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Giant Stinking Flower blooms for the first time in 17 years in the Basel, Switzerland Botanical Gardens
Home & Garden
A Night Report
Home & Garden
# 12 on the Tour -- Knox Presbyterian Church
Home & Garden
# 11 on the House Tour -- Mann Made House
Home & Garden
Home and Garden Tour #10,
The Pryde Home
Home & Garden
The McGarry Home - Home and Garden Tour Number 9
Home & Garden
The Grande Dame of High Street
Home & Garden IC Greenhouses decorates
for Ripley Christmas home tour
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Home and Garden Tour Number 7 Hart's Home
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Home & Garden Tour House Number 6 the Gill's
Home
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Home Tour Number Five - Westenberg House
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Four - George House
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Three - Fatherby Home
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Two - Ashdown House
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One - Watch Hill
Home & Garden
Christmas at IC Greenhouses
Home & Garden O'Keefe Landscaping is
making its mark on the footprint of Saugeen Shores.
Home & Garden Get a glimpse inside some magnificent
buildings at Doors Open this weekend
Home & Garden
Flower Show in Kincardine..
Home & Garden
Horticultural society wants comments about new
planters in Ripley
Home & Garden The Beauty of the fall
comes to IC greenhouses
Home & Garden Old-fashioned Garden Party held in
Southampton August 23, 2009
Home & Garden
Door Open returns Oct 17 & 18
Home & Garden
August Skies opens in Port Elgin
on August 1, 2009
Home & Garden Kingsway Arms holds Home Decor
Night
Home & Garden/First Nations
Community Gardens Saugeen First Nations
Home & Garden
Horticultural society tour features eight gardens and pavilion
New Perspectives/Home & Garden
A Story about our Environment
Home & Garden
Annual Garden Tour ... ....2009
Home & Garden
Garden Solutions the organic way by the Happy Gardener
Home & Garden Wisteria hard to grow? Don't tell Barbara
Bingham
Home & Garden
Communities in Bloom volunteers were planting flower beds
Saturday morning in Kincardine
Home & Garden
Gardening costs included in tax refund programme
Home & Garden Annual Plant Sale in the Boat
House is a big success
Home & Garden New
horticulturalist is back in his home town
Home & Garden
Memorial Tree Planting
Home & Garden
Dead Head Now in your Garden..
Home & Garden
Bervie Women's Institute holds its annual plant and yard sale
Home & Garden
Propeller Club to hold Garden Sale in the Boat House
Home & Garden
Flag Pole Garden in Kincardine gets loving care
Home & Garden Three Chilly Saints
Home & Garden Flagpole Garden
Kincardine
Home & Garden Early Flowering Shrubs
Home & Garden Plant Sale a busy place
Home & Garden
A Helpful hint to avoid B&Es.
Home & Garden
Home and Garden Show appreciation by the Kincardine Skating Club
Home and Garden
The Man in the Tilley Hat examines the Full
Flower Moon
Home & Garden Last Chance to order
plants
Home & Garden
Horticultural society tour features eight gardens and pavilion
Home & Garden 1500 attend Home
Show in Kincardine
Home & Garden
Looks like spring says the man in the Tilley Hat
Home & Garden
Crowd takes in Home and Garden Show in Kincardine
Home & Garden
Community Garden idea takes root in Southampton
Home & Garden
Recycled flower garden at Armow
landfill site April 23, 2009
Home & Garden Shoreline stone is
expanding..
Home & Garden Annual Plant Sale
Home & Garden 27th annual Home and
Garden Show
Home & Garden Spring Cleanup and
Care after the Ban
Gardens Minus Nine Tonight.... some
advice from the Man in the Tilley Hat
Home & Garden
The Man in the Tilley Hat gives some advice about Easter
Lillies
Home & Garden
The man in the Tilley Hat gives advice about Mapel Leaf Tar
Spot
Home & Garden Ontario
pesticide ban one of the toughest in North America
Home & Garden How organic is your
garden? The soil is where it starts
Home & Garden After the ban... how to
have a great garden and a green planet
Home & Garden
At the Garden Gate Column one ... planning by Carol Vaughn
Home & Garden
Introducing a New Column -- At the Garden Gate
Home & Garden
Plough Sunday by the
Man in the Tilley Hat
Home and Garden
The Man in the Tilley Hat returns Dec 21, 2008
Sept 26, 2008 ...Creating an Oasis ...
August 4, 2008 ...
Bill MacDonald age 90 maintains his home and garden in an
active life
July 15, 2008 ...
