Posted in my gardens, tagged garden, gardening, photography, shawn cornell, urban garden, vancouver on 10 March 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Keefer Entrance
Originally uploaded by shawn cornell
despite hosting the winter olympics, vancouver has had one of the warmest winters on record. this has given an early start to the garden on all fronts. banana leaves are unfurling, bulbs are blooming and everywhere there are new green shoots. i have started planting more containers [...]
Posted in my gardens, tagged container gardening, design, garden, macro lens, photography, shawn cornell, spring, urban garden, vancouver, west coast on 15 May 2009 | 1 Comment »
i know it has been while since i have written anything or posted any pictures of the garden. i do apologise, and really i have no excuse other than the usual. as many of you know, vancouver didn’t have a stellar winter, and even now there are remnants of the destruction (how dramatic) it caused [...]
Posted in my gardens, tagged design, garden, gardening, hellebore, photography, urban garden, vancouver, west coast, winter on 10 February 2009 | 1 Comment »
one of the surefire signs that spring is just around the corner is the very early blooming hellebores like these double bloomed pink oriental cultivars in my front garden. i snapped this picture last night using my tripod. the twinkle in the background are the white lights that i wrap the trunks of the potted [...]
Posted in my gardens, tagged Abyssinian, banana, garden, shawn cornell, succulents, vancouver, west coast on 23 September 2008 | Leave a Comment »
it feels like only yesterday that summer began and yet here we are already in fall – there’s a chill in the air to prove it! despite the cooler temperatures september is traditionally a decent month for sun in vancouver and yesterday (and today) it has graced us with its presence. i got a few [...]
Posted in my gardens, tagged canna, colour, crocosmia, garden, pacific north west, photography, summer west coast, vancouver on 17 September 2008 | 1 Comment »
no words for me today.
Posted in my gardens, tagged banana, garden, gardening, musa basjoo, vancouver on 21 August 2008 | Leave a Comment »
in my small back garden it is the bananas that truly make it feel like a tropical oasis. my nanners sure have come a long way since their ugly winter stem-only days.
Posted in my gardens, tagged Abyssinian, banana, garden, gardening, musa basjoo, pug, summer, urban garden, vancouver, west coast on 18 August 2008 | Leave a Comment »
there is nothing quite like a sunny day in vancouver. my garden is its happiest when amun ra graces us with his presence. you can practically watch the banana leaves unfurl and the canna reach for the sky. as for my own preference, i can think of nothing better than the sun [...]
Posted in my gardens, tagged bamboo, banana, city garden, flax, gardening, gunnera, musa basjoo, pacific northwest, urban garden, vancouver, west coast on 29 July 2008 | Leave a Comment »
it seems that i have been away from my garden for a longtime – and it’s true! in mid-july we headed back to do some work on our place in toronto – i will not bore you with details, but in short, i hate drywall. the day we returned i was forced to [...]
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 [...]
Posted in my gardens, tagged garden, gardening, new zealand flax, urban garden, vancouver, west coast on 16 May 2008 | 1 Comment »
i like having lights in the garden – i want to enjoy my plants whether or not the sun is in the sky. i snapped this the other night looking down on the garden.
 | sorrentolens on boki road, hawai |
 | shawn cornell on boki road, hawai |
 | andy on boki road, hawai |
 | Jean on welcome back! |
| sorrentolens on winter garden |
