Garden Route Therapy

Latest backyard developments at 17 Rouge River Circle.
All materials used to create natural path collected from the property.   Inspiring garden design working with nature.

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Left: This picture of the backyard was taken yesterday (middle of April on Vancouver Island).
Right: It’s hard to imagine that I was learning how to prune the fruit trees back in the middle of February when temperatures where considerably warmer and sunnier than the last few days. Cutting out all the suckers [...]

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These flowering Garlic chives are a beautiful addition to the autumn garden and appear to attract endless pollinators.

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The end of the Labour Day weekend marks the end of summer for many Canadians and for me, it marked the end of my MacPherson Garden. I moved all my worldly belongings from our apartment, on this tree lined city street, to my temporary home in the suburbs. This included two large terracotta [...]

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Yesterday for lunch we enjoyed our first homegrown tomato of the season. There had been two ripe ones but unfortunately a squirrel decided to help us with the harvest. We proudly displayed our tomato at the centre of our lunch spread, surrounded by the more common grocery store food items. This is a long way [...]

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green runner beans
Back in November I was invited to a “Buy Nothing Day” clothing exchange at OISE and left very excited with an envelope labelled “green runner beans”. The person who shared them assured me that they were very beautiful beans. At the time, I was already longing to be able to start [...]

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