Cameron Gardens and B&B in Port Elgin
July 5, 2008 Ten years ago there was
nothing, today Ron Clark has turned his little corner into a paradise of
colour
July 4, 2008 ... Gary and Cheryl Gray's Garden... a
union with nature ...
July 4, 2008 ... Debbie and Kevin White's Garden... a
rare gem ...
July 1, 2008 ... The Saugeen Times visits gardens in the
area.... part of a series. Today it is Barbara Ann and Andy
Bingham's garden in Southampton.
June 26, 2008 ... It appears that everything in Brenda
Bender's garden is either lush or gigantic or both.
Home & Garden June 19, 2008 Shoreline Stone and Garden Centre
on Hwy 21 has brought in some unusual plantings and trees, including
topiaries, that will add a definite point of interest to any garden.
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June 15, 2008 .... The Southampton Streetscape Committee held
its annual plant and garden sale Saturday morning at the The
Boathouse in Southampton.
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June 11, 2008 Renowned author, artist and Master Gardener,
Sonia Day, was in town Monday night when she was the keynote speaker
at the Southport Horticultural Society meeting.
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Shoreline Stone has their grand opening
on Victoria weekend 2008
_______ Tent Caterpillars are now on trees and shrubs according to the 'Man in the Tilley Hat' one of our local gardeners. He recommends destroying them, if within reach or checking out organic products to do so. Check out 'Clean Air Gardening' _______
Don't forget the big plant sale at the
Boat House on Jun 14
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On a warm sunny morning, what is better
than to get outdoors and look for signs of spring?
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Want to get your lawn and gardens
off drugs? _______
Spring is around the corner. Here is some advice on spring
cleanup
_______ To keep the EAST LILIES flowering longer, remove the (yellow) stamens. THE MAN IN THE TILLEY HAT ___________ THE MAN IN THE TILLEY HAT says: That if you can get to those ORNAMENTAL GRASSES that are still showing with a few "feathers" at the top, and all dried up, now is a good time to cut back as low as one can. Then if we get very dry weather this Spring, make sure the Miscanthus are watered well. I got started on cutting back ours yesterday, and thought that maybe a gardening tip would be interesting to folks. Brian __________________
Birds are Coming Back
__________________ Joanne's Garden
Patio Since the Saugeen area is full of award winning gardens we feature means and methods of cultivating northern gardens. Even though we're about to begin a long winter, most gardeners are still combing the pages of the many garden magazines that fill the shelves. Planning is a big part of gardening, or should be. Dreaming of beds of colour and the rich scent of flowers, such as hyacinth, lead the gardener through the dark wintry days with a hope of an early spring. There is no doubt that cottage country gardens present their own particular challenges. Strong winds off a lake or rains that sweep across in sheets can present any bloom with a perplexing way to adapt and survive. While the challenges are there so, too, are the rewards. Living near a lake can provide that much needed moisture- laden air that encourages plants. Even the soil can be somewhat clay, in other pockets, there are the rich glacial deposits of fertile black earth that is every gardener's delight. When Joanne Charlebois of Southampton began her garden reformation, weeds were the name of the day. Upon purchasing the cottage that had been turned into a home, the beds were filled with sedum and mums interspersed with wild growth that threatened to strangle what beauty there was. Not one to give up however, Joanne and her husband, Brian, began to design a yard that would suit their lifestyle. Working in Toronto until their retirement, the couple needed plants that would require little maintenance during those days when they were unable to travel to their summer residence. While many people prefer the privacy of a back yard, the Charlebois enjoy sitting on their front flagstone patio with its portable firepit and they have discovered that ornamental grasses play a key role in providing the privacy they still want. Today, lush planters filled with bucopa and the ever-popular, low- maintenance 'wave' petunia, act as a divider between the driveway and backyard and raised flower beds are filled with perennials. Scotch moss lines the walkway and purple coneflower (echinacea) provide colour throughout the summer while attracting the butterflies that Joanne finds so appealing. In the back beds, there are herbs that are used throughout the summer months by both Joanne and her neighbour Christine Champion. Gladiola and sunflowers create a splash of colour and, for the observant, there are pieces of garden art peeking out between the plants. "I think the key to a cottage garden," says Joanne, "particularly if you're not there to keep an eye on things, is to keep it low maintenance and to also hire a gardener who knows what they are doing and who can look after things until you can get back to your plants."
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Even in winter, gardens hold a beauty all their own Jan 1, 2008
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