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Help Your Plants Survive the Winter
The days are getting shorter. They can still be quite warm but evenings cool down and night time temperatures are approaching the freezing point. It’s time for perennials, shrubs and trees to get ready for the challenges of surviving the deep freeze of our prairie winter. When spring comes these plants will need a reserve of energy to re-emerge or to leaf out and begin the next year’s growth... read more |
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Artists in their element,
Grace, originality
light up Zinkan garden
“It’s a kind of an installation art piece,” explains Chris Zinkan, as he and wife Judith describe their Calgary Horticultural Society award-winning garden. And who better than a pair of artists to sculpt a masterpiece from a mess of weeds and volunteer Manitoba maples? Judith Zinkan is a professional artist specializing in landscape paintings and Chris, while claiming to be a geologist, clearly has his own artistic talents... read more |
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Inside out in Calgary
When a talented interior designer applies 20 years’ indoor experience to a garden, you know that wonderful things are about to happen.
At a time when many Calgary couples are buying recreational properties to get away from the hubbub of the city, Janet and Rob Farnham decided to stay home and make the most of their uninterrupted pond view and peaceful neighbourhood. “We looked at property in Arizona,” says Janet, “but we like being home too. So we said let’s put the investment into our yard.” The decision resulted in a beautiful gathering place for family and friends... read more |
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Bringing the pond to life
Water ponds are high fashion in prairie gardens. This past summer, I made the rounds of back yard water features on a well-organized private water gardens tour. The rocks – the boulders, the trickling streams, the tranquil ponds – were all .... read more |
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