Director of horticulture Paul Zammit was in the garden today surveying the damage from the recent ice storm that hit Toronto. Here are his notes:

• One of the beehives is spared from a falling limb of the nearby Japanese Pagodatree, Styphnolobium japonicum (aka Sophora japonica). A nearby young redbud, Cercis canadensis, braced the falling branch. The branch has since been removed.
• The Japanese Pagodatree, Styphnolobium japonicum (Sophora japonica) lost a number of large branches and will require some careful, skilled and expensive pruning.
• Awaiting an arborist to access the damage to some other trees to determine if the trees can be saved once the damaged limbs are removed.
• More branches down in the woodland walk.
• Some of the large willows we have admired in Edwards Gardens have not fared so well.
• Despite the damage there are many picturesque moments throughout. Please use caution when walking through the gardens and park.
• Hoping for some warmer temperatures soon.