Amy's Garden

amy's garden bibliography amy's cookery amy's photographs


THUNDER BAY
ONTARIO CANADA

  • Amy Vervoort
  • Amy

our son Finn

our son Finn
September 18th - 29th 2013

about this blog

We've recently moved to a new house with a large yard, full of new gardening opportunities - and lots of trees;
...the garden journey continues.
Come spring 2014 I'll be moving many plants from my previous garden to our new space, starting over again with a new perspective, and new meaning to everything I do.

We're still close to Lake Superior, still five blocks away but now with Hillcrest Park and the Port Arthur Ridge in between. A very different landscape.

We love to cook, and use fresh herbs & veg from our kitchen garden. For the culinary curious: amy's cookery

I like to read books about horticulture and honey bees, literature and writing, ecology, biology, botany, history, the history of gardening, and forestry (urban mostly), food and agriculture, photography, art......


all images are my own, taken by myself in my gardens - unless otherwise cited
amy.gardenerd@gmail.com

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local links

  • Eco Superior
  • Sleepy G Farm
  • Belluz Farms
  • Boreal Edge Farm
  • Brule Creek Farms
  • Earthwise Thunder Bay
  • Thunder Bay Field Naturalists
  • Willow Springs Bee Blog
  • Thunder Bay Bee Keeper's Association
  • Food Action Network
  • Slow Food Superior
  • Urban Forestry Thunder Bay
  • Thunder Bay Agricultural Research Station
  • DeBruin's Greenhouses
  • Vanderwees Home & Garden
  • Environment North

Thunder Bay Urban Forestry

  • Urban Forestry Thunder Bay
  • notable trees of Thunder Bay
  • Thunder Bay Tree Stewardship
  • Rutter Urban Forestry
  • Thunder Bay Trees


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websites I like:

  • PLANT DICTIONARY
  • Northern Shade Gardening
  • Hortus Urbanus
  • Women Who Run With Delphiniums
  • Mother Earth News
  • Gardeners Supply Company
  • The Edible Schoolyard
  • Canadian Organic Growers
  • Chef Michael Smith
  • Herb Companion
  • Farmers Markets Ontario
  • GardenWise
  • Women & Environments
  • Les Jardins de Métis ~ Elsie Reford's Garden
  • Canadian Journal of Environmental Education
  • michaelpollan.com
  • Sustainable Table
  • buyfromthefarm.ca
  • The American Botanist Booksellers
  • Rodale Institute
  • National Gardening Association
  • The Garden Coop
  • Boreal Edge Farm
  • Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
  • Environment Canada
  • Feel the Bee
  • The Bee Spot
  • Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture
  • kitchengardeners.org
  • The History of Gardening in Canada
  • Canadian Garden Museum
  • Northern Ontario Plant Database
  • The Great Lakes Forestry Centre Arboretum
  • Ontario Horticultural Society / gardenontario.org
  • Gardener's Dictionary
  • Canadian Gardening Magazine
  • Ontario Gardening.com
  • ontariowildflower.com
  • Montreal Botanical Garden
  • UBC Botanical Garden
  • botany.com
  • Kids Gardening
  • Backyard Gardener
  • Flower Facts
  • Canadian Hemerocallis Society
  • Ontario Daylily Society
  • Ontario Hosta Society
  • Old Rose Nursery
  • bulb.com
  • everyrose.com
  • Brecks
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"Indeed, you'll be happiest if you learn to think
like a tree: setting down sturdy roots (the soil prep), manufacturing your own food (the leaf mold and compost additions to the soil) and committing to the long term (the five or so years it takes to get
established)."

LORRAINE JOHNSON

Composting Council of Canada

Friday, June 8, 2007

Tree Resources for Kids

For Kids (and teachers) from TreeCanada.ca

Teaching Older Children and Youth about Trees

Greening Canada's School Grounds (a Tree Canada Foundation publication)

Posted by Amy
Labels: childrens gardens, trees

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