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• INA VASE - Valentine's Day, Sorta

  

  My husband and I do not celebrate Valentine's Day.It is not that we take an anti-commercial stance but rather we feel it is more romantic to celebrate February... Read more

  Posted on 19 February 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• IN A VASE - Party Time

  

  Last weekend we hosted the party that I had done 'practice vases' for in my previous post and here is a look at how the final flowers turned out. Read more

  Posted on 08 February 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• IN A VASE - Practice Makes Perfect

  

  In two weeks we will be hosting our annual winter party, a tradition my husband and I started three years ago when we moved to frigid but beautiful Winnipeg. Read more

  Posted on 16 January 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• GUERRILLA GARDENING - Beach Update

  

  This is a follow up on some Lilies I guerrilla gardened at the Manitoba cottage in 2012. The daylilies are coming back well and continuing to bloom each year... Read more

  Posted on 10 December 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• SWITCH-A-ROO - Hardy Geranium, Lamium, Foxglove

  

  When I saw how beautifully the hardy geranium in my corporate guerrilla garden did this summer I could not help but to want the same thing for the more than... Read more

  Posted on 26 November 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• ATLANTA BOTANICAL GARDENS - Orchids, Orchids and More Orchids

  

  Before spending some hot and humid time in the Atlanta Botanical Garden's orchid house I had no idea the variety that these beauties offer. Read more

  Posted on 09 November 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• MACRO MONDAY - Foxglove and Bee

  

  I have tried for years to grow Foxglove.First at the Ontario cottage in a wooded area beside our path I learned the hard way they were not getting enough sun, s... Read more

  Posted on 03 November 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• ATLANTA BOTANICAL GARDENS - Scarecrows

  

  In September I visited the Atlanta Botanical Gardens and aside from all the usual reasons to go, including a raised path through the trees, gorgeous sculptures ... Read more

  Posted on 31 October 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• UNDER CONSTRUCTION - Digging up the Monet Garden

  

  In order to have foundation work done in our basement, the Old Sun Garden and the back of the Monet Garden outside our living room windows have been completely... Read more

  Posted on 23 October 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• UNDER CONSTRUCTION - Digging up the Old Sun Garden

  

  In order to have foundation work done in our basement, the Old Sun Garden outside our living room window has been completely dug up. Read more

  Posted on 18 October 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• First Frost

  

  Since starting a plethora of bi-coloured Rudbeckia from seed two years ago I have fallen in love with these long-blooming, vibrant, stalwarts of the Sun... Read more

  Posted on 14 October 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• MACRO MONDAY - Aster

  

  ***Sharing with Macro Monday 2,I Heart Macro, Sunday Stills Read more

  Posted on 13 October 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• ATLANTA BOTANICAL GARDENS - 1 of 3

  

  I recently went to Atlanta for a work conference and spent the afternoon at their botanical gardens.Having seen photos of 'plant sculptures' before I was... Read more

  Posted on 12 October 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Out of Season Blooms

  

  I certainly never thought of Forget-Me-Nots as a plant that bloomed throughout the summer, but the ones I transplanted from a friend's cottage landscape where... Read more

  Posted on 07 October 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Now That the Camel's Back is Broken

  

  In my last post I discussed how I have moved away from my strictly colour-coded gardens to what I feel will be a more thoughtful design, one that allows... Read more

  Posted on 23 September 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• The Straw That Broke the Camel's Back

  

  This is the one, this is the plant combination that broke the camel's back, this is the one that has made me officially soften my stance on my strictly... Read more

  Posted on 12 September 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Corporate Guerrilla Garden Update

  

  This is the second summer I am leading a group of volunteers at my work in an act of illegal guerrilla gardening on a 150 sq ft slice of dirt in the middle of... Read more

  Posted on 24 August 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• What a Difference a Year Makes

  

  August 9, 2013August 13, 2014***Sharing with Wordless Wednesday Read more

  Posted on 19 August 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• GARDEN BLOGGERS BLOOM DAY - Seriously Beautiful

  

  Today I had the privilege of having a private tour of an absolutely beautiful garden by a friend of mine, who happens to be the landscape architect behind the... Read more

  Posted on 15 August 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• RAISING THE WHITE FLAG - Lily Beetles Win

  

  Now that I have started to focus more on the back yard I am somewhat surprised by the extent of the decisions that need to be made. Read more

  Posted on 13 August 2014 GARDENING, HOME