Hoary mountain mint (Pycnanthemum incanum) growing at the water’s edge at the bay last week. © BCP 2010 On at recent walk at Ashbridge’s Bay, my local park on the north shore of Lake Ontario, I was busy looking at all sorts of flowers — golden rod, sweet white clover, the chicory blooms hanging on […]
The Weston wetland quarry garden is one of the first sights a visitor to the Brick Works sees. The old Brick Works property located in the Lower Don Valley (accessible from the Bayview Ave. extension) has been one of my favourite spots for years. It was a wild and derelict 11.5- hectare site. Now, with […]
A patch of Balfour’s touch-me-not (Impatiens balfourii) growing wild by the banks of the Don River last week. © BCP 2010 I found these lovely, delicate flowers growing in deep shade not far from the riverbank in the Lower Don Valley on my stroll there last week. There was a very small patch of them, […]
Hedge bindweed (Calystegia sepium) brightens a corner near Dog Beach at Ashbridge’s Bay last week. © BCP 2010 Today’s quote: A morning-glory at my window satisfies me more than the metaphysics of books. — Walt Whitman You have to look pretty hard to find these attractive blooms at Ashbridge’s Bay. And according to the various […]
A banded wood snail (Cepaea nemorialis) finds a comfy home on the flat flower head of Queen Anne’s lace (Daucus carota) in Tommy Thompson Park on Monday. © BCP 2010 I recently discovered a charming website called naturewriting.com that asks the simple yet profound question “What is nature writing?” Then the site’s author, a gentleman […]
