PRODUCT INFO
This year’s book is full of fancy and will delight your inner gardener. Many articles will inspire you to try new things while others give good advice on solutions to common gardening problems.Â
As prairie gardeners we tend to think outside box and our theme of Myth, Magic and Meditation resonates with that notion. Our theme has been developed to offer an opportunity for the reader to explore differing rationale for why they garden.
Articles on our theme include ones on recreating gardens from medieval times, biblical and East Indian gardens. Several articles examine the importance of trees. The universal appeal of lilies is discussed in articles in both the theme section and the general section. Other flowers with common appeal including irises, roses, peonies, and orchids are addressed in articles in the theme section. Read about what plants to exercise caution with because they contain toxins like those in aconitum and belladonna. Move across the colour spectrum as you read an article about black flowers and then onto moon gardens where the flowers are predominantly white.
The customary use of flowers in weddings contains information on a happier topic. There are a couple of articles celebrating the coming of spring – something that winter weary prairie gardeners eagerly await every year. So, spend your winter delving into the myths, magic and meditation aspects of gardening.Â
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Topics
Authors
Oasis
Jennifer LaBella
Backyard Camelot: Recreating a Medieval Garden
Betty Braaksma
Biblical Botany
Fran Wershler
Practical Magic … with Common Garden Plants
Sherry Halcrow
Spending Thyme in Prison
Holly Mawby
Commentary on the Global Tree of Life
Stefan Fediuk
Trees: Their Mystery, Magic & Myths
Michael Allen
Trees in Winter
Bill Remphrey
The Green Man
Susan Hurrell
The Significance of Nature in Celtic Art
Maurice Clarke
North American Ogham: Celtic Wisdom for the Prairies and Central Plains
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The Trees I Had For Dinner: A Fantastical Story
Jim Kohut
Wonders in Your Woodlot
Dianne Beaven
Inch by Inch
Christina Harris
The Love Song of the Garden
Michelle Kozey
Creating Magic in the Garden
Paul Hentel
Dragons in Your Garden!
Terry D. Galloway
Springtime in Japan
Paul Kohlmeier
A Herald of Spring: The Prairie Crocus
C. Thomas Shay, Kimberly Dalton & Karen Kivinen
Union in the Landscape: Designing an Outdoor Wedding Space
Stephanie Voyce
The Fragrance & Symbolism of a Herbal Wedding
Susan Ramsey
Flowers Associated with Weddings
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Flowers & Plants of the Bible
Jean G. Campbell
St. Fiacre: The Patron Saint of Gardeners
Roberta Woods
The Literary Apple: Getting to the Core...
Sara Williams
Mythologies in the Indian Garden
Bhavana Brunde
Therapeutic Gardens: Exploring Gardens Around the World
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Garden Labyrinths: Exploring Myth, Magic and Meditation
Anne Nesbitt, Edith Friesen & Rudy Friesen
A Paradise Never Lost
Susanne Olver
Garden Elementals
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The Kalyna in Ukrainian Folk Medicine & Folklore
Orysia Tracz
New Gardening Books for Albertans
Arnold F. Pitao
New Online Tool Helps Prairie Gardeners
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Select Right Plants
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Remembering A True Legend: Lois Hole
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In The Pink!
Fran Wershler
There’s Lilies in My Irises
Eleanor Hutchison
Dr. Skinner Recognized by Canada
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Confession of a Lily Addict
Eleanor Thompson
For the Love of Lilies
Ruth Asher
The 2005 Prairie Garden Award for Excellence: Honeywood (Dr. A. J. Porter) Heritage Nursery
Audrey Hosgood
In Memory of Jean Atto
Bert Skogan
Compost Screening, the Easy Way
H. David Matthews
Heirloom Vegetables: A Feast For The Senses
Tanya Stefurek
100 Years & Growing: Celebrating Agriculture at the University of Manitoba
Dr. Myer Pritchard
Consider Clover
Catherine Verrall
Pest Control in the Garden – or Not?
Julie Soroka
50 Years: Sweet Pea
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In Memory: Vern Hildahl
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African Violet: The Perfect Houseplant
Bonnie Batchelor
Themes for The Prairie Garden Back Issues
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