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Gardens for the future: More Leasiders are going lawn-less

April 1, 2018 Debora Kuchme

Beauty is not in the eye of the beholder, it’s in the mind and heart, and when thoughts and feelings change, so do the visions of beauty. For more than 60 years the garden aesthetic …more

Horticultural Design storefront.
Gardening

Houseplants: do we really need them?

March 1, 2018 Debora Kuchme

This long and cold winter has kept me indoors more than I’m used to and caused my annual spring fever to kick in earlier. A bunch of fresh tulips usually calms me down, but not …more

Photo By: Peter Tucker.
Gardening

The Leaside Gardener: The Magic of the Bayview Pixies

January 1, 2018 Debora Kuchme

Like a tiny seed that blows in the wind and lands on fertile soil, the magic of unseen forces stirs and something new begins. In 2015 a retired teacher and local resident wrote a letter …more

xmas lights
Gardening

The Leaside Gardener: A step in the light direction – in search of the stars!

November 1, 2017 Debora Kuchme

Leasiders take gardening seriously and know it’s about more than just growing plants. Gardening is about connecting to nature, understanding the environment and working with it. Soil, water, air, temperature and light are essential to …more

Allan Gardens.
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Curtis Evoy — Meet the man with two green thumbs

October 1, 2017 Lorna Krawchuk

For Grade 8 student Curtis Evoy, the class trip from Terrace Bay to Toronto, which included a visit to Allan Gardens, changed his life. When he finished high school, he enrolled at Seneca College in …more

Apples
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The Leaside Gardener: A tribute to the Northern Spy Apple

October 1, 2017 Debora Kuchme

We have a wonderful history of apples here in Leaside thanks to John Lea and his son William, who dedicated most of their farmland to apple orchards. Not just any apple either, but the Northern …more

Hosta
Gardening

Perennial Containers 101: how to avoid “empty balcony syndrome”

September 1, 2017 Debora Kuchme

Since my August column in Leaside Life, Container Gardening- Growing up to cool us down!, I asked a few friends with condos in Leaside why so many balconies are empty. Their response? “It’s too windy, …more

Garden winners: 198 and 200 Bessborough Drive.
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The Leaside Garden Society’s Bloomin busy summer

September 1, 2017 Staff

The Leaside Garden Society, now in its 31st year, has been busy. In June, a band of nine volunteers from the society spread out through Leaside and Bennington Heights looking for front gardens with a …more

Mia with tomato
Gardening

Container gardens – growing up to cool us down!

August 1, 2017 Debora Kuchme

Of all the gardening I do, I think container gardening is my favourite. The fact that a plant can live in a container above ground means that life and beauty can be almost anywhere. They …more

Garden on Krawchuk lane.
Gardening

The Leaside Gardener: Invasive species – the road to hell was paved with good intentions

July 1, 2017 Debora Kuchme

The Norway maples were specifically chosen by our street planners because of their ability to thrive. These trees could take compacted soil, pollution, and produce a quick canopy for our streets. That must have seemed …more

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