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Custom Perennial Garden
Design
and Planting
From an elegant low maintenance garden of shrubs and ornamental grasses
to a lush island
garden full of fragrance and
bloom. With our many years of experience we can adapt any style
or plant preference
to whatever space or budget is at hand to create a garden that
stands out from the rest.
We’ll custom design
your new perennial garden based on your plant choices, a thorough
investigation of your site, family needs, sun/soil conditions, and
budget. With the 1,000's of plants available today, anything is possible!
Our holistic approach
means we'll work together with site conditions using our 25
years of experience with beyond-the-ordinary perennial plants and garden
design. With this right-plant-in-the-right-place
approach, your garden
will flourish and
grow more beautiful with age as each plant matures in good health,
instead of needing replacement just a few years on.
Once completed, we will
be there to see that your new garden develops as it should with
our expert maintenance team, or teach
you how to look after it yourself through our gardening classes or
on-site hands-on instruction.
Evelyn Wolf
Expert Shrub &
Small Tree Pruning Services
“Shrub Pruning is no big deal. You just trim back branches each year,
Right? Wrong!
What often passes for pruning is
nothing less than plant torture! The power tool
“haircut” that we often see not only destroys the natural
form and potential beauty of a shrub or tree, but saps their strength
making them vulnerable to pest or disease attack. Plants become distorted with poor branch
structure and develop "naked legs" with twiggy tip growth that has little energy for
blooming well.
Our shrub and small tree pruning is done with a good set of
simple hand tools, knowledge of the individual growth patterns of each
plant, combined with a thorough understanding of pruning responses and
bud set habits of woody plants.
Maturing trees and shrubs are the irreplaceable backbones of any
garden.
Protect and enhance your landscape investment with
a professional pruning visit each year. Anytime is a good time to prune
when there are problems to
fix, but the dormant time between November and April is best, with a
follow-up in late June for spring bloomers.
 Shrub Pruning
Tip - Contrary to popular practice, September and October is NOT a good time to prune. Its
actually the only time of the whole year where any major pruning can
be outright harmful. The
growth that pruning stimulates doesn't have time to prepare it's cell
structure properly (i.e. "harden off" or "ripen") to survive the cold winter.
Any time is a good time to remove diseased or damaged branches, but
hold off on any structural pruning until plants are
fully dormant and no growth can be stimulated -
Any time between December and April is best, with a follow-up in late June once spring
bloomers are finished, or to deal with misdirected new growth.
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Gardening Services Checklist
CONSULTATIONS
£ garden design ideas; soil health
advice; renovation
coach; "just bought a
house with a big garden" teaching or plant
identification; plant choice guidance;
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GARDEN DESIGN &
PLANTING
£ custom garden design and
planting, or preparation of a detailed layout plan for you to plant
and follow through on yourself.
SEMINAR SPEAKER
£
hands-on backyard workshops to
full slide show presentation & lessons for consumer shows, Hort. club
meetings, or community information programs.
COURSES & WORKSHOPS
£ Year round, indoor and
outdoor gardening lessons, from in-depth courses to single
workshops & seminars.
SHRUB PRUNING / RENOVATION
£ April, June & Nov.
visits, for pruning maintenance in young gardens or renovation
pruning in older ones. (Creative topiary or bonsai style pruning
our specialty.)
FREELANCE GARDEN WRITER
£ from quick-tips or musings
to in-depth how-to articles, for print or web.
Educational and entertaining writing for either popular or
specialized audiences that reflect both passion and knowledge.
GARDEN POSSIBILITIES!
 905 478-7915, Email: Contact
Evelyn
Wolf
Garden Consultant
Our
"Stop the Torture" pruning
workshop combines a 3 hour detailed lesson and slide show with hands-on
demonstrations and a take-home 24page booklet.
Knowledgeable
pruning is THE most important gardening skill to get right. Learn
how to stop the torture of your shrubs and young trees to create
a garden that matures
with grace and beauty rather than one that needs replacement or
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