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Finding flowers to add some color to your yard at the end of the gardening season can be tricky. Learn how to grow Japanese Anemones that will provide beautiful blooms to your garden in the fall. One of the most … Read More
During my recent media room makeover, I wanted to recreate the look of the gold dot wallpaper I saw on the cover of the “House Beautiful” November 2017 issue. The pattern has double horizontal rows of square dots evenly spaced … Read More
A couple of weeks ago, I showed you the living room portion of my winter makeover, and promised to reveal the other half…my media room makeover. This is the room where I watch TV, read, and listen to music. My all … Read More
Winters in Toronto are long, gray, and cold. To help myself get through them, I usually take on “a winter” project. This year the time has just flown past, because I tackled not one but two rooms — the media … Read More
Learn how to add some pizzazz to your front door holiday decor with this easy and beautiful DIY crafty Christmas wreath tutorial. Traditionally, I like to decorate my front door for the holidays by creating a Christmas wreath using fresh … Read More
Looking for some plants that will grow in the shade and help to hide bulb foliage? This list of shade perennials to plant with spring bulbs is perfect! Last fall I planned for a riot of spring bloom in the … Read More
Learn how to grow beautiful Japanese Pieris – an evergreen shrub that thrives in the shade and provides 4-season interest to your garden. Japanese Pieris, also known as Pieris japonica (pee-AIR-iss jah-PON-ih-kah ), ‘Andromedia’ or ‘Lily-of-the-Valley’ shrub, is a low … Read More
These beautiful compact shade plants can be used as perennial ground cover which will add interest to your garden while helping to keep the weeds down. Compact perennial plants that can be planted under taller plants add interesting layers to … Read More
Container gardening in the shade can be a bit tricky. This list of blue plants for containers in the shade will have the pots on your patio, walkway or porch looking beautiful all summer long. Last week, I talked about … Read More
One of the formulas I use for planting beautiful containers comes from an old version of Fine Gardening Magazine. They coined the saying ‘thrillers, fillers and spillers’ as a way of describing the types of plants to put together in order … Read More