Indoor Plants

I will be on various CBC morning shows today, holiday Monday,  talking about indoor plants.  Here's a repeat of information from an earlier blog: Moderation works with house plants as it does in most other things. Start by checking out the light: * low light means you can...

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plant list for talk in Mississauga

If you would like to have the Applewood Horticultural Society plant list I used in my recent speech in Mississauga, just use contact me and I'll pass it on to you. It was a great crowd:  enthusiastic and responsive.  Would love to have sold more books,...

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The Sunday Edition Essay

In case you miss it and might like to here it, this is the essay I did for the Sunday Edition January 22, 2017: CBCSundayEdition @CBCSunday Jan 20 How to use time in old age? “I don’t want to kill time. I want to be doing something useful.” @Marjorie_Harris...

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TALK FOR THE APPLEWOOD GARDEN CLUB

  I am giving a talk called THE EVOLUTION OF A GARDENER on Wednesday January 25, 2017 at  7 p.m. in The Great Hall Unitarian Congregation 84 South Service Road MISSISSAUGA   PLEASE COME IT'S ONLY $20 AND THERE WILL BE LOTS OF GREAT SLIDES MY FIRST TALK IN MANY MANY YEARS....

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Hydrangea: Plant of the Week

Here's my column for this week: From: Hydrangea paniculata ‘Bobo’: The perfect plant for the urban gardener - The Globe and Mail http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/home-and-garden/gardening/hydrangea-paniculata-bobo-the-perfect-plant-for-the-urban-gardener/article31061327/ I've been accused of hating hydrangeas:   not true.  I like some of them a great deal.  I hate it when they are overused in...

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