Keeping Communities Green Since 1931
50 years a professional nurseryman, grower, horticulturist and plantsman. Garry has grown plants in the warm and wet climate of Devon, England to the frigid cold of Muskoka, Ontario and now to Northumberland County in Ontario.
A look back on the development of the botanical gardens and a number of plants that worked out really well along with a few that didn’t. Presentation also covers perennials, shrubs, trees and conifers.
Taking your garden to the next level
requires a sharp eye for detail, utilizing plants with multiple seasons of interest, careful plant selection, thoughtful design, and artistic pairings/combinations. Plants can be paired for several reasons, texture, colour, form, and functionality, to name a few. In this talk, Paul will walk you through perfect plant pairings and help you unlock the potential pairings for your own space. After all, gardening is considered the slowest of the performing arts.
Dorte has created many native plant gardens with clients, schools and the community, e.g. at Variety Village. She organizes biannual Native Tree Giveaways, distributing 1600 trees and shrubs each year. It brings Dorte great joy to see people rediscover their connection to nature as they witness the magic of life unfold, and there is no better way to fully connect to plants than to grow them from seed.