Saying Goodbye to the 2018 Work Season!
It's been another fantastic work season for me as I've met many new (and old) clients, designed and installed interesting gardens across Toronto and made a bit of money along the way. But truth be told, I'm ready to take a break from gardening.
But before that happens, I'll subject you to another post showing a fall cleanup. This should be the last one this year so enjoy!
My client here, named Shirin, hires me twice a year (in May and November) to weed and tidy up the front and back gardens of her rental property in Toronto's Bedford Park neighbourhood. Her tenants, unsurprisingly, do nothing when it comes to looking after the gardens so the beds are very weedy when I arrive.
In the fall, I cut down the soon-to-be dormant perennials and rake leaves from the garden beds around the pool in the backyard and from the parking area in the front. For this visit, Shirin asked me to spread some more topsoil and mulch as well.
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| Bedford Park Toronto Fall Cleanup Before |
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| Tired hosta foliage removed and some cedar mulch laid down |
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| Bedford Park Toronto Fall Cleanup Before |
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| I usually try to persuade a client to leave ornamental grasses alone over winter but since the tenants don't care, the owner asked me to cut them down. It's just one less task I have to look after next spring. |
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| Bedford Park Toronto Fall Cleanup Before |
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| Bedford Park Toronto Fall Cleanup After |
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| Toronto Fall Cleanup Before in Bedford Park |
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| Toronto Fall Cleanup After in Bedford Park |
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| Toronto Fall Cleanup Before in Bedford Park |
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| Toronto Fall Cleanup After in Bedford Park |
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| This narrow bed contains many herbaceous peonies. Their foliage were cut down as they present no winter interest. |
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| Toronto Fall Cleanup After in Bedford Park |
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| Toronto Fall Cleanup Front Garden After in Bedford Park |
Thank you, dear reader, for putting up with all the "before" and "after" pictures. It'll start again, to warn you, next April when the spring cleanups get going but I promise to post pictures of actual flowers and non-work related topics over the next five months. So you get a reprieve!
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