Lovingly grown, fresh, natural flowers from my urban Ottawa garden
This update is taken from my recent newsletter. You can sign up for the newsletter here and be the first to hear my news, sales, garden tips and exclusive newsletter subscriber offers. A good way to start the year is to invest in yourself and your own education. I treated myself to an online course… Continue reading JANUARY 2024 Update
613Flea Saturday November 18th I am excited to share that I got a last minute spot at the next 613Flea! WHEN : Saturday November 18th WHERE : Aberdeen Pavillion, Lansdowne, TIME : 10 - 4 Nearly 150 artisans and vendors will be participating in the giant Market at Lansdowne Park on Saturday, November 18. You’ll find antiques, vintage… Continue reading UPCOMING MARKETS IN NOVEMBER
I hope you had a good long weekend and enjoyed Thanksgiving! We certainly have lots to be thankful for. I'm not sure how it can be October already though and gardening season will be ending soon. Here's the last of the garden flowers for Thanksgiving Find Me and My Dried Flowers at 613flea on Saturday… Continue reading IT IS OCTOBER AND WHERE DID THE SUMMER GO?
Often at this time of the year the garden is looking good and I can start to sit back, relax and just enjoy. This year has been more of a challenge and every time I feel like I've caught up there is suddenly something else that needs doing. There have been extra jobs due to… Continue reading COMING TO THE END OF JULY
It has been hard to keep up with doing everything since my seedling sale, but most things are in the ground now. As I write this we are getting a little rain shower and I'm so grateful. This will be a quick blog post on what's blooming now and where you can find my flowers… Continue reading It’s June and There Are Flowers!
One minute there is snow on the ground and the next minute we are half way through May and mowing the grass and picking flowers! And oh! How I love the sunshine and blue skies. Apple Blossom and Blue Skies Seedling Sale is Saturday May 20th 9 - 1 Next weekend is my seedling sale… Continue reading May is Hotting up Fast and My Seedling Sale is Next Weekend
We seem to have been waiting for ever for the snow to melt and winter to end here in Ottawa. Then Mother Nature threw in an ice storm. Less than one week later and we have skipped Spring and gone straight to Summer weather with temperatures forecast over 20C later in the week. It is… Continue reading APRIL UPDATE
The fresh flower season is now well and truly over. The recent frost finished off the dahlias and cosmos and they are now heading to the compost bin. I did manage to pick the last few stems of flowers and had fun displaying them as a group in bud vases. This rose was an added… Continue reading The End of one Season and the Start of Another
First, I would like to thank you for sticking with me and reading this blog post even though I seem to have disappeared over the summer and have not been keeping in touch. Summer is rapidly coming to an end so here is a quick round up of what is blooming in the garden right… Continue reading Where Did The Summer Go?
Around this time of year all of the things I think of as meadow flowers start to bloom. For me that includes cornflowers, ox eye daisies, scabious, buttercups, yarrow and, of course, wild grasses. I always make myself an arrangement that reminds me of those long summer days spent picnicking in beautiful meadows, watching the… Continue reading This Week’s Flowers – June 28
Rosalind's Garden Blooms 