Marjorie Harris | Marjorie’s Life

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New York after the storm part two

It is seriously odd, discombobulating to be in a city so besieged by problems that is, at the same time, so very normal. I suspect this is being a tourist. We carry on in a perfectly ordinary touristy way by going the museums and then...

November 9, 2012

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New York after Hurricane Sandy

Friends seem to think it's odd to come to New York when the stories of hurricane damage are devastating But we'd made plans so long ago that there seemed no question about coming. We arrived at a deserted Newark airport and the customs guys said "Thanks...

November 7, 2012

In Marjorie Suggests, Marjorie's Life, perennials, Plants, Plants in my Garden, Summer, Uncategorized

City Trees under Stress

It's dreadful what we do to city trees. Yet another old one was chopped down on our street last week. There might have been a reason (a Norway maple of great age, hollow in the middle) but it also might have been saved for a...

July 3, 2012

In Combinations, Design, Globe and Mail copy, Marjorie Suggests, Marjorie's Life, perennials, Plants, Plants in my Garden, Summer

Summer in the garden

This has been the busiest season ever for our design business meaning that seven day work weeks have kept me hopping. Here's the garden this week. It's a riot of foliage colour, depth and layering. I could spend hours just staring at it, if there was...

June 18, 2012

In Marjorie Suggests, Marjorie's Life, Plants, Plants in my Garden, Spring

Plant list

This astounding plant has been blooming all winter and is now putting on new blooms for Spring: Helleborus 'Josef Lemper'. I'm going to be planting a lot more hellebores this year. They are superb. What a week: a talk at Canada Blooms was such fun and...

March 18, 2012

In Marjorie's Life, Marjorie's Travels, Uncategorized, Winter

CALIFORNIA 3

California has been perfect. The highlight of the past few weeks has been to go to the seal rookery where hundreds of bay seals are giving birth to pups. They keep the pups on this beach for a few weeks teaching them all the tricky...

March 7, 2012

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California Too

It's been a bonanza week in the bay here at the Carp. The other day hundreds of pelicans showed up chasing a school of fish dive-bombing them, making a snatch and then wheeling around the sky. It was astounding to watch that many birds all...

February 26, 2012

In Combinations, Marjorie's Life, Marjorie's Travels, perennials, Plants, Spring

California Dreaming

After the thrill of having magazines pieces on my garden in Garden Design and Zoomer mgazine, it's a good thing we're here in California where spring has already sprung. Our area is Carpinteria fondly known as The Carp. Our building is run by Heidi and...

February 12, 2012

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Autumn news

I have been so remiss because I've been trying to finish THRIFTY GARDENING FROM THE GROUND UP. On CBC's Fresh Air this morning, I mentioned the newsletter. If you get in touch with me I'll put you on the list and send a link to the...

October 2, 2011

In Marjorie Suggests, Marjorie's Life, perennials, Plants, Plants in my Garden, Summer, Uncategorized

landscape restoration

Restoring a garden after a landscaper has had his hand on it is a tough job. We're in the middle of that now. No prep, plants plunked in, burlap and metal still intact, and where's the expensive soil? We couldn't find any and the whole...

July 13, 2011