I recently read a great book by Dr. Suzanne Simard* called "Finding the Mother Tree" Her story begins with her family tree of foresters...

In the beginning, when I first started designing and installing landscapes I was and always have been an advocate of resilient natural...

If you had a choice between a fresh Orange and a vitamin C capsule which would you choose? The Oxford dictionary defines fertilizer as :...

My education in turfgrass came very early in life, at the ripe age 6-1/2 yrs I was promoted from lawn rake to a push mower to cut a farm...

Recalling one of our most interesting opportunities and natural transformations of landscaping as I reviewed the photographs searching...

When I reflect on the past year I transport myself back to January 2020 BC (before covid19) as 2019 had been another great year in all...

Last weekend on a bright sunny cool morning I went harvesting native wild leeks (some 2,000 sqft!) at the back of our wooded property as...

Canadian gardeners for the most part are a very resilient bunch. Couped up all winter staring at the drifts of snow and the rabbit tracks...

So as I recommended in the 1st pruning blog was remove dead wood, weak and inside crossing branches and you are done basic pruning...

Of all that I have learned and passed on to my clients, nothing has been more important than telling people how to prune woody plants....

Biomicry: designs that mimic, replicate, mirror imagine nature with outdoor design principles and sustainable landscapes. Biophilic:...

Is there any element you can add to your landscape more tranquil, more captivating then the element: water? ......., sound, motion,...

In 1970 my father opened a garden centre beside his successful fruit market, I was 15 years old, strong and determined to be a...

As I look forward to another year and the begining of a new decade I find myself looking back over the past year and the past decade(s)...

All too many times I see properties with walkways and driveways having modular pavers as the surface application. And all too many times...

I am sitting down to write another blog its December 30 2019 and I look out the window and I see green grass, puddles of water everywhere...

I have met many people from very diverse backgrounds during my lifetime (horticultural storied history of 50+ years too follow)...

When I first began designing landscapes clients would come to me with magazines and photo's of their property now they email me idea...