Introduction
Planting the Seeds
Cultivating the Garden
The Cultivators
Reaping the Harvest
Harrowsmith
The New Experts
Their Own Gardens
The Garden in Literature
Gardening from Sea to Sea to Sea
All Kinds of Gardens in All Kinds
of Spaces
Bibliography
Photos by Beth Powning
Other Gardening Sites
Acknowledgements |
Reaping the Harvest: Gardening Today
The New Experts
During the past decade, not only has a wealth of garden books been published, but a number of recognized garden writers have emerged to write on a wide range of topics of interest to the growing field of hobbyists and professional gardeners - writers whose opinions are valued and trusted. These are a few of them.
| One of the major writers in the field is gardener Marjorie Harris with her gardening column, books, and now as editor, with Mary Anne Brinckman, of Gardening Life (formerly Toronto Life Gardens). |
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Toronto Life Gardens, Vol. 2, No. 1, Spring Preview 1997. |
| One of the major writers in the field is gardener Marjorie Harris with her gardening column, books, and now as editor, with Mary Anne Brinckman, of Gardening Life (formerly Toronto Life Gardens).
This is one of the titles from Harris's series of small attractively packaged books on a wide range of gardening subjects. |
Harris, Marjorie.
Favorite Flowering Shrubs.
Toronto: HarperCollins, 1994. |
| Benoit Prieur has written extensively about gardening, with an emphasis on the seasons specific to Quebec. |
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Prieur, Benoit.
Guide du Potager.
Montréal: Éditions de l'Homme, 1995. |
| Lois Hole and her husband operate Hole's Greenhouse and Gardens Ltd., one of the largest garden centres in Alberta. Her books are packed with information and cover a wide range of topics. |
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Hole, Lois.
Tomato Favorites.
Edmonton: Lone Pine, 1996. |
| Another prolific writer in the field is Mark Cullen with a television series, videos, and books to his credit. This title is a good place to start a garden library. |
Cullen, Mark.
The All Seasons Gardener.
Toronto: Viking, 1995. |
| When it comes to the history of gardening in Canada, no one has done more than Ottawa writer Edwinna von Baeyer. From her online articles on landscape gardening to her many books and articles, her research is essential to anyone writing on Canadian gardening history. |
von Baeyer, Edwinna.
A Selected Bibliography for Garden History in Canada.
Ottawa: Environment Canada, 1987. |
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