TBG Bee FAQ
1. Is there a list of plants in the bee pollinator garden? The updated list is available on the TBG website: Pollinator Garden with Bee Hives. 2. What happened to …
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Visit our Pollinator Playground at First Canadian Place
Butterflies, Hummingbirds and Bees… Oh my! Discover playful and positive ways you can welcome “special guests” into your home garden. Visit our attractive balcony gardens (“attractive” in every sense of …
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Add Pollinator Magnets to Your Garden
February is the perfect month to be planning for the coming gardening season. As you pour through seed and plant catalogues, think about adding few extra plants to attract and …
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How to Properly Remove Dog-Strangling Vine
Do not ignore this invasive plant! Paul Zammit, Director of Horticulture gives you the dos and don’ts of removing this highly invasive species in Toronto.
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Paul’s Plant Picks: Never Stop Learning and Discovering
I have said this before and I will say it again: One of the things I really love about horticulture is that even after the 25 short years that I’ve …
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Paul’s Plant Picks: First Sighting…
I’m thrilled to report that while touring a group through TBG this week, I spotted not one, but two monarch butterflies (at the same time). The first sighting of the …
Paul’s Plant Picks: First Sighting… Read MoreMy Big Fab Gay Garden Wedding a Big Fab Success (2014)
As part of the inspiring possibilities that WorldPride Toronto has generated, Toronto Botanical Garden (TBG) hosted a free group wedding of intimate proportions within nature’s warm embrace. A bevy of …
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Paul’s Plant Pick: A Native Gem, Geum triflorum, Prairie Smoke
Geum triflorum, Prairie Smoke. In the distance are clumps of Camassia leichtlinii, a western native that will soon add a riot of star-shaped, blue-purple blooms on 60 to 90 centimetre …
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Paul’s Plant Picks: Anticipating things to come…
Personally, I get very excited watching the buds of trees and shrubs slowly swell, expand and eventually burst into blooms. Viburnum farreri ‘Nanum’ is currently budding at the edge of …
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Paul’s Plant Picks: Could it be?
Desperate for a sign of spring, I’ve been carefully combing the gardens at work and at home for any indication of the coming season. It’s been a long and bitterly …
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