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Goals for a New Year

Art, Design, Glen Villa, PlantsBy glenadminDecember 31, 20217 Comments

When I look out my bedroom window, this is what I see. Or what I will see before long. Lake Massawippi isn’t frozen yet, but frozen or not, the prospect reminds me that this is the time of year to look ahead.     And to look back. What did I accomplish in the garden…

This is how the wall looked in 2007.

The North South Arrow, Year 2

Design, Glen Villa, PlantsBy glenadminSeptember 3, 20214 Comments

Creating a garden isn’t a quick and easy task, particularly a garden that grows out of personal memories and the history of the site. The most prominent and visible piece of history at Glen Villa, the land where I live, is the ruin of a summer resort hotel named Glen Villa Inn.  When it burned down in…

The new plates and goblets were put in place in late summer.

Goals and Resolutions

Design, Glen Villa, PlantsBy glenadminJanuary 7, 202110 Comments

In January last year, I laid out six garden goals for the year ahead, never believing I’d be able to achieve them all. I put them on paper nonetheless to give myself something to aim for and, to my surprise, I find that over the last twelve months I completed five of the six. This may be due…

The colour of the soil gives you an idea of its quality -- not great.

Planting the North South Arrow

Design, Glen Villa, PlantsBy glenadminJune 25, 20204 Comments

Last week I wrote about the genesis of the North South Arrow, the new area we are planting at Glen Villa, describing how the concept for the area changed over time. Today I’m writing about the plants I chose and how I decided to arrange them. Jacques had warned me that the soil on site…

The grassy path around the stone circle would be about 10 feet wide and the planting beds roughly the same.

The North South Arrow

Design, Glen Villa, PlantsBy glenadminJune 15, 202010 Comments

Months ago, when we were rebuilding the foundation wall of Glen Villa Inn, the huge resort hotel that once stood on our property, I began thinking of a new planting area to complement the new wall. A photo taken shortly after the hotel burned down in 1909 showed plants arranged around the low stone wall…

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