Garden Route Therapy

A fun planter design.  Decorating planters can make for a creative horticultural therapy activity.

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I was asked at a workshop what I liked most about November and I automatically responded by saying I did NOT like November. I am not really sure what I meant by this reaction because in truth, I did not know November very well. That was before I took Tanzie our dog for an [...]

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I’ve been hearing a lot of interest in seed balls lately and wanted to post some information on my blog. I was first introduced to the neat concept at an introductory workshop on permaculture offered by Garden Jane. During the summer I was fortunate to have the first-hand opportunity to view people of [...]

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After a summer spent constantly looking down in naturalized areas and seeing Dog Strangling Vine everywhere, I think I may have forgotten to lift my gaze to the trees. A new orientation came from attending the recent Tree Tenders Training in arboriculture offered by the grassroots non-profit organization LEAF, a group focused on the [...]

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Yesterday was my final Tuesday afternoon volunteering with the Eco Camp at the High Park Children’s Garden. This year’s programming involved six week long sessions, starting in July, with a focus on connecting kids (age 6-10) with nature and teaching them about organic gardening. My involvement included helping out with the rotating [...]

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A view of the garden
I spent the morning volunteering in the Children’s Garden at High Park with the weekly garden drop-in program for families. It is a community garden that has open access and consists of a number of raised beds, shaped into A, B & C, built directly on-top of what used to [...]

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