April 1, 2013
Interesting Websites to Check Out
My friend David Graham White, a professor of Photography at Sheridan College, shares a passion for gardens. He has added to his blog some new work which I’d like to share with you:
ramblings of a plant lover
April 1, 2013
Is it spring already?!
Spring cleanup has come early. I stopped counting this weekend after 14 bags of lawn debris, thatch, leaves and fallen branches.
Here we are again and lots of changes ahead. Forestwood went on the market and we’ve started working on our next project, Forsythe. This century home is nestled by the harbour in downtown Oakville, steps from all the charm and convenience of this Lake Ontario community. There will be new garden we’re planning to do over the summer.
April 1, 2013
It’s Time to Move On
The house (and yes, the garden too) is on the market. It’s been a fulfilling accomplishment and now it’s time for a new dream.
September 24, 2012
Fireplaces and Things That Bug Me
Burning memories
Consider extending the season in your garden by building a fireplace or fire pit.
Last winter we were invited to dinner. Our friends had an outdoor fireplace, crowning a high point off the patio, overlooking their gardens. It was a reasonably mild night, no snow. After dinner, our host stoked a roaring fire, we took our blankets out and sipped wine and shared stories for hours around the warmth of the flames. It was delightful. It reminds me of this snippet from a book I featured on “Fussy Finds” a while back. Janice Wells from the “Gin & Tonic Gardener”, Chapter 26 / Before You Hibernate… (She’s talking about garden magazines and more specifically an article on fire pits in gardens.)
September 24, 2012
Style at Home
A year ago, Donna Griffith, photographer for Style at Home Magazine, did a full day garden shoot and then returned to do interiors of our home on Forestwood. The October 2012 issue just hit the shelves and after waiting all this time it was such a delight to see the feature. Our home is more traditional than most that are showcased, so we weren’t sure how much profile it would receive. While it didn’t make the cover and many of the images they shot weren’t included, we were pretty pleased with the five pages they dedicated to a story about our new home studio.
September 21, 2012
Walnut Farm
A mini adventure really. A weekend at Walnut Farm near Georgian Bay and the Beaver Valley. My sister-in-law and her husband have a 19th century farm and some lovely garden specimens. Thought I’d share these with you.
September 21, 2012
Fussy in Fall
Summer went by like a weekend! It was idyllic from a holiday standpoint, but a tough year to garden. Not much rain and very hot for a lot of places in North America. I experienced a bug invasion of every variety this year, munching relentlessly on my plants.
Our garden grew like a jungle, with the sprinkler system working overtime and the sun beaming intensely on everything, but here we are in fall already. Given my last post was in May, let’s just say nothing revelatory happened over the past few months, but now that the October “Style at Home” issue is out with a feature on Forestwood, I thought I’d better get busy and update.