My Garden's Keeper

My Garden's Keeper

Twenty years of environmentally responsible gardening; shade solutions; garden rescue. Certified. She is a Certified Horticulturist and Master Gardener.

My Garden's Keeper is a boutique business, built largely on word-of-mouth by very satisfied and long-term clients. Paula Wolfson is the Owner/Proprietor who turns neglected gardens into loved-again sanctuaries. www.mygardenskeeper.ca

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flood aftermath - the Brickworks could use your help...

polo.feathr.co What a couple of weeks it has been! Evergreen Brick Works experienced its worst flood since it opened in 2010, with some areas submerged in over four feet of water. Our incredibly dedicated and trained staff responded quickly to mitigate impacts and keep everyone, including 113 young campers on site...

16/07/2024

i hope your containers have drainage!

13/07/2024

or, it could be climate change:
"Afghanistan’s rulers, cut off from foreign assistance, are tackling climate change on their own while debating whether it is God’s doing or a foreign plot. " Wash Post

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23/06/2024
16/06/2024

mighty walnut trees from squirrel-planted walnuts grow

05/06/2024

You could do this! so pleased to see this Certifcation of a neighbours garden today:

25/05/2024

if i don't water, it won't rain.
if i water, it will rain.
you're welcome.

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22/05/2024

May garden chores inJuly temperatures

09/05/2024

no mow no spray May!

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Photos from My Garden's Keeper's post 20/03/2024

nature imitating nature

07/02/2024

the endangered Chimney Swift considered, at least, in the demolition of my home and theirs. fittingly, at 3 Swift Drive. i've been counting them for over 10 years.

15/11/2023

first old F***y Fit, now the work boots. "point me t'ward tomorrow..."

21/09/2023

netting is working to deter squirrels. welcome, hairy woodpecker!

New Biden rule could strip protections from over half of U.S. wetlands 29/08/2023

i. just. can't. https://wapo.st/3OSPGs9

New Biden rule could strip protections from over half of U.S. wetlands The agency issued the new regulation to comply with a U.S. Supreme Court decision earlier this year.

21/08/2023

marauder. racoons are territorial and will p**p to lay claim. exercise caution: the p**p can be quite toxic.

The gardening wars pit exuberance vs. the controlling hand 14/08/2023

you can have a polinator garden without upsetting your neighbours. no need for extremes:

The gardening wars pit exuberance vs. the controlling hand Status anxiety pops up in gardens, as it does everywhere. Older hippies sneer at my garden because only one bed has gone whole-hog exuberantly native.

BY-LAWS FOR BIODIVERSITY: | Ecological Design Lab 07/08/2023

https://ecologicaldesignlab.ca/project/by-laws-for-biodiversity/
by-laws for biodiversity.

BY-LAWS FOR BIODIVERSITY: | Ecological Design Lab Designed to stimulate collaboration, the Ecological Design Lab narrows the gap between research, practice and decision-making by maximizing the co-generation of knowledge and facilitating its transfer between researchers, students, citizens, municipal decision-makers and design professionals.

Don’t give a free ride to the Spotted Lanternfly 20/06/2023

they're at the border - report if seen. nasty

Don’t give a free ride to the Spotted Lanternfly Authored by Hannah Fraser, Wendy McFadden-Smith, Cassie Russell, and Denise Beaton, OMAFRA Spotted lanternfly (SLF), Lycorma delicatula, is an invasive sap-feeding planthopper native to Asia.&…

09/06/2023

Cindy's wild rose. highly scented. i prune it hard in spring, and use the rosehips in her winter arrangements.

Photos from My Garden's Keeper's post 06/06/2023

carpet of creeping thyme June 6, 2023. bees love it, as do the passers-by. thanks for letting me get rid of the lawn, Lorna!

27/05/2023

unless you REALLY want the ground covered, don't buy this plant! i've spent 3 seasons digging it out in one garden. the tiniest bit of root left behind will establish again. Chameleon plant, Harlequin vine, Houttuynia cordata.

10/05/2023

5 rights, one left. do they seek out the lost socks and bond somewhere?!?

02/05/2023

danger can lurk unseen. why i wear gloves. also, soil carries tetanus. be a mindful gardener.

24/04/2023

Moody sky today, with hail.

19/04/2023

City of blossoms. magnolia, forsythia, bulbs,cherry. in the woods, trout lily. the coolth will help them last

Our Story

My Garden's Keeper is a boutique business, built entirely on word-of-mouth by very satisfied and long-term clients. Paula Wolfson is the Owner/Proprietor who turns neglected gardens into loved-again sanctuaries.
She is a Certified Horticulturist and Master Gardener.

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i hope your containers have drainage!
netting is working to deter squirrels. welcome, hairy woodpecker!
ancient hoya is blooming early this year (this is half of it)
busy bees on japanese anemone. b4 the hummingbird whizzed in
hummingbird surprise