If you want to do a little warm up before you get your garden groove on there’s no better time than from March 12 to March 16 and no better place than at Canada Blooms: The Toronto Flower & Garden Festival.
Stretch your legs by exploring 6 acres of Feature Gardens. Shake off the winter blues and invigorate your senses with the sites and scents of fresh spring flowers.
Each day of the 2008 Canada Blooms Festival will focus on a particular theme. Open your ears and your eyes to speakers and presentations by Canada’s foremost gardening and horticultural experts. Here is just a sampling of what is planned for this year’s five-day festival.
Wednesday March 12 - Garden Travel Day
Topics will include:
Feng Shui for Your Garden
Inspirations from Gardens Around The World
Malaysian Gardens
Discover Kingsbrae Garden in St. Andrews By the Sea
CLICK HERE for a detailed listing of Wednesday’s speakers, topics, times and locations.
Thursday March 13 - Plant Day
Topics will include:
Environmentally Friendly Gardens
Perennials: The Good, The Bad & The Ugly
Invasive & Introduced Plants
New & Exciting Perennials
CLICK HERE for a detailed listing of Thursday’s speakers, topics, times and locations.
Friday March 14 - Design Day
Topics will include:
It’s all in the details: Turning a Garden into a Showpiece
Landscape Planning: An Overview
Laying Stones that Last
DIY Water Features
CLICK HERE for a detailed listing of Friday’s speakers, topics, times and locations.
Saturday March 15 - Ecology Day
The Recycled Garden
Frankie Flowers Goes Green
How to Make a Garden…Even Better
Cool Plants for Hot Summers
CLICK HERE for a detailed listing of Saturday’s speakers, topics, times and locations.
Sunday March 16 - City of Toronto Day
Planting with Kids
Growing Herbs with the Family
Horticultural Therapy: Enabling Garden Tools Demo
LIVE GREEN TORONTO
CLICK HERE for a detailed listing of Sunday’s speakers, topics, times and locations.
I’m dusting off my sneakers for this event. So far on my must-not-miss list is:
Environmentally Friendly Gardens
Perennials: The Good, The Bad & The Ugly
Landscape Planning: An Overview
The Recycled Garden
Cool Plants for Hot Summers
There is so much to see and experience at Canada Blooms. Right now none of these presentations overlap. As my list of grows (and I know it will) I might not be so lucky. Does anyone have any thoughts on how to be in two or three places at once?
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