The North American Red Squirrel
April 26, 2015 Seeing the red squirrels become active in spring is uplifting and fun. These noisy little charmers, with their “chirring” and chucks and barks are the acrobats of the city neighbourhood. They scurry along the telephone wires, stop
Garden Project #1 – A Front Yard Garden Retainer Wall
Friends: This winter we can look forward to reading about an innovative garden project by cookiebuxton.com’s guest contributor Daryl D. Daryl is an Interior Designer, which partly explains her wonderful insight into the colours, textures, and contrasts that make a
Russian Sage
Perovskia atriplicifolia. Russian Sage. When you see, and catch the scent, of the tall, spicy Russian sage in full bloom, you will want this woody perennial in your home garden. With its airy, lavender flower spikes in bloom from July
Old-fashioned Hollyhocks in the Urban Garden
Many people have seen colourful beds of tall hollyhocks blooming in farm gardens, alongside an old barn or wooden shed, or backed by white planking along the sunny side of a country home. The lovely flowers, in white, pink, rose
Grasshoppers in the Garden
Above: Differentiated Grasshopper (perhaps) As a result of some clear, dry weather, there were a fair number of grasshoppers in my yard this summer, appearing in August and lasting into October. I can’t say I am particularly fond of grasshoppers.
Virginia Creeper Makes an Ideal “Living Wall”
Parthenocissus quinquefolia. Virgina Creeper. When I hear the term “living wall,” which interior designers generally use to refer to a wall of plants inside of a building, often with a water feature nearby, I invariably think of an outside wall
The English Garden in Winnipeg’s Assiniboine Park
One of the treasured garden landscapes in Manitoba is the English Garden in Winnipeg’s Assiniboine Park, or City Park as it is often called. At the entranceway to the English Garden is The Boy with the Boot, also called The
Der Bürgerpark – City Park in Bremen
Der Bürgerpark. Bremen. When visiting a new city, if you can find your way over to the parkland that usually occupies several acres of land within the heart of the city – like Der Bürgerpark in Bremen, in easy walking
Garden Mascot Neala, Soft-coated Wheaten Terrier
The Family Pet. Neala is our garden poster dog, which is to say she does not dig holes, bury bones, or demolish plants in our garden beds. The garden shots on this blog are primarily from my home garden, which
Sweet Wild Raspberrries
Rubus idaeus (probably). Wild Raspberries. Some years ago, bird droppings apparently contained some raspberry seeds and, through a random process of site selection, these were deposited into our yard alongside our garage into an existing garden bed. When I saw
