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After a 30-year career as a fashion designer, Debora worked at Horticultural Design for over a decade. Now with her concerns about climate change, she hopes to help local gardeners find positive solutions for a greener and healthier neighbourhood. As a board member of the Bayview Leaside BIA, she created the Bayview Pixies, a volunteer group introducing sustainable gardening practice to Bayview.
Gardening

The buzzy month of June just got buzzier!

June 1, 2022 Debora Kuchme

I think June is the best month of the year. It’s when the end of spring greets the beginning of summer and when the days grow longer and warmer. It’s when scented blooms (think lilacs, …more

An image of grass covered in dew. Staff photo.
Gardening

Can you dig it? Leaside gardeners are connecting to nature in new ways

May 1, 2022 Debora Kuchme

“We don’t inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children.”  – Native American proverb Though I’ve used this quote once before, it’s so profound I feel it’s worth repeating. Our First …more

A photo of a jar of dandelion jam with a dandelion adorning it.
Gardening

Three cheers for Leaside’s weed of the month – the dandelion

April 1, 2022 Debora Kuchme

It’s April and that means the beginning of dandelion season. Depending on how you feel about this plant, the sight of dandelions will either fill you will joy or drive you absolutely crazy.  Any day …more

LGS Planter
Gardening

The Year of the Garden! How will you celebrate?

March 1, 2022 Debora Kuchme

If you haven’t heard of the Year of the Garden yet, let me tell you now, this celebration is a big deal and the first event of its kind in the world! It all started …more

The planter in front of St. Cuthbert's Church. Photo by Kathi Davies.
Gardening

The Leaside Harvest Report 2021

October 1, 2021 Debora Kuchme

Every gardener I know, started this growing season with a lot more hope than last year but with the same questions in mind. Will we have access to supplies? Could we get another heatwave and …more

Gardening

Our local gardeners reach for the sky

September 1, 2021 Debora Kuchme

Balcony and rooftop gardens can play a major role in helping to restore our lack of natural biodiversity, support our pollinators and increase our tree canopy. So why are there so many empty balconies in …more

Gardening

Ever consider joining a garden club?

August 1, 2021 Debora Kuchme

Ever think about joining a garden club? The aim of a garden club is to inspire the love of gardening, share knowledge and promote responsible ecological care of the environment. But if you became one …more

Jean Sugarbroad-Keele is a passionate and dedicated balcony gardener whose Leaside condo terrace is a true pollinator paradise. Photo Jean Sugarbroad-Keele.
Gardening

Let’s hear it for Leaside’s balcony gardeners!

June 1, 2021 Debora Kuchme

Balconies have proven to be essential spaces for condo and apartment dwellers, especially during the pandemic. Whether big or small, these outdoor extensions provide a safe space to connect to the outside world, a place …more

Gardening

Could gardeners build back a better Leaside?

May 1, 2021 Debora Kuchme

We’ve learned some important lessons going through this pandemic and a big one for Leasiders, was to realize how essential our greenspaces are to us. Be it from our own gardens, a local park or …more

Gardening

Get ready. Get set. Grow! in 2021

March 1, 2021 Debora Kuchme

Spring is just around the corner and every Leaside gardener I know is itching to dig in. But this year, let’s take a quick look back first.                    …more

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