Canada Garden

This morning, we had a sliver of sunshine; but now we're in the middle of an ice/snow storm.  Twelve to 18 inches predicted tomorrow.  T...

She's ThReE! today.  This many, as she's showing you here.  Rachel said she asked Betsy what she wanted for her birthday and she rep...

There is a flower industry campaign that talks about using flowers to help cut down on clutter.  Their advice is to put some flowers in a pl...

It's beautiful out there.  I read something somewhere that all this white makes every little bit of green seem so much greener.  So tru...

Roses and alstro--one of my favorite combos . . .  So far keeping my resolution to keep flowers in the house--at least til spring when the g...

I've been here before.  And swore I wouldn't do it again.  But here, I am--overwintering coleus that I just couldn't bear to lo...

I have thought about you every single day, but yet haven't posted here since Monday!  Partly because  it's January, it's brrr c-...

If you're a regular reader here, you know that I'm a true blue florist fan.  But when you find tropicals like this at the local groc...

Happy Birthday to our beautiful Rachel!  We love you!  What a difference you have made in our lives. 

It hasn't been flowers only here at Canada Garden.  I've been reading Eat to Live by Joel Fuhrman.  At first I was buying into the ...

  These Christmas roses are still hanging on through the New Year.  Most of the time, I'm preaching the don't-keep-your-flowers-too-...

Mama's kitty, Walker. . . as in Texas Ranger. . . Mama loaned me Little Bee to read when I was there last summer.  I kept meaning to...

It was gray and misty today and WaRM!  Tomorrow even warmer--59 degrees predicted for New Year's Eve,  then cold again for New Year'...

Our little house was full of  people we love this Christmas season.  It sure is quiet around here now.

Thanks to one of my flower shop friends (Trigs Floral & Home)  for posting this quote on their facebook wall this morning:   ...

  It was GrEaT having Isaac home for a few days!  We miss him, but we're glad he's happy.  Can't wait to visit him in Colorado. ...

  Giada from the Food Network shared this recipe.  We made them while mama and PJ were here, with a few little changes,  and they turned out...

Sitting on Santa's Lap--1960? Mama and PJ and Jeff's visit was such a nice surprise for Christmas!  When mama saw this collage s...

Aren't these miraculous?  Six gorgeous stems and every one of them opened perfectly.  All the way from South America.  Thank you floral ...