Tag: Iris
A Rock Garden After My Own Heart

In general, I just don’t get rock gardens. They leave me baffled. Perhaps this is because I come from a region of deep soil but few rocks. (Or maybe it’s just jealousy – sour rocks?)
An Elevated Toronto Garden
OK then, let’s visit another of the gardens included in the Toronto Garden Bloggers Fling. This one was located on a bluff near Lake Ontario, northeast of downtown.
A Verdant Toronto Garden
Now seems like a good time to revisit the wonderful Toronto Garden Bloggers Fling, held in early June.
Book Review: 100 Flowers and How They Got Their Names, by Diana Wells
100 Flowers and How They Got Their Names will not make you a better gardener, but it should make you a more amused and informed gardener. And it may provide you with the material for some witty or scholarly remarks you could mention casually at next summer’s garden walks. Diana Wells provides brief, entertaining, and …