Thriving Gardens

03/28/2025

Many years ago - my first installation! Pool to garden oasis transformation 🏡🥕🌿

02/06/2025

This mandala garden is so large, we had to take this photo from the roof of the house! Imagine the abundance of veggies, greens, and herbs this garden setup can produce! There's also a fig tree in the backyard and a few cold-hardy kiwi vines to complement the amazing food productivity 🛒🥝🍇🥕🥔🥒🫑🍅

02/06/2025

My absolute favorite art installation. Burnaby, BC

01/27/2025

2025: The year we rip out your boring lawn (or part of it) to install a pollinator / wildlife habitat meadow
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We're giving away the wildflower seeds for free (while supply lasts) when you book an estimate & installation with us by the end of February!

01/17/2025

Why you need to clean out your hedges! A client recently had her hedges trimmed and asked to have the debris from under/around the trunks raked out to tidy them up. This can be important but there is one thing that most gardeners don't do but is HIGHLY CRUCIAL for the health of your hedges!
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At least once per year, especially if your hedges have been trimmed, is to clean out the inside of the hedges and remove any fallen leaves/needles that have started to accumulate around branches and start to pile up around hedge trunks and stems. What ends up happening over time is that leaves/needles drop down into the hedges and get caught on inner branches and stems and form big pockets which start to compost and break down. Not only does this prevent healthy air flow on the inside of the hedge, it also eventually can kill the bark on stems that are completely choked in composting material and it can lead to many branches in the hedge dying off. Dozens of wheelbarrows full have already been cleaned out from the inside of this hedge which was utterly choked full of debris on the inside. You can see pictured some of the branches that are beginning to decay and die off
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Get in touch if you want your hedges to have a thorough cleaning this winter or spring!

01/07/2025

Working on some winter garden maintenance for this client, and soon we'll be planting in the greenhouse we re-covered this past fall.
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Get in contact to start the early planning and tasks for your veggie & herb gardens!

01/04/2025

Let's do it in our neighborhoods this year! Reach out to have a veggie garden, wildflower meadow installation, or ecological landscaping consult! 📩

12/30/2024

Love this illustration from Shaun McCoshum PhD's upcoming book "Habitats & Homes"

12/17/2024

Cheers to all of you who will be ripping up part of your lawn and planting a wildflower meadow this coming spring!

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12/12/2024

We'll be available for consultation all winter long so when late winter/early spring arrives, we can get you started on your lawn alternative wildflower meadow, veggie gardens, or any other landscape project your excited about for 2025! We'll have limited clients for the season so book/inquire early!

07/05/2024

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04/11/2024

Let's get some native plants installed on your property!
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Video: humming bird enjoying the nectar from a native pink flowering currant 🐦🌸
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Newly installed native ferns as an understory to a pine tree at this client's place!
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Get in contact this spring for veggie garden boxes, landscape maintenance, and wildlife supporting habitats right in your own yard