Toronto gardeners, take note! #canadagardens #torontogardens

A tiny new butterfly visiting a neighbour’s garden, the Brown Argus (Aricia agestis). It wouldn’t flash me the other side of its wing, but these were lovely enough. That’s a perennial sweet pea, pretty in pink. 🌱 #gardensky #canadagardens #torontogardens #butterfly

Great tips from Nigel Dunnett on using flower form in planting design. Many were mentioned in the presentation I wrote a while back on designing with see-thru plants, which is reassuring. apple.news/AYTCMnUNyTEO... #gardening #gardensky 🌱 #plantingdesign #flowersonfriday

Finally, I began to see the potential for an alphabet. Here’s an accidental F, L, X. All when I should have been helping do dishes. #artmaking #collage #natureisbeautiful

Another thought as I played with these materials: how many elements can you remove before the design falls apart? #artmaking #lessonslearnedfromdesigners #collage #natureisbeautiful

On my earlier nature collage theme, it’s fun to compare right-side-up and up-side-down. Which do you prefer, and which do you think is which, #1 or #2? #artmaking #collage #natureisbeautiful

Some well-deserved hate for landscape cloth from @jessicadamiano.bsky.social — every new gardener (and even some old-timers) should take note. apple.news/AcZY0D6tlTZi...

Ephemeral art using gifts from nature. Here today, scattered tomorrow. #canadagardens #canadacamps #camping #natureisbeautiful

Because I can never get enough of this poppy. ‘Beauty of Livermere.’ #bloomscrolling #canadagardens #torontogardens #gardensky #gardens 🌱 #poppylove #flowersonfriday #photography #nofilter #iphonephotography

The arrival of the ‘Beauty of Livermere’ poppies is always a thrill. So red! So crinkly! So look-at-me-everybody! #bloomscrolling #canadagardens #torontogardens #gardensky 🌱 #messygardens #photographingflowers #nofilter

This old dog in Toronto is trying the new trick of growing figs in a cold climate. All thanks to the guidance of Steve Biggs, who literally wrote the book on it! On lemons and (soon) olives, too. Visit: foodgardenlife.com #canadagardens #gardensky 🌱 #edibleplants #growingfruit

A seed company in the Sudbury, Ont., community of Lively is helping with Canada's national re-greening efforts by working to expand national seed production. Northern Wildflowers produces flower, grass, shrub, and tree seeds for home gardening #Ontario #Canada www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

My first-ever sighting of a double redbud, possibly Cercis canadensis ‘Pink Pom Poms.’ Very showy! But I wonder how it is as a nectar source. Opinions? #bloomscrolling #nativars #gardensky 🌱 #canadagardens #torontogardens #onmywalktoday #floweringtrees

The wabi-sabi beauty of a frizzled tulip. #bloomscrolling #canadagardens #torontogardens #springgarden #bulbs #tulips #photography #photographingflowers

When squirrels garden. Yes, they dig up your newly planted bulbs and plant plugs and snap heads off tulips. But sometimes they bring you a gift from someone else’s garden. And this mystery fringed tulip matches my colour scheme perfectly. 😇 #bloomscrolling #gardensky 🌱 #canadagardens #springgarden

Until the Norway maple street trees leaf out, my dry-shade front garden is a dry, sunny garden. Perfect for spring bulbs. #canadagardens #gardening 🌱 #gardensky #springgarden #bloomscrolling #flowersonfriday

Sunset on storm clouds, filtered through our slightly dirty car window. #clouds #cloudappreciationsociety #photography #cloudsky #sunset

An aide memoire for gardeners: when adding a new plant, photograph the tag (both sides, if appropriate) with a clue to the location. The date will likely be added, especially if a phone camera. Instant, easy record-keeping. #gardening 🌱 #gardensky #canadagardens #torontogardens #gardentips

Tulipa ‘Daydream’ gradually changes, becoming more and more orange as it ages. But not every one at the same time. #bloomscrolling #canadagardens #torontogardens #gardening 🌱 #gardensky #springgarden #springbulbs #tulips

Contemporary printmaker Julia Lucey often employs aquatint etchings, printing them, cutting out elements by hand, and collaging them, layer upon layer #WomrnsArt

It’s cherry blossom time! No crowds. I only needed to keep my eyes open in my neighborhood to be awed by this beauty. #bloomscrolling #canadagardens #gardening 🌱 #gardensky #photography #cherryblossoms #torontogardens

So much depends on a white tulip. On the wane but lit by sunlight, it almost looks like an etching. #bloomscrolling #canadagardens #gardening #gardensky 🌱 #flowersinavase #photographingflowers #photography #blackandwhitephotography

'Reeds all about it' machine embroidery by UK textile artist Rachel Wright #womensart

My latest @newscientist.com cartoon

Canadian friends: Vote as if your country depended on it. #canada #federalelection2025 #vote

Not just for journalists. HT to Bob Ramsay of Ramsay Writes, who’s not yet on BlueSky. #factchecking #readingthenews mediablog.prnewswire.com/2025/03/26/v...

