Covid 19
Practice social distancing and stay safe everyone! http://www.gardengraces.ca Continue reading Covid 19
Garden in Santiago, Chile
I was going through my photos the other day looking for roses 🙂 and came across my garden in Chile. We lived there from 2005 to 2009, about 4 1/2 years. The garden was already in place with shrubs but I added a collection of wonderful roses. As luck would have it, there was a rose nursery just down the street from where we lived … Continue reading Garden in Santiago, Chile
Farmhouse Table Centrepiece
Struggling with winter blahs like many of us, I turn to plants to cheer me up 🙂 With two cats that eat most anything that resembles a plant, I am a bit challenged! So I travelled down with my son (who is an arborist and likes plants so something passed on LOL!) to my nearby garden centre to soak up the green and dream of … Continue reading Farmhouse Table Centrepiece
Bowood House Woodland Gardens
Bowood estate encompasses 2000 acres, part of which includes a marvelous woodland garden with over 2 miles of woodland pathways meandering through native, specimen and flowering shrubs and trees. It was laid out in 1854 by the 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne and added to ever since. It is situated a short drive down the road from the house and to my mind, even better. We … Continue reading Bowood House Woodland Gardens
Winter Haiku 2
Snowflakes stir the dark Logs burning bright in the stove I cuddle my cat http://www.gardengraces.ca Continue reading Winter Haiku 2
Bowood House
Now that the greater part of North America seems to be digging itself out of various snowstorms its time for some escapism 🙂 Last spring I traveled to England and visited the county of Wiltshire which has wonderful gardens, Roman ruins and of course the ancient sites of Stonehenge, Avebury, Silbury Hill, chalk horses carved in hillsides and many other places to keep one busy … Continue reading Bowood House
Winter Haiku
Winter blankets us Squirrels rummage in the snow Leaf buds lay dormant Continue reading Winter Haiku
A New Year
A new year has come Crystal ice hangs from the trees A leaf skitters by Garden Graces Plantscapes Continue reading A New Year
Happy New Year
Happy 2020 to everyone and may all your gardens grow even better! To quote Vita Sackville West: “No gardener would be a gardener if he did not live in hope”. And we need hope…we just came out of the strangest and extreme weather here in southern Ontario: record breaking rainfall, severe freezing rain in some areas and heavy snow farther north. What happened to the … Continue reading Happy New Year
Thanksgiving
Come to Ontario for Fall: Fall fairs Glorious fall colours And wonderful country drives Happy Thanksgiving to all! http://www.gardengraces.ca Continue reading Thanksgiving
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