Remembering Vas Sr. Today, May 16, would have been my late father’s 79th birthday. While the pain of losing your […]
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Teenage menace What do you do when teenagers from a neighboring school use your site as a shortcut to the […]
How to deep-edge rubber mulched beds
Deep-edging is a good winter time activity. Bed edges can look tired at the end of the year and, sometimes, […]
Servant leader Vas meets summer temps
We’re living in strange pandemic times right now and, luckily, I’ve been able to work straight through 2020 without any […]
How I benefit from mentors
Last week I heard through LinkedIn that one of my mentors, Dr. Linda Chalker-Scott, landed a full professorship at the […]
In Defense of Plants
When I stumbled upon an episode of Matt Candeias’s podcast, I learned that his new book, In Defense of Plants, […]
Pruning for squirrels
Poor Magnolia As soon as I saw it, I knew something was up. The Magnolia tree was pointing to the […]
A lesson I learned from Jerry, the lilac shrub
Be careful when pruning It started like many of my weekday mornings in winter, with tree pruning. The trees are […]
Plant side-hustle idea: from pain to profit
Plant pain Every year I work on soft landscape installation projects and it’s usually very rewarding and fun. You can […]
BC Landscape Academy launches first online course
Dream come true After working in urban landscapes for 21 years and training many workers, it occurred to me that […]
