In the Fall 2011 issue of Garden Making magazine we devote six pages to delicate-looking Japanese anemones. These fall flowers are easy to grow and can be quite vigorous once established.
The story inspires our second video, featuring Garden Making Editor-in-Chief Beckie Fox in the beautiful setting of the Niagara Parks Botanical Gardens.
The Winter 2011-12 issue of Garden Making magazine is now on sale in stores across Canada. This is issue No. 8 and is our 2nd Design Issue, full of inspiring garden design ideas: Read More »
Now that I’m shut out of the garden by frost, I’ve been spending time with a newly acquired book, Whitney Cranshaw’s Garden Insects of North America: The Ultimate Guide to Backyard Bugs (Princeton University Press, 2004, $29.95). This is a big book with a modest price, and has excellent colour pictures of just about...
Read More »
Every year at this time I’m confronted with supermarket displays of Christmas cactus (Schlumbergera x buckleyi), usually heavy with buds, and of course I always buy one. I’ve known gardeners who inherited Christmas cactus from their grandparents, large enough to require a table dedicated to supporting them. This has not been my experience and,...
Read More »
Although there are weeds thriving in this extended autumn—and I could certainly be digging them out—I’ve busied myself getting the garage ready to receive the car just before the snow flies. This has been a good opportunity to consider what went right last summer, always a better thought than focusing on what went wrong....
Read More »
The range of Plant Hardiness Zones in Canada is reflected in the colours used....
Read More »
Much has been written about how to dig a proper hole for a tree:...
Read More »
Recent Comments on GardenMaking.com