I'm on my way to sit in my sister's class as a guest at the Desert Landscape School at the Desert Botanical Garden. Visitors to the Desert Botanical Garden are greeted by the permanent installation...
Every winter for the past 6 years I have visited my sister, brother-in-law, and three nephews who live in the Arizona low desert. This Agave parryi (Parry's agave) is just one of many that I covet...
A trio of Larix kaempferi (Japanese larch) line the way into the Floral Hall Courtyard, with tiny, attractive brown cones lining branches of green needles turning yellow. The red leaves of...
The weather has been perfect for bulb planting - and continues to be so raining just in time to water bulbs planted in the Entry Garden last week. So many visitors ask me while planting 'What...
The final harvest of the the Kitchen Garden took place yesterday, including hairy melons, long-beans, cabbage, kale, as well as fresh herbs of parsley, sage, and rosemary. We also harvested a...
Gentiana angustifolia (Alpine gentian) This truly is a garden gem found in the trough in the Demonstration Courtyard. The trumpets seen here are still closed and will open to an electric...
It's September and what a great time to be in the garden. Here is just a sampling of what Garden Volunteers harvested on Thursday. The Harvest here at the TBG is in full swing as Garden...
It's late summer and here at the TBG perennial hibiscus and cultivars of hydrangea are in full flower. Seen here, Hibiscus 'Blue River II', in white - which really stands out against all the yellow...
Hibiscus 'Kopper King' (Perennial hibiscus) is a show-stopper in late summer. As with everything else flowering, he's early this year. And then there's the Beast! Japanese beetles are at...
A view of Leucanthemum 'Becky' at the Toronto Island Water Treatment Plant, planted & maintained by TBG garden staff. A Monarch butterfly makes its arrival at the Toronto Island Water...
