Marjorie Harris

In Marjorie's Life, Plants, rant, Summer, Uncategorized

All that plastic grass

The horror happened on our street this week. Truck after truck carted away trees, hostas, shrubs and soil. All gone. Then more trucks rolled in with herbicides to spray the ground, truckloads of screening was dumped and then thumped into place with heavy duty machinery....

June 29, 2013

In Design, Globe and Mail copy, Marjorie Suggests, Marjorie's Life, Plants

spring videos

Here's a remarkable blooming in the garden this week. It's gorgeous. And the house and garden are ready for their close up. I am doing set of new videos for the Globe and Mail and here are the first ones we a few weeks ago. They...

June 7, 2013

In Design, Globe and Mail copy, Marjorie Suggests, perennials, Plants, Plants in my Garden, Spring

Xeriscape gardens

This is my latest beauty, not a xeriscape plant of course. It's Acer shirasawnum 'Moonrise' and the touches of red on the palmate leaves are echoed in the red tulips which I'd forgotten I'd planted last fall. Nature the great designer, serendipity for the rest...

May 18, 2013

In Design, Marjorie Suggests, Marjorie's Life, perennials, Plants, Spring, Uncategorized

spring into weeds and blooms

It's astounding the difference a day or two makes at this time of year. It's like having a teenage kid who has a growth spurt: they are crashing and bashing about. I had given up in despair but this is the difference a couple of days...

April 18, 2013

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California Life 2

It's an astounding day: full of sun and more people around than usual because it's the beginning of the long weekend here: Monday is Presidents' Day. More people on the beach than we've seen since we got here. That means a few dozen today and...

February 15, 2013

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California living 1

We are here in what can only be described as Paradise: on the ocean, with a sandy beach stretching as far as the eye can see in either direction. The dolphins were out in full force today and the occasional pelican swooped in to peer...

February 9, 2013

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

Winter garden bring thoughts of travel in Italy

I've now had enough time to digest the amazing trip to Italy we took this past year. The Tuscan Valley is magnificent of course but I had never seen it in early autumn and it was, as always, a huge revelation. One revelation was: don't...

January 5, 2013

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Happy New Year

It snowed. Blessed snow. It covers the plants that need protection, weighing some down and I have to whack away with a broom to release them from the crushing weight. Here's my HAPPY NEW YEAR from my garden to yours. ...

December 30, 2012

In Marjorie Suggests, Uncategorized, Winter

MERRY CHRISTMAS

THE TABLE IS SET WAITING FOR THE FAMILY MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE. HAVE THE BEST DAY POSSIBLE XXXMARJORIE...

December 25, 2012

In Marjorie Suggests, Marjorie's Life, Marjorie's Travels, Plants, Winter

Christmas Gifts for Gardeners

I was on CBC's Fresh Air with Karen Gordon this morning and here's what we discussed: * Gardener's Handscrub from Crabtree & Evelyn which you can find at any decent dept. store. The scrub makes your hands feel soft as well as clean. Around $20 * O'Keefe's...

December 22, 2012

Marjorie Harris

All that plastic grass

spring videos

Xeriscape gardens

spring into weeds and blooms

California Life 2

California living 1

Winter garden bring thoughts of travel in Italy

Happy New Year

MERRY CHRISTMAS

Christmas Gifts for Gardeners

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