Beauty in The Beach
If you love gardens you won’t want to miss this year’s Mark’s Choice Through the Garden Gate in Toronto’s iconic Beach neighbourhood. Every year Toronto…
Category Archives: Botanical Buzz
Action Needed Now to Save Toronto’s Ravines
There is no doubt. Toronto’s ravines are under siege by invasive trees and ground plants. If we don’t take action now, our urban native woodlands…
Salsa Party kicks off TBG’s free Edwards Summer Music Serie...
It was a grand night for singing…dancing, listening to music, picnicking, drinking wine or beer in the garden and generally having a good time. Despite…
RBG opens a rose garden for the 21st Century
It may be true that a rose by any other name is still a rose but the blossoms at the Royal Botanical Garden’s rejuvenated rose…
Don’t miss the TBG’s 31st annual garden tour
My first assignment as editor of Plant & Garden magazine was to cover the Civic Garden Centre’s Through The Garden Gate garden tour. More than…
Flora & Fauna on an African Safari
Nowhere are symbiotic relationships in nature as obvious as in Africa. Birds pick the insects off zebras, giraffes, hippos and elephants and in turn tweet…
TBG’s Canada Blooms booth is a-buzzin’
Got a gardening question? Want to taste different kinds of honey? Or, how about purchasing an early blooming hellebore plant for your own garden? You…
Indulge Your Passion for Orchids At SOOS Annual Show & ...
It was a photo in the National Geographic that caught John Vermeer’s eye and started him on a lifelong passion for orchids. That was 46…
Building a Framework to Protect & Enjoy Toronto’s Ravin...
Ravine Symposium Part 1 The largest ravine system in the world is one of Toronto’s most distinctive geographical features. Winding through its many neighbourhoods, it…
Bling Up an Amaryllis at Holiday Market & Open House
While travelling in Australia and Peru I have been amazed by the abundance and beauty of red, pink, white and striped amaryllis blooming in parks…