand that both popular vines, Boston Ivy and Virginia Creeper, will cover the fence nicely and without the need for trellises to boot! I have both in my back yard that is surrounded …Read more About “A Tale of Two Vines – The Quest To Cover The Fence!”
Communication, Communication, Communication! I say it 3 times because when it comes to the Landscape process, 3 important groups of people are involved: the Client, Contractor and Designer. And it is very important that all 3 work together to make the project happen, whether it is a large landscape installation or a simple garden planting. …Read more About “Things You Must Know About Communication In The Landscape Process”