I can’t believe it is already the beginning of March and Spring is fast approaching. Through most of January the garden was blanketed in snow so there was very little to report. In February, my husband and I managed to escape to the Cook Islands again and welcomed the warm weather despite a number of […]
Just in the past few weeks there has been a dramatic shift in the season. The consequences of which has resulted in vibrant fall colours both in my garden and Fintry Provincial Park. I headed out with my camera in hand to capture these Autumn moments as they will be gone before you know it. […]
I am savoring these long summer days when you can sit out at night and enjoy the cool breezes. This is always well appreciated when temperatures in the daytime recently have been up in the 30’s. The garden at this time of the year always goes into a lull but at the same time roses […]
We are experiencing a very slow start to the Spring season. Here we are in early April and I would say the garden is at least one to two weeks behind if not more. It is as though everything is on hold and waiting to burst open. Plenty of green shoots are appearing in the […]
I delayed writing a post as the weather has certainly not been co-operative since my return from vacation. I think we are all more than ready for Spring, although it may take a while for the snow to thaw. Even this past week we had several dustings of snow. In stark contrast to the […]
October has been an exceptional month. It has been a month of beautiful sunrises and sunsets providing a range of colours from red to golden-yellow. In the Findleberry garden the hydrangea paniculata continued to put on a good show, however, sadly as the leaves fell I finally had to prune the fading flowers. I have […]
Basket of Spring Flowers, Crocus, Muscari, Tulips, Primula. So much to look forward to. I never thought I would be so happy to be writing these words “Welcome to March”. With having said that though we are still not over winter yet. Just over the weekend we had another snowfall. It is definitely time to […]
The Month of February – From Snow to Spring Blooming Flowers Hellebore Exposed, Melting Snow As I write my post today I was happy to see the sunshine and more particularly the snow melting in some parts of the garden. It is still difficult to imagine that just in a few weeks I […]
I felt I needed to do a featured post on the Hydrangea Paniculata (limelight) which is starting to bloom in the Findleberry Garden. This is most definitely the shrub that stands out the most each gardening season and it has almost doubled in size since first planting it almost 3 years ago now. This […]
So here we are already in June and Roses are the highlight of this month. When I was living down in the Fraser Valley I tended to steer clear of growing roses due to the many diseases they incurred as a result of heavy rainfall, i.e. black spot, rust, mildew to name a few. Now […]