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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...

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July 13, 2011
In Combinations, Design, Marjorie Suggests, Marjorie's Life, perennials, Plants in my Garden, Summer

Summer in the garden

Perennials are popping up where I'd forgotten I'd planted them, spring flowering shrubs are just about over and there's been a huge opportunity on the perfection of these June day to whack the place apart. Some day I'll go into the garden and not be critical...

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June 16, 2011
In Design, Marjorie Suggests, Marjorie's Life, Plants, Plants in my Garden, Spring

AMAZING ANNUALS

Here's a fantastic annuals list. It's one I ordered from Mason Gardens for my clients and am still in the process of getting together for them. I mentioned I'd have this up on Fresh Air on Sunday. So I'm late. Everything's late. Agapanthus ‘Black Buddha’ Alternanthera ‘Purple...

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May 22, 2011
In Marjorie Suggests, Marjorie's Life, perennials, Plants in my Garden, Spring

CANADA BLOOMS AND WILD LIFE IN THE URBAN GARDEN

I don't know if this is a sign of spring, but I was riveted the other day when a hawk, a HUGE hawk settled in the garden right in the centre on the Japanese maple. I didn't dare move because I could feel him looking...

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March 17, 2011
In Combinations, Design, Marjorie Suggests, perennials, Plants, Plants in my Garden, Winter

Garden combinations #2

I asked for some contributions to what makes a good garden combination. Here's a really imaginative one from Barry Parker. He has a glorious garden in downtown Toronto. It's the kind you like to return to a couple of times a year to see how...

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February 13, 2011
In Combinations, Design, Marjorie Suggests, perennials, Plants, Summer

Great Garden Combinations

Thinking about perennial combinations in the middle of winter is folly of course but what else to dream away a miserable dull winter day? I asked one of my favourite gardeners, Monique Dobson, if she would come up with her favourite combo and this is what...

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January 26, 2011
In Marjorie Suggests, Marjorie's Life, Plants in my Garden, Winter

WINTER IN THE GARDEN

The garden in winter seems to hold all the secrets of the world in its mysteriousness. Here's mine before I rushed out with a broom. It's glorious and picturesque: But this is a dangerous situation for trees and shrubs laden with snow as the sun...

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January 8, 2011
In Fall, Marjorie Suggests, Marjorie's Life

Word on the Street 2010

This Sunday at 4:45 I will be speaking at the Money Matters tent at WORD ON THE STREET. The biggest celebration of books and writers is at Queeen's Park Crescent Sunday Sept. 26th from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. I'll be in Booth #321 with Andrew...

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September 23, 2010
In Marjorie Suggests, Plants, Summer, Uncategorized

More on Garden Videos

Here are all the garden videos I did for the Globe and Mail with Kevin Sui on a brilliant, windy day.  There are also some Q & A  s that go with them So have a look and see what you think. People have been writing...

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July 8, 2010
In Design, Marjorie Suggests, Marjorie's Life, perennials, Plants, Plants in my Garden, Summer

the garden in july

The perennials are bursting out all over the garden. This is a garden which depends on foliage for most of its colour so it's startling to see Phlox 'David' shining in the background, the few roses I have being outrageous and all the hydrangeas I...

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July 2, 2010
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Marjorie Harris is one of Canada’s best known garden writers; she is the national gardening columnist for the Globe and Mail.She is also a garden consultant.