Wed-fri 12-7pm Sat 9-1pm 327 Bering Ave Selling direct to the public the best local plants and click the link for this week’s availability.

Hardscape plants is: The product of an extensive literature review of plants that grow on cliffs and alvars around southern Ontario. The result: A palette of hardy, local, and beautiful plants that will thrive on patios, walkways, walls, stairs, roofs, terraces and balconies. Every dozen plants you order will include: 1 conifer 1 deciduous tree/shrub…

Landscape Designer Full Time Position at Ecoman Corporation Posting date: March 5, 2021 Deadline: March 28, 2021 Starting date: April 13, 2021 Location: Toronto, ON Job Details: We are looking for a collaborative, outgoing, and creative designer. We are a friendly, tight-knit team of landscape and horticulture specialists that need help communicating our design plans…

SAM BENVIE SCHOOLS THE YOUTH The underlying theme of ecological references was introduced to me 20 years ago when I was a student at Ryerson studying Landscape Design. Sam was growing 300 species from seed at the base of the architecture building. I remember him casually mentioning the cliff reference to me in passing. I…

Had the pleasure of perusing Cliff Ecology by Doug Larson, Uta Matthes and Peter Kelly over the winter of 2017/2018. As the season is wrapping up I realized it never got published. Since we are going to be exploring the role of ecological references in urban planting design at Reference: The Natural City I thought it…

Alvar habitats provide model for highway restoration planting It was a pretty average gray day that did nothing to hint at the wonders to come. Expectations were high for Shifting the Paradigm Forum 2018: Growing the native plant industry through innovation and collaboration. Right off the bat Allan Arthur was blasting about how tough native…

Expectations were high and the room was full as Ryerson University was graced with a panel of experts for an evening session appropriately titled “Promoting the Health and Resilience of Urban Vegetation”. The city is a novel ecosystem Host Sam Benvie opened the panel discussion by talking about resilience of urban vegetation in the context of climate…

Dear Reader, I am writing a letter to the MPP’s in my riding to find out what position they have  on the planned closure of the Ontario Tree Seed Plant. Normally I wouldn’t bother you with political stories but if you take the time to read some of the links below, you will understand the…