A Leslieville, Toronto Spring Garden Cleanup

A New Client, A Similar Job 

It's been a busy month so far with more spring cleanups on the way. This post covers a recent job back in a neighbourhood I often visit: Leslieville. The properties here are usually small in area and therefore easy for me to work by myself. 

I'll start with the cleanup in the backyard. As you can probably see in the pictures to follow, I pruned a lot of last season's growth:

Leslieville Back Garden Spring Cleanup Before

Leslieville Back Garden Spring Cleanup After 

Toronto Leslieville Back Garden Spring Cleanup Before 

Toronto Leslieville Back Garden Spring Cleanup After

Toronto Leslieville Garden Spring Cleanup After 

Leslieville Back Garden Spring Cleanup Before 

And in the front, I tidied up a very small bed:

Leslieville Front Garden Spring Cleanup Before

Leslieville Front Garden Spring Cleanup After 

Note the still small Colorado Blue Spruce to the right. I strongly recommended to the owner that this small tree need to be removed sooner than later. It's not a dwarf, You can easily imagine how massive this spruce will be. Simply the wrong tree for the wrong spot.

Spring Garden Cleanup in the Junction Triangle Neighbourhood

A Warm Spring is Nowhere in Sight!

The 2022 work season is underway with spring cleanups taking most of my time. It's been an unusually cold April so far with very few days hitting above 15 degrees C. and above. It feels like November rather than April so I continue to bundle up to keep warm working outside.

This post covers a visited to a new client in the west Toronto area called the Junction Triangle who hired me to tidy up her very small front yard. Here are the "before" pictures of this short project:

Junction Triangle Spring Garden Cleanup Before

Junction Triangle Spring Garden Cleanup Before

Junction Triangle Spring Garden Cleanup Before 

Junction Triangle Toronto Spring Garden Cleanup Before 

Junction Triangle Toronto Spring Garden Cleanup Before 

And the "after" results:

Junction Triangle Spring Garden Cleanup After 

Junction Triangle Spring Garden Cleanup After 

Junction Triangle Spring Garden Cleanup After

Junction Triangle Toronto Spring Garden Cleanup After

Junction Triangle Toronto Spring Garden Cleanup After

And as I write this, it's freaking snowing outside!

A Parkdale Spring Cleanup

Getting a Toronto Pollinator Garden Ready for Spring

Back to work. After another long Toronto, I'm ready to meet new clients and new gardens while trying to lose the weight I've gained over an inactive winter. And, not unimportantly, earning an income again.

My first spring cleanup occurred in Toronto's west end neighbourhood called Parkdale. It was a small job consisting of part of a small front yard and a shared strip of land between the neighbours. All of last season's growth were left over winter so there was a bit of pruning involved. This is proof that there's no need to raze your garden's autumn growth to the ground but, admittedly, some homeowners can't handle seeing this for over five months of the year.

Here are some "before" and "after" pictures of the cleanup which took me about three hours to complete:

Parkdale Spring Cleanup Before 

Parkdale Spring Cleanup After

Parkdale Toronto Spring  Garden Cleanup Before

Parkdale Toronto Spring  Garden Cleanup After 

A Parkdale Spring Cleanup Before

A Parkdale Spring Cleanup After

Parkdale Toronto Spring Cleanup Before 

Parkdale Toronto Spring Cleanup After

A Parkdale Spring Cleanup Before

A Parkdale Spring Cleanup After

Toronto Parkdale Spring Cleanup Before 

Toronto Parkdale Spring Cleanup After 

And my 17th work season is now off and running!