Marjorie Harris

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Alison Gordon

Our friend Alison Gordon died this week and the shock of it is only beginning to hit. The depth of the hole she left in so many people's lives is hard to describe. I was a friend, not an intimate but we told each other intimate...

February 13, 2015

In Newsletters, Summer

2014 THE YEAR OF RECOVERY AND MAINTENANCE.

The long cool spring turned into a long cool summer in our area. But weather's been strange everywhere from extreme storms to floods and drought. We truly are in the middle of climate disturbances. Many plants took months to recover from the devastating floods, shifts...

August 29, 2014

In Combinations, Globe and Mail copy, Marjorie Suggests, Marjorie's Life, perennials, Plants, Summer

SUMMER IN THE GARDEN: moving plants

It has been the busiest summer of a busy life. We have installed so many gardens and now things are slowing down and I can take a breath and be in m own garden. Here we pulled out trees and shrubs and moved things around to such...

August 4, 2014

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July in the garden

I was on CBB’s Fresh Air Sunday morning with Karen Gordon which was such a pleasure. And here's the link to GARDENISTA with the superb photos by Andreas Trautttmansdorff http://www.gardenista.com/posts/garden-visit-at-home-with-canadas-favorite-garden-writer?utm_source=Remodelista%2FGardenista+Subscriber+List&utm_campaign=96faf6d7a9-Gardenista+Daily+Email+Campaign&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_447a717cea-96faf6d7a9-384348629 hope you enjoy AND IF YOU’D LIKE TO SIGN UP FOR THE FREE QUARTERLY, PLEASE DO SO. SUMMER IS...

July 6, 2014

In Combinations, Design, Marjorie Suggests, Marjorie's Life, perennials, Plants, Plants in my Garden

This Week in the garden

I'LL BE ON CBB's Fresh Air Sunday morning at 8:30 a.m. with Karen Gorden. Try and have a listen. If you missed the story in Gardenista: here's the link Wow here's a link to a story I wrote on the garden for GARDENISTEA http://www.gardenista.com/posts/garden-visit-at-home-with-canadas-favorite-garden-writer?utm_source=Remodelista%2FGardenista+Subscriber+List&utm_campaign=96faf6d7a9-Gardenista+Daily+Email+Campaign&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_447a717cea-96faf6d7a9-384348629 hope you enjoy AND IF YOU'D LIKE...

July 3, 2014

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

June in the garden

What a great week in the garden. It started with the great photographer Andreas Trautmansdorff shoot in the garden. He's doing it for Gardenista the gardening blog everyone seems to be reading these days. The garden looked ravishing and, of course, Andreas's magnificent photographs captured...

June 13, 2014

In Newsletters

SPRING QUARTERLY 2014

Chionodoxa Crocus Okay, we have to calm down after the worst winter since 1974 (as we keep being reminded). We all remember winters of deep snow in our youth, but this was a winter of freeze-thaws devastating to plant life. Then came the Big March Burn. The sun...

May 29, 2014

In Marjorie Suggests, perennials, Plants, Spring

Spring newsletter

The spring quarterly is going to be sent out today and if you want to receive it and aren't on our list, hit the contact me and I will forward it to you. Spring has reluctantly arrived. The garden has the sound of spring in it:...

May 5, 2014

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SPRING PRUNING

I was on Fresh Air this morning with the wonderful Mary Ito who makes everything feel fresh. We discussed the incredible damage our canopy was slammed by the winter ice storms which hit especially hard here in Southern Ontario. I called my arbourist, Derek Welsh (Authentic...

April 13, 2014

In Marjorie Suggests, Plants in my Garden, Uncategorized

Spring is here and so am I

It seems an impossible length of time since I've been on this blog. Somehow I managed to be in Paris and came back to winter; and then we went to California and came back to winter. So now Spring is arriving in such a stealthy...

April 12, 2014