Oct 8, 2026
Fall cutbacks are often considered part of garden cleanup. The flowers have finished blooming, the leaves are starting to yellow, and the stems are drying out. But cutting back perennials also changes the design of a garden. Some perennials, when you cut them back, go...
Oct 1, 2026
Hostas are extremely resilient plants. In the Niagara region, they can be transplanted pretty much any time the ground is not frozen. I have transplanted them in late spring, summer and fall, and they are one of the few plants I would be comfortable moving even in the...
Mar 2, 2026
Plants Before plants arrive, a garden is a meeting of land and a gardener, held as a kind of dream. Where they meet, the dream is planted, and plants happen. They are the response to the conditions. They are the effect. Plants express the garden continuously. As...
