What's New
Enjoy gardening articles and photographs about northern gardens, wildlife, and public gardens in Canada and abroad through Cookie Buxton's What's New blog listings.
Home and Cottage Gardens
See a few home garden layouts and plant selections, and pick up a few new tips from what others have achieved with their home and cottage garden properties.
Miniature Gardens
For those who no longer actively keep a garden, or who want to extend their creativity to other areas, constructing a miniature garden might be the right spare time hobby.
World Gardens
The world is full of gorgeous gardens - starting with those near you. Whether you are an armchair traveller or planning a future trip, the Cookie Buxton Canadian gardening blog shares stories and images of world-class gardens.
Latest From The Blog
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Yellow-rumped Warbler
(Setophaga coronate) The Yellow-rumped warbler is a small, insect-eating woodland songbird. The yellow-rumped warbler prefers mature coniferous and mixed wood forests with plantings of birch, aspen, willow, maple, and oak. The birds are widespread across North America and are not presently
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Hairy Woodpeckers and Downy Woodpeckers
Wth the gardens lying dormant for the winter in The Peg (Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada), we gardeners have to find other things to amuse us. For me, bird-watching – like seeing the Downy Woodpecker and the Hairy Woodpecker in my back
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Waddesdon Garden, England
Waddesdon Gardens, the Rothschild’s Legacy at Buckinghamshire Waddesdon Gardens, along with the Rothschild’s manor, viewed from the top of North Avenue and looking towards the 19th century country retreat, create an impressive scene. The scene must have looked equally impressive,
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Fairy Garden DIY Refresh
Time for a Fairy Garden DIY Refresh It’s not every season that my fairy garden gets a DIY (do-it-yourself) refresh. This was my lucky year. Interest in miniature and fairy gardens has grown at a tremendous pace in the last
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Seven sun-loving perennials at home in northern prairie gardens
Sun-loving perennials are the all-stars in my home garden. Having the main part of my garden with a south-facing orientation, and as it is a northern Canadian garden, I rely on winter hardy, sun-loving perennials that do well in prairie soil.
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Stowe House and Garden, England
Stowe House and Garden Georgian and Regency periods in garden history are fascinating to me. I am charmed by England’s famous Stowe House and Garden, which includes 250 acres of gorgeous parklands. Stowe House, where construction was first begun in
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Blenheim Palace Gardens, England
Blenheim Palace Gardens Of places visited on my self-guided tour of British gardens, a favourite for me was Bleinheim Palace, birthplace of Sir Winston Churchill, and Blenheim Palace Gardens and surrounding parklands. As I left the visitor parking area and