Yesterday afternoon I was invited into the apartment of a fellow Parkdale resident to check out her collection of fascinating and unusual plants. The visit brought the plant junky in me out in full force. I went 
I made my first visit to the Montreal Botanical Gardens about nine years ago. It was early August and the lotus flowers in both the Japanese Garden and the Chinese Garden 
Our off-time on a recent trip to New York City was spent wandering around soaking everything in and taking pictures. I didn't go out of my way to visit specific gardens or community gardens this time, 
I like all sorts of gardens, no matter where they are made. Here are a few gardens, including a few edible plants, tucked into crumbling concrete crevices in a local alleyway (around Niagara St and Tecumseth 
While in the Cuban countryside, we came upon a number of very old cemeteries that always sat right next to the ocean. I was told that one cemetery dated back to 1919. How they managed to survive 
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I'm experiencing a bit of stage fright, sitting here staring at the screen. It's been so long since I've been here. Not here as in sitting at this computer staring at the 
My mad love for the 'Chocolate Cherry' sunflower has resulted in almost daily mini photo sessions, capturing it at every stage of development and possible angle. I've come to realize that if I continued posting updates 
I'm very proud to have co-produced the cover photograph for the Brooklyn Botanic Garden's "Community Gardening" guide alongside my partner Davin Risk. Yep, that's my soiled hand and a bouquet of sage held up at our 
Above image is the July entry from the 2008 You Grow Girl Calendar
I LOVE tomatoes. If I had to give up growing all other crops and choose just one I would probably choose tomatoes although basil 
I wrote a while back about a body of photographic work I am slowly building called Green Minds Project.
A quick recap:
Green Minds is a portrait project exploring gardeners and their passion for growing greenery. I am seeking to 
If you've been to a tropical country you have probably come into contact with one of the many species of this tree, the Pandanus or Screw Pine. Although not a pine but commonly named for the spiral growth of the 
I took this photo back in October (Is it really very nearly the end of the year already?) on our trip to the Montreal Botanical Gardens. Unfortunately, I can not recall which plant this is. I might have known what it was when 
Yay! After an unexpectedly long production schedule the You Grow Girl 2008 Calendar is finally here. I'm really proud of this one. Once again my goal was to produce a calendar that is a nice balance between rich imagery and inspiring information 
This is 'Variegata' hot pepper, a gorgeous and edible heirloom variety that has READ MORE...
While out on the Leslie Street Spit this past holiday weekend, I noticed that most of the tansy flower heads were turning black. I don't grow tansy in any of my gardens and have never observed this detail while out walking the railroad 
I took this photo of a field of Gaillardia growing on a hillside on the Leslie Spit back in July before The Worst Drought in Fifty Years took a hold and sent lots of plants into hiatus on a short term or 
Whomever says tomatoes can not and should not be grown in pots has not witnessed some of the surprising discoveries I have made over the years. While out biking yesterday afternoon, I happened upon this fully mature, volunteer cherry tomato growing up from 
Aside from several handfuls of 'Whippersnapper' tomatoes that started ripening over a month ago there have been tomatoes here and there but not in the numbers we're starting to see on the roof and over at the community garden plot. Despite a
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