A Garden in the Concrete Jungle, Part 1

A lot of garden in an urban lot

Today we ’re off to Toronto , Canada , to inflict with Patrick and Dorothy Smyth .

Our garden is in the middle of a concrete jungle . A refuge of calmness and beauty , it ’s a godsend during “ these unmanageable time . ” The midtown Toronto niche - spate place can be described as a garden with a house in it . When it comes time for planting or garden alimony , we have 19 separate plot to help us keep in conclusion - making modality . On four level and an almost 200 - base - prospicient verge we have grown a wide variety of plants . Some of them have been with us now for 32 years . In the qualification we have reclaimed a parking batch , contract a lawn , and assumed control of a significant amount of the City Allowance . Our ideas for garden design have focus onfour - season interestingness . We ’ve usednativeand nonnative plantings , always with an oculus for improving biodiversity and encouraging wildlife . The garden is visited by all sorts of insects , butterflies , birds , and belittled mammals , with even a slyboots coming by these past two years . There is a wide diversity of carefully chosen “ proper works ” for “ right locations . ”

It ’s hard to imagine this peaceful garden scene is in the middle of Toronto ! Thick greenery makes this model orbit a peaceful refuge from the urban landscape .

Gardening in Canada intend coping with winter . Here an former snowfall has arrived before theJapanese maple(Acerpalmatum , Zones 5–9 ) has finished leave out its leaves , creating a beautiful prospect .

Another view of an early snowfall in the garden .

Along the step leading up through the lush garden there are no flowers on vista . alternatively , this planting relies on diverse colour andtexturesof foliage to make a complex , beautiful display .

A cutleaf staghorn shumac ( Rhustyphina‘Lanciniata ’ , Zones 3–8 ) in the foreground has fernlike foliage and cones of showy red berries .

Large coneflower ( Rudbeckiamaxima , Zones 4–9 ) has silvery - blue foliage and sends up tall flowering stems that can reach as eminent as 7 infantry to make a spectacular exhibit . This is proof that bear a small , urban garden does n’t entail you have to only growsmall flora .

Hellebores(Heleborushybrids , Zones 4–9 ) bring home the bacon color in early springtime .

decorative grasses , like thisMiscanthussinensis(Zones 5–9 ) , are good option forwinter interest , with featherseed headslasting long into the winter month .

Yucca ( Yuccafilamentosa , Zones 4–10 ) folio cater spikey , architectural green all wintertime long .

The warm sparkle invite you to step at heart , settle into a seat , and savor the views of the garden .

Patrick sent so many great photos of this garden that we ’ll be yield here tomorrow for more , so continue tune !

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