Tags : gardening

What’s in Our Spring 2020 Issue

In his first feature article for us, Joe D. Shorthouse, professor of entomology, or the study of insects, teaches us about the only three wild, native roses that grow near the Escarpment. Joe’s feature and beautiful photos show and tell us everything we need to know to identify them, even though they look remarkably alike. […]Read More

Preview of Spring 2020

Cold snowy weather outside, but we get to focus on the spring as we work on our next issue. Here is what you can expect in the Spring 2020 issue:* Chuck Burdick will share his beautiful photos of Escarpment views at Burlington, Jordan, Niagara River, Niagara Glen Nature Reserve and Niagara Falls.* Lois McNaught photographs […]Read More

What to Expect in Summer 2019

We’re rapidly approaching the end of preparations for our Summer issue. We have to close our ad space reservations at the end of this week, although we have until early May to finalize all the actual ads themselves. Our editorial features have already been completed, and they look powerful. We have a couple of “watery” […]Read More

Canada Blooms 2018

They’re setting up Canada Blooms today! We popped in this morning with 3,000 copies of our gorgeous Spring Gardens Special issue, which were requested to go into VIP goodie bags. While Mike was loading the boxes of magazines onto a skid, I strolled around and grabbed a few snaps while the garden installations were being […]Read More

New Seed Library in Orangeville

Interesting news just in! A Seed Library will be launched in Orangeville on April 27, as a pilot project by the Orangeville Sustainability Action Team (OSAT) and the Orangeville Public Library. A seed library is a place where community members can get seeds for free and is run for the public benefit. Many seed libraries are open in public libraries. The Orangeville […]Read More

Hart’s Tongue at Canada Blooms

At Canada Blooms, the Ontario Regional Common Ground Alliance garden by Fern Ridge Eco Landscaping contains many Hart’s Tongue Ferns, which are rare wild plants living on parts of the Niagara Escarpment. They are assessed as a species of special concern as they may become endangered. They can’t easily be transplanted but fortunately, can be […]Read More

Subscriber Benefits Spring 2017

We have some gardening goodies to give away for this spring. Subscribers to the magazine will get first chance to win one pair of the 20 tickets we have, to Canada Blooms which runs March 10 to 19. That’s 10 people who can each win a pair of tickets! Each ticket is valued at $20. […]Read More

Lee Valley Opening in Niagara Falls

This news just received: Lee Valley, a leading, proudly Canadian retailer known for unique, premium woodworking, gardening, hardware and home products announces its newest store will open in Niagara Falls in late spring. The store will be located at 6777 Morrison St. and will mark Lee Valley’s 19th Canadian location. Over nearly 40 years, Lee […]Read More

Check Out Our General Store!

We’ve just opened our online General Store with gorgeous blank notecards with photographs of real wildflowers and real gardens. Some of these lovely photographs by Mike Davis have been published in the magazine and now they’re available for your own uses, as birthday cards, anniversary cards, special-occasion cards or just to leave a thoughtful note […]Read More