Peonies are the perfect flower
When peonies burst into bloom, they scent the air with their musky fragrance. Everyone with a garden should have
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Beautiful Gardens
Tips for adding colour to winter gardens
By Shauna Dobbie If you long for colour outdoors in the winter garden, don’t despair. Study your garden over the
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Shade plants can be the most rewarding part of the spring garden
Story & photos by Dorothy Dobbie In my garden, under the shade of a young green ash, a garden is
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A house isn’t a home without a plant
By Tania Moffat Plants transform our living spaces indoors and out, but those that are invited into our homes do
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Test your garden knowledge: How well do you know your daffodils?
Test your garden knowledge by answering true or false to the following questions. 1. A daffodil is a kind of
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6 soft and fuzzy plants
Story & photos /Dorothy Dobbie When we think plants along with soft and fuzzy or velvety leaves, Lamb’s ear springs
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Garden of Francis Bird
Story and phots by Shauna Dobbie Francis Bird has moved across the country a few times, but he’s always had
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Garden of Shade and Mystery
Janice Safneck’s Charleswood Garden Not knowing what to grow in shade is often the lament of new gardeners who feel
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Ontario Garden: Michaela Nonhebel’s Garden
Beautiful Garden Michaela Nonhebel Ancaster, Ontario Michaela Nonhebel grew up working in the garden with her grandparents. They lived in
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Manitoba Garden: Irene Rajfur’s Garden
Beautiful Garden Irene Rajfur Garden City, Winnipeg “People always say, ‘Where are you going this year?’ and I say, ‘My
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