Update February 20. I’ve just found out that I’m not going to be able to make it to the Northwest Flower and Garden Show because I’m 32 weeks pregnant and can’t get insurance coverage. (I can’t risk going to the States without it, especially in my “condition.”) Thankfully, Caitlin and Owen of Vancouver-based garden design […]
Events
CanWest Horticultural Show trends
I stopped by the CanWest Horticultural Show last week (“Western Canada’s premier nursery, landscape and floriculture trade show”). Like most hort shows, the types of exhibitors don’t vary all that much from year to year, so what I look for – in addition to anything really different – are the overall trends. Not exactly […]
Vancouver Garden Show highlights
While my participation in the disembowelment of a display garden was certainly memorable, I scored more than just discount perennials at the Vancouver Garden Show. I was very pleased to discover that, although some of the feature gardens kind of sucked (it’s no Chelsea, that’s for sure), the “urban deck showcase” had some really great […]
I am such a dork
I’m no stranger to gardening-related injuries. My standard complaints include lower backache, blisters, and even – and this is weird – sore fingernails (am I the only one who gets that?). But I’ve never been injured in a plant frenzy before. Oh sure, I’ve imagined it countless times: being trampled by a herd of Rosarians […]
Vancouver Sun Garden Show 2007
Display garden by Urban Escapes at this year’s Vancouver Sun Garden Show. Tomorrow: the Vancouver Sun Garden Show at VanDusen (formerly known as the VanDusen Flower Show). It’s a day of plants, garden product and design – what do I care what it’s called? I’m there. Woot!
Teaching sustainability
Love it: Laura Secord School’s Mr. Burns: “Excellent! The more power you fools use, the richer I get!” I met Karen Wik one rainy night just over a month ago. I’d ducked into Famous Foods, the grocery store just a few minutes’ walk from my house (which, by some miraculous coincidence, is also an amazing […]
Three workshops at the MOBY garden
Vancouver locals, you won’t want to miss these workshops. Garden Ninja presents: March 24: Soil/compost/mulch Exposed soil is wounded soil. Soil is a living skin. This session lays out the basis of soil components and their functions – bacteria, fungi, and carbon-nitrogen ratios – for a holistic perspective of how fertility is built and maintained […]
Canstruction 2007
Please stand by while I deviate from my standard garden/design broadcast to bring you Canstruction 2007. Canstruction is an international event that combines a design/build competition with a unique way to help feed hungry people. Competing teams design giant sculptures made entirely out of non-perishable foods. At the close of the exhibitions all of the […]