You still have time to get your 2025 Gardener's Journal – AND enjoy our $22 all-in Earth Week Special! (Now till April 27, Canadian orders only) #gardening #canadagardens #gardensky #gardendiary #gardenjournalling 🌱 #torontogardens #ontariogardens gardenjournals.ca

Thrilled to have bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis) clumping up so sweetly in my native plant garden. #canadagardens #gardensky 🌱 #gardening #northamericannativeplants #inmygardentoday #springflowers #springephemerals

A handful of dollar-store marbles add just enough lift so tulips can fan out, not scrunch together, in this narrow glass vase. Must get more! #canadagardens #flowersinavase #bloomscrolling 🌱 #gardensky #gardening #torontogardens #tuliptime

Self-sown hellebore seedling blooms for 1st time, and I’m delighted to see it’s…delightful. Bright white with faint red star, prominent stamens and nectaries; as a bonus, it’s somewhat upward facing. #bloomscrolling #canadagardens #gardening #gardensky 🌱 #selfseedingperennials

First blooms of the Helleborus ‘Sandy Shores’ I planted last year live up to their name. Lovely! #canadagardens #gardensky #gardening 🌱 #bloomscrolling #flowersonfriday #fridayflowers #perennials #springgarden #torontogardens

Sharing this from IG. Would love to see you there if you live near Creemore, Ontario. #canadagardens #ontariogardens #gardening 🌱 #gardensky #gardentalks #ediblegardens

‘Joseph’s Coat’ amaranth is one of the plants in my Designing with Edible Plants presentation. It’s about edible ornamentals and ornamental edibles — and how to use them to make your garden both beautiful and bountiful. 🌱 #gardensky #canadagardens #kitchengardens #flowergardens #gardendesign

Four of my botanically themed favourites in the Competitors Exhibit at the 2025 Spring One-of-a-Kind Show in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Details in Alt. 🌱 #gardensky #canadagardens #oneofakindshow #toronto #spring #artisans oneofakindshow.com/home/

“Beach Please” is the theme for the Competitor’s Exhibit at Toronto’s 2025 Spring One-of-a-Kind Show. A few botanically inspired highlights in next post. 🌱 #gardensky #toronto #canadagardens #oneofakindshow oneofakindshow.com/home/

Gorgeous :)

Why Canada must treat its food system as a matter of national defence

Canadian Tulip Festival, a tulip extravaganza every May in Ottawa. tulipfestival.ca #canadagardens #tuliptuesday 🌱 #gardensky #gardening #spring #gardentravel #photography #photographingflowers

Me, reading the news. (P.S. Oslo’s excellent Munch Museum is much more than The Scream. I particularly loved his massive The Researchers, depicting children exploring the world. Last image is his self portrait.) #art #museums #architecture #norway #angst #artists #currentevents

March 17th: a good day to share this textured green-on-green from Reford Gardens, Quebec. I had to crouch to intensify the verticals of horsetail and contrasting uprights in darker green. It to change the camera’s perspective. 🌱 #gardensky #canadagardens #gardentravel #photography #stpaddysday

If that’s not why they call them snowdrops, it should be. Mine are later than usual this year. But they were waiting patiently for their cue in the greenroom under a heap of late snow. 🌱 #canadagardens #gardening #gardensky #springflowers #galanthophile #torontogardens #bloomscrolling

If you heard Paul Zammit recommend it on CBC Radio, you’ll be pleased to know we still have copies. Learn more and order your 2025 Gardener’s Journal at gardenjournals.ca #canadagardens #ontariogardens #gardening #gardensky 🌱

David Inshaw. This is amazing. one of our finest artists working today.

This atheist-who-likes-ecclesiastical-art-&-architecture saw these in Évora, Portugal. I know nothing about the symbolism, but love the floral garland, slightly squashed angels, and, as a mum, remember that feeling of peace once your child finally falls asleep. #art #floralart 🌱 #gardensky #mothers

Forcing hyacinths in water is an easy way to bring spring indoors. I regret not doing it this year! To-do list: buy hyacinths; get more hyacinth vases; get a fridge, just for forcing bulbs. Or stop eating for a few months. Win-win? #canadagardens 🌱 #gardensky #spring #gardening #bloomscrolling

#bloomscrolling and thinking of warmer days to come. #canadagardens #gardensky #gardening 🌱 #poppies #photography #photographingflowers #bees #goodmorning

These cherry tomatoes, picked green last October, ripened in a bowl on my kitchen counter. While tiny and needing some heat to bring out the flavour, they’re tasty enough still to elevate an omelette. In March! #canadagardens #gardensky #gardening 🌱 #vegetablegarden #containergarden

From the memory banks, because it seemed appropriate somehow. #bloomscrolling #ukraine #sunflowers #bees #canadagardens #gardening 🌱 #gardensky