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Early Summer 2008
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Editor’s Message
Garden Post
Province-wide feedback from our readers
OUT & ABOUT
Grab your shadiest hat as we explore Kelowna’s hot garden trail!
By Christina Symons
STEPPING STONES
What to do in the early-summer garden, beneficial bugs, long-lasting lilacs, eco plant pots, colour dream schemes and a front-entrance makeover
NATUREWISE
Relish real food and the irreplaceable experience of growing your own by taking 52 steps toward self-sufficiency
By Carolyn Herriot
Follow Carolyn's progress online here.
THE ORGANIC GARDENER
Enjoy grape expectations with these growing tips, create a rose, clematis and lavender topiary, mix up lilac and lavender mulch
By Sheena Adams
Friendly Natives
This hardy heather substitute is an ideal groundcover for coastal and cool interior gardens
By Richard Hebda
NORTHERN EXPOSURE
Zonal denial afflicts at every altitude and latitude – zone-3 plant addicts just have a longer list of longings
By Barbara Rayment
ASK THE PROFESSIONALS
Combatting European chafer, planting a north-facing balcony, clematis for a tough spot, pruning honeysuckle, livening lilies, a companion for tomatoes, and making a bouquet garni
What’s Up
Gardening events across B.C.
EarthWords
There are a herd of animal rights and wrongs in the garden
By Des Kennedy
FEATURES
TOSSING THE TURF
Pest plagues, moss onslaughts, and withering water resources are all incentives to lose the lawn.
By Michael Lascelle
TIME FOR ROMANCE
Botanical beauties that set the scene for summer romance in the garden.
By David Tarrant
TOMATO TASTES
Grow heritage tomatoes for old-world flavour and preserve a piece of the past.
By Sharon Hanna
PATIO PANACHE
Design inspiration from some of B.C.’s top landscape stylists.
By Elaine Jones
EDGE WAYS
Transforming a rocky bluff overlooking Howe Sound into a resort-style setting.
By Andrea Bellamy
ALL DECKED OUT
Let these small-space patios inspire your own al fresco escape.
By Sharon Hanna
BALCONY BLISS
Yes, you can go for a lush “jungle look” on your deck!
By Peter Symcox
SUCCULENT ART
Create a vertical planter perfect for an outside wall.
By Christina Symons
HUMMINGBIRD HEAVEN
The right plant choices for ongoing avian enchantment.
By Elizabeth Rowlands
Cover photo: DEREK LEPPER
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