The International Garden Festival recently announced the names of the designers invited to take part in the 2006 festival. The Festival, which has taken place on the site of Reford Gardens/Les Jardins de Métis in Quebec, asks landscape designers from Canada and around the world to create temporary gardens on-site. The Festival has become an […]
Archives for December 2005
Under the influence
Well, I’ve finally decided to apply to the UBC Garden Design program. As part of the application process, they ask that you list five books, journals, and/or magazines that you have found influential. I’m kind of struggling with it, because at different points during my life and growth as a gardener, I’ve required different information. […]
The revolution is fertile
Yippee, we’re going to Cuba! Ben and I have been attempting to go for years now, but one thing or another always prevented us. Now, in a spontaneous and daring manuver, we’ve booked a flight to Havana for mid-January. Of course, I started researching gardens immediately. They do have a botanical garden and several smaller […]
Thanks, Snowberry!
When I was a kid, snowberries, (Symphoricarpos albus) grew wild all over our heavily-wooded property, along with other BC natives like ferns, Mahonia nervosa (Oregon grape) and Rubus spectabilis (salmonberries). I called snowberries “pop berries” because they made a delicious popping noise when you crushed them underfoot. I think my fascination with them terrified my […]