as any real estate agent will tell you, curb appeal is important. for those of us that live in one of the city’s many townhouses it is our gardens that allow us to express some individuality on this frontier. we are lucky to have several neighbours that sport green thumbs and i really [...]
Archive for June, 2008
enter the joneses
Posted in other projects, tagged garden, gardening, passion flower, urban garden, vancouver, vines, westcoast on 9 June 2008 | 1 Comment »
way back playback…
Posted in other projects, tagged cedar, deck, garden, gardening, outdoor living, toronto on 4 June 2008 | 2 Comments »
last year at this time i was still living in toronto’s downtown core. we decided that the backyard really needed some help and decided to have it totally redone so we could enjoy it for the summer. i designed the decking and fencing to both provide privacy from neighbouring houses and allow us [...]
so many days of sun!
Posted in my gardens, tagged canna, garden, gardening, gunnera, hens and chicks, succulents, urban garden on 3 June 2008 | 2 Comments »
while the past few days have not been what i would call warm, they have been sunny and my plants have been thrilled. everywhere i look in my garden there is new leaves, buds and shoots are reaching for the sky. the giant cane bamboo that i planted in the back planter boxes [...]