for those that like the newness and vigour that spring brings, vancouver might just be your place. at times spring seems almost never-ending here. with the micro climates in the city and the relative chill in the higher elevations it is easy to take a half hour drive and find budding tulips weeks after mine [...]
Posts Tagged ‘westcoast’
may garden
Posted in my gardens, uncategorized, tagged garden, gardening, hanging baskets, shawn cornell, spring, temperate, urban garden, westcoast, windmill palm on 25 May 2010 | Leave a Comment »
enter the joneses
Posted in other projects, tagged garden, gardening, passion flower, urban garden, vancouver, vines, westcoast on 9 June 2008 | 1 Comment »
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 like how [...]
spring entrance
Posted in my gardens, tagged garden, gardening, spring, urban garden, vancouver, westcoast on 14 May 2008 | 3 Comments »
driving our son j to school in the morning isn’t really much of a chore for me. the biggest traffic snaggle is coming around pacific avenue through yaletown but to be honest, it rarely takes me 20 minutes to travel from downtown to point grey. on the drive i am continually on the look out [...]
teaser
Posted in my gardens, my home, tagged gardening, urban garden, vancouver, westcoast on 8 May 2008 | 1 Comment »
i realise that i have been absent from my relatively new post in the blogging world so i thought i would just check in. there has been plenty of action at our townhouse since i last wrote. the small back patio underwent some changes with the addition of a cedar deck, more planter boxes and [...]
bright outlook
Posted in my home, tagged bc, british columbia, coastal living, design, furniture, garden, interior, interior design, ocean, vancouver, west coast, westcoast, white on 18 January 2008 | Leave a Comment »
when i help someone create a place for themselves it is easier if i know them at least a little. if at all possible, i like to interact with the owners in their existing space. to that end i simply invite myself over, either with a group of their friends, or for a quite evening [...]