Michael Albanese of #AvesiStormwater and I are finally working together on a project! It’s a long-term series of mostly native plant gardens coupled with several #RainGardens. It’s going to be beautiful, and it’s great working together!

#SeedySaturday at the #GuelphPublicLibrary - 100 Norfolk St.! Lots of free seeds and cool vendors and folks to ask questions of including the Master Gardeners. I will be at their advice table just inside the door upstairs.

Our latest installation – a pretty gigantic garden and a HUGE rain garden – needed equipment this time. 🥴 Mostly native plantings to follow.

First day at our new project! Very exciting! 

Really inspiring event!#HaltonMasterGardeners and #HamiltonNaturalists run a competition for eco-friendly gardens. As a past judge, I was invited. I took my helpers to show them that what they do makes a difference. So inspiring to see people using their gardens for Good. Congratulations to all!

Another tip for dividing perennials, this time… How do you deal with the giant ones? The ones that fight back like huge Hostas, grasses and, in this case, native #Goatsbeard?

A little visit to our native plant redux/rain garden project in Mississauga. It took forever to look like anything was happening, but it’s all coming together now!  lots of plants reused – several species added. 

#RoseSawfly is a challenging pest for roses in the garden. Here’s a tip for control.

A very quick walkabout (because it started raining lol) on today’s progress! Great day!

A little bit on staking trees … search #OntarioLandscapeTreePlantingGuide to learn more, because we do it wrong all the time! This is especially important for professionals who THINK they’re doing it right, and municipalities who set the standards.

Well, another plant off the list of things that we should be using. Too bad! I really like #IvorySilkLilac.

This little creature is really nifty type of #AssassinBug. It’s huge! Emesaya brevipennis is the scientific name, and it was on our front step last evening!

We have one plant (#PrairieSmoke - Geum triflorum) which is polluted with another (#GoldenFeatherGrass - Sorghastrum nutans). What do we do? 

Perhaps the final walk through our almost-complete d Burlington landscape with its two rain gardens, native plantings and relayed front step.

Garden/property tour and plant sale! Come and visit on October 12 from 9am til 4 PM! Lots of cool and a few rare plants for sale! Also the potential to dig some plants from the garden if folks are interested.
10765 Fifth Line Nassagaweya
Rockwood Ontario (actually we’re just north of Milton)

The front yard on our little Burlington #RainGarden/ #NativePlanting landscape.

The backyard on our little Burlington #RainGarden/ #NativePlanting landscape.

Some interesting (I hope) insights on proper pruning.