Monthly Archives: October 2025

Gardens and medicine are closely intertwined in every culture, and were even more so in the past when most remedies were derived from plants. Yet much of that knowledge has been lost and  I suspect few of us these days … Continue reading →

In 1926 a 54 year old woman who had  inherited a riverside house decided to create  a garden.  Nothing particularly startling about that although it was thought  at the time by some of her friends that she didn’t know the … Continue reading →

Montreal  is home to one of the great botanic gardens of the world. You might be forgiven for thinking  that since Canada was once part of the British Empire that the garden was one of the wide network linked or … Continue reading →

What is Niagara doing on a blog. about the history of  parks and gardens? Well, if,like me until last  week, you thought that Niagara meant only the world famous Falls and nothing else, you might be surprised to know there … Continue reading →