Category: Home & Garden

  It's photos like this one taken by Lynn Karlin (found on Pinterest) that entice us to grow tulips in our own gardens. I planted over 200 tulips last fall in my front garden, and happily, they did not disappoint.  Not all of them came up, but the ones that did were beautiful...the first blooms of spring.… Continue reading Tulips… →

From June until now the roses have been on a "non-stop" bloom cycle... These are some of the beauties that have graced my garden this summer...a combination of hybrid tea and floribunda roses.                 Roses are my all-time favourite! xox Judy    

  This has to be the "year of the hydrangea" in my garden.  The blooms on the Annabelles are enormous.  This particular hydrangea hedge grows along the east-facing side of the garage.  It seems to be the ideal location for them...every year is better than the last.       I changed up things a… Continue reading Hydrangea →

  In the spring of 2019, I decided to take out the raspberry bushes in my side garden and plant peonies in that spot.  On the opposite side of the walkway was a row of already well-established peonies...this small garden is now called the "Jardin de Pivoine".     The peonies this summer were abundant… Continue reading Peonies… →

    Chloe is my constant companion in the garden.  She will follow me around, drop her ball at my feet, and bark...and bark until I stop what I'm doing and play fetch with her. She's very persistent, but I wouldn't have it any other way!                    … Continue reading Chloe in the garden… →

You may have received an unfinished post today.  Sometime over the summer months my blog provider changed its format.  Me being the techie that I am not, I pressed the "Publish" button by mistake.  It is going to take some time...probably a long time to figure out how to write my blog. What I will… Continue reading The Summer Break… →

    Summer has arrived bringing with it that heavenly shade of green ...that glossy green of new leaves... along with a rainbow of colours from perennials and annuals in bloom.               Last fall, I planted over 200 tulip bulbs, a dozen alliums, and a row of muscari (grape hyacinth)… Continue reading Summer… →

The name "lilac" (Syringa Vulgaris) comes from the Persian word meaning bluish.  Purple lilacs considered the symbol of first love, are called the queen of shrubs. The photo (left) is part of a series taken by Carla Coulson, a professional photographer who has done a series of similar photos of young women carrying massive bundles… Continue reading Lilacs… →

    Some of you will remember the fantasy movie, "Edward Scissorhands" from the early 1990s.  Although this post has nothing to do with the movie, the one thing I remember about the storyline was the whimsical topiaries that Edward created with his scissor hands.     This is the entry to the home of… Continue reading Scissor Hands… →

Hedges, both practical and ornamental have been part of landscapes (around the world) for centuries.  They were originally used to create borders around private property and cultivated fields, to protect from prevailing winds, and then as an integral element in garden design. There are many options for hedging shrubs or trees.  Often what determines what… Continue reading Hedging…your beds… →