A Garden for All
GIVE THE GIFT THAT KEEPS ON GIVING A membership to the Toronto Botanical Garden will give you mom access to a wealth of horticultural resources including a subscription to Trellis …
Online Gift Ideas for Mother’s Day Read More
As I hope you’ve heard, this month TBG is hosting one of the world’s leading and most influential garden designers for a special series of workshops and lectures. We’re very …
From the Stacks: Brookes Books Bonanza Read More
If you were to cross a snowdrop with a daffodil, you’d probably come close to describing the utterly charming Fravetye Giant (Leucojum aestivum). Being in a genus of its own, …
Bulb of the Month: Summer Snowflake GRAVETYE GIANT Read More
Thanks to the support and hard work of six new volunteer library cataloguers, many new books are making their way onto our shelves, and subsequently into your hands. Below is …
From the Stacks: New Library Titles Read More
Several queens developing in peanut-shaped cells While royal births are rather common fare in the bee yard, to those of us that follow the dramatic highs and lows of the …
The Days of Our Hives: Expecting Royalty Read More
Their species name alone is comforting. Which would lead one to think that these little bulbs would be commonly admired and grown but sadly, they’re not. I know I sound …
Bulb of the Month: Corydalis Solida Read More
One of the most common questions I hear when I speak about TBG’s bees is, “Do they swarm you?” Of course bees do swarm occasionally, though never at anyone (this …
The Days of Our Hives: Early Summer Swarms Read More
“… have you ever wondered how insects and plants relate to one another? In some ways they are partners; in other ways they are enemies.” D.H. Patent, Plants and Insects …
From the Stacks: Identifying plant diseases and pests Read More
Here’s another bulb that anyone can grow yet never fails to draw admiring comments and praise for your horticultural prowess. There are two varieties of Eucomis, which is native to …
Bulb of the Month: Pineapple Lilies (Eucomis spp.) Read More
In 2012 the TBG ran its first Summer Reading Club for Kids in the Weston Family Library. The Club owed much of its success to the hard work of Mark …
From the Stacks: Volunteer wins prestigious Longwood Gardens internship Read More