A Garden for All
In 2014, Canada Blooms is going wild! Garden designers and builders are creating acres of fantasy gardens that capture the imagination with vibrant colours, alluring fragrances and captivating designs to …
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Toronto Botanical Garden has once again created a Big FAB Gay Garden Wedding Package for a bevy of LGBTQ love-birds wishing to renew their vows or marry their life partner …
My Big Fab Gay Garden Wedding Read More
I have always considered evergreens (conifers) to be the backbone of a garden as they provide both year round presence and interest. They vary greatly in size, shape and colour, …
Paul’s Plant Pick: The Season’s First Snow Fall Read More
As both night and daytime temperatures continue to cool, the garden reveals yet another of its features; an abundance of fall fruit and berries. This seems to have been a …
Paul’s Plant Pick: A Fruit-full Season Read More
Mourning Cloak (Nymphalis antiopa) on Allium ‘Millenium’ Allium ‘Millenium’ piqued my interest back in May when we received about 20 plants for our annual TBG plant sale. As I have …
Paul’s Plant Picks: Alliums Continue to Shine Read More
One of the comments I most frequently hear when I do presentations or lead a garden tour is, ‘‘I want a perennial that blooms all season.’’ Personally, this has never …
Paul’s Plant Pick: Does it Flower all Season Long? Read More
We are delighted to report that the Toronto Botanical Garden has a new Executive Director: Harry Jongerden. Harry comes to us from VanDusen Botanical Garden and Bloedel Conservatory in Vancouver …
Appointment of Harry Jongerden as TBG Executive Director 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
The recent warm temperatures and bright sunny days have resulted in an explosion of blooms throughout the gardens. Â There are new surprises to delight with each passing day and in …
Paul’s Plant Picks: One of the many shining spring stars in the gardens, Narcissi ‘Rip Van Winkle’ Read More
Exclusive 2-for-1 admission coupon! Floral Exhibition: May 3 through 5, 2013 One weekend only! Spectacular floral installations by 10 of Toronto’s top floral designers will transform the Gardiner Museum in …
Spring Awakening: Gardiner in Bloom 2-for-1 Read More