Marjorie Harris

In Fall, Newsletters

AUTUMN NEWSLETTER 2018

The glorious autumn we’re having is making up for the difficult summer. To celebrate: an AUTUMN NEWSLETTER Visit the CBC online to read my recent advice about bulbs: It's time to plant your spring bulbs — A pro's advice for ensuring the prettiest, earliest blooms post-winter Let me know if...

October 30, 2018

In Combinations, Design, Fall, Globe and Mail copy, Marjorie Suggests, Plants, Uncategorized

Prep prune plant

In today's Globe and Mail I have my first piece in months, just as the season is winding down. I hope you find it useful. I sure loved writing it. I will now try hard to keep up this blog space with plant and garden information. This...

October 12, 2017

In Fall, Newsletters

AUTUMN NEWSLETTER 2016

By Marjorie Harris My apologies to you dear readers: I missed sending out the Summer Quarterly altogether and this will be my last newsletter. When I recently hit 79, it slowly occurred that I needed to slow down a bit. I keep thinking I'm 60 but believe...

November 1, 2016

In Fall, Newsletters

AUTUMN NEWSLETTER 2015

Autumn snuck up on me. One minute we were frying and the next it seems we slid into one of the loveliest of all seasons. The trees here seem a more brilliant phenomenon than ever and lose their leaves at a faster rate than I...

November 29, 2015

In Fall, Marjorie's Life, Plants, Plants in my Garden

Autumn Garden design and the newsletter

DON'T MISS THE INFORMATION ON THE GORGEOUS NEW BANNER UP THERE. The autumn newsletter is ready to send out now it's you like to sign up. Push the button and I'll get it to you. Here's a part of the garden this week. The Plant of...

October 16, 2010

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

Gardens and Beaches

The garden and the beach have a lot in common: they present a new face each day depending on weather and light and all the other exigencies nature throws in their way. They never fail to amaze, amuse and baffle. Which is why we...

March 4, 2010

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

AUTUMNAL PLANTS

This is one of the stars of the autumnal garden. It's called Fleeceflower (Persicaria amplexicaulis 'Firetail' and what a beauty it is. It's been quietly blooming away for weeks now but as other things die off and containers get moved, it comes into its own. The...

October 8, 2009

In Design, Fall, Marjorie Suggests, perennials, Uncategorized

autumn perennials

I have dozens and dozens of perennials in my garden. Even so people keep saying "You don't have a lot of flowers, do you?" Actually I do. It's that they all have a special place and time to actually strut their stuff. For instance right now,...

September 28, 2009

In Design, Fall, Marjorie Suggests, Plants, Plants in my Garden

autumn and the felling of trees

It seems impossible to think of taking down trees even in a small garden. But last week was my Derek week: trees left this place. Derek is Derek Welsh of Authentic Tree Service. He hates cutting down healthy trees but even in this case it...

September 6, 2009

AUTUMN NEWSLETTER 2018

Prep prune plant

AUTUMN NEWSLETTER 2016

AUTUMN NEWSLETTER 2015

Autumn Garden design and the newsletter

Gardens and Beaches

AUTUMNAL PLANTS

autumn perennials

autumn and the felling of trees

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