Learn all the best ways to provide food and shelter for native pollinators, while delighting your family and neighbours with textures, shapes and colours. You will learn to assess site conditions and create a beautiful garden design that meets pollinator, plant and your own needs. The challenges of tough sites such as boulevards and balconies are addressed and design templates … [Read more...] about Design Your Own Native Pollinator Garden
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Agincourt Garden Club – Annual Flower, Veg + Design Show Open to the Public
Saturday Sept. 10/22 2-4 Agincourt Garden Club's Annual Flower, Veg + Design Show, Tea Room. Free to the Public FREE If you like gardening we are your people! The Agincourt Garden Club members bring all the best of the season’s bounty from their home gardens to the hall, for your viewing pleasure, at this public flower, vegetable and design show with a tea room, for the … [Read more...] about Agincourt Garden Club – Annual Flower, Veg + Design Show Open to the Public
Create your dream garden from scratch
If you’ve just moved into a newly built house, the scene that greets you out front may be an expanse of sod, a front walk and the street. Out back, perhaps you have a clear view into your neighbours’ gardens and their kitchen windows. You’d be forgiven if you retreated indoors. Deciding what to do with a blank slate can be intimidating, even for experienced gardeners. For … [Read more...] about Create your dream garden from scratch
Film explores Piet Oudolf garden design process
There’s a new film for garden lovers being screened across Canada this summer. The documentary, Five Seasons: The Gardens of Piet Oudolf, immerses viewers in Oudolf’s work and explores his creative process, from his beautifully abstract sketches, to theories on beauty, to the ecological implications of his ideas. Oudolf is based in the Netherlands, but has designed gardens … [Read more...] about Film explores Piet Oudolf garden design process
Punctuation in the garden
Beguiling gardens tell a story, and what’s a meaningful narrative without punctuation? As an instructor at De Montfort University in England says, “Punctuation marks are like signposts; they guide us through language, reminding us when to pause and when to stop and are essential for clear…communication.” With some thought and careful parsing, you can use punctuation marks to … [Read more...] about Punctuation in the garden
