They have an average-size city property (43 by 136 feet) that Havermann bought in 1987, mainly for its glorious birch tree. A long-time antique collector and gardener, she set out immediately to create the bones of an organized garden. Zammit, whom she met at Plant World, the west-end Toronto garden centre where they both work, moved in 12 years ago, along with his own vast array of terracotta pots and other curios.
Who needs flowers with this rich array of succulents such as rosy Kalanchoe thyrsiflora (top left), spiny green and silver agaves, echeverias (lower left), pale Aeonium (in the foreground), rope-like Rhipsalis and variegated Sedum sieboldii.