Toronto Music Garden: a remarkable garden experience

I was reminded while visiting one of North America's great cities recently (Toronto) how easily many city dwellers can become disconnected from nature.  Opportunities to experience nature become both more precious as well as perhaps more important, too.A luminous visit to the Toronto Music Garden,...

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Creativity and gardening

Gardening is a creative activity, in my experience.I've loved putting plants together in containers in agreeable ways, mixing up vegetables and herbs in attractive combinations, and helping my gardening companion recreate natural plant combinations while restoring landscapes, etc.Finalizing a weekend program (on Gardening and Creativity) for the John C. Campbell Folk School (for next April, 2014)...

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