Parklane’s dry stone wall at Canada Blooms 2012 Robert Frost might not forgive my mangling his poem but, judging by the number of them at Canada Blooms 2012, something – or, more aptly, someone – does love a wall. Especially a dry stone wall. Dry stone walls are constructed without mortar to glue the stones together. […]
Elf-sized gardens to charm your kids
How cute is that!? Photo courtesy of Janit Calvo, the mini-garden guru, of Two Green Thumbs You don’t have to be a kid to love little. Adults are as likely to be as passionate about dollhouses, for example, as children are. Just look at the Kensington Dollshouse Festival in London, England, which has been drawing mostly […]
Garden trends from C to C
The ribboned hats and dappled light here remind me of this Renoir Before our preview of this weekend’s Through the Garden Gate (BTW, there are tickets if you hurry), Plant World co-owner Paul Reeves (seen at left) outlined some garden trends, which I thought were interesting. Plant World has been one of Toronto’s independent garden centres for six generations, so has […]