Living on the Edge – Marginal Landscaping in the Urban Environment

The native clematis, Virgin’s bower (Clematis virginiana) favours a hot head and cool feet. Afternoon sun streams through the sparse canopy but it is tempered by being situated against the house. Meadowsweet (Spirea alba) and goldenrod (Solidago sp.) also reside.

“Out on the edge you see all the kinds of things you can’t see from the center.” (Kurt Vonnegut) Borders come in all forms and scales – national, provincial/state, municipal, individual, and even “rooms” that we may have delineated within our gardens. In Canada, it’s no coincidence that most of the human population clings to [...]

It’s Our First Blogiversary!

LBJ California Poppy

A little over a year ago I was interviewing Doug Tallamy and we were discussing the value of native plants in our landscapes and bemoaning the fact that after so many years of him traveling around the country speaking on this topic, and the many others also speaking about this, that so few people are [...]

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