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Late fall is the time to start to transform our summer or fall containers into winter ones. I know many of the stores start carrying the outdoor greens and ready made arrangements mid-November. I personally think it’s a little too early to buy them especially if you want the arrangement to look good in January …Read more About “How To Turn Your Winter Containers From Blah Into Fantastic”

I feel strongly that evergreens are an integral part of every garden. As a landscape designer I use evergreens in many ways, to provide structure in a garden with a hedge or to provide a focal point at the corner of the garden to name a few but in all situations the most important thing …Read more About “To Burlap Or Not To Burlap… That Is The Question!”

The fall is the best time to move one of our favorite spring blooming plants. This is by far one of the most sentimental plants in the garden.  I have lost count of how many of my customers have shown me their peony bush that came from their mother or grandmothers garden. As they age, …Read more About “Your Key To Successfully Moving Peonies”

Although I must admit sometimes I think that I am the only one who understands that. Would you even think about taking a sledge hammer to your kitchen cupboards with out a plan on how the new ones are going to fit back in? Would you gut your bathroom without knowing the plans for the new plumbing? I …Read more About “Great Landscapes really do start with a great plan!”

Popular in many of our kitchens, nothing beats the taste of fresh garlic. As I mentioned in a previous article, did you know that most of the fresh garlic sold in Ontario comes from China? If you can find locally grown bulbs (I know they can be a little on the pricey side) but this …Read more About “Garlic… Can’t Get Enough Of It!”

Not a stellar year,at least for mine this season! Thanks to the cool, very wet spring that seemed to last forever if you can remember back that far. The plants grew slowly and didn’t fillout as much as usual. Then the heat hit them fast and furious and then were stunted in growth both height …Read more About “Ornamental Grasses”

Even though I have been designing some fun gardens that include removing high needs grass from your yards, I know everyone isn’t ready to give up on their green carpets just yet, especially in the front yard. So for those of you still determined to have a healthy green, weed free lawn here are some …Read more About “Apply These 5 Tips This Fall For A Healthy Green Weed-Free Lawn”

Before and after photos of a walkway at the side of a house.   BEFORE:   AFTER:  

One of the newer trends that I’ve noticed has been designing gardens that remove all or most of the lawn in my customer’s back yards. This has involved enlarging the gardens and adding or expanding a patio. This has created better use of the yard and made for an increased living space that is almost …Read more About “How To Create A Stress Free Backyard Oasis”

There are a few good things about our lawns going dormant in the summer heat and one of them is that the weeds slow down in growth too! But when the temperatures cool and we have some well needed rain, the weeds are growing again. With the existing herbicide ban in Ontario it is getting …Read more About “Crab Grass: If You Let it Visit It May Be Here To Stay!”