Wrapping up Another Successful Season!
Winter has arrived, weather-wise anyway, so I've begun my annual "hibernation" until next spring. By mid to late November, I'm more than ready to "throw in the trowel" as I'm mentally and physically drained from working, more or less, non stop from late April. And working in the November cold isn't appealing, to be honest.
This post shows a very typical, for me, fall garden cleanup during mid October into November. Perennials are entering winter dormancy, tree leaves are everywhere and certain clients want that "tidy" garden look over the winter.
I visit this garden once a year in October and cut down the herbaceous material (e.g., the Ostrich Fern fronds, the Japanese Forest Grass leaves, etc.), rake up the maple leaves from a neighbouring tree, lightly clip the wintercreeper and remove the rambunctious honeysuckle vine that always wants to engulf the poor weeping Japanese maple.
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Toronto Fall Cleanup Before
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Toronto Fall Cleanup Before
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Toronto Fall Cleanup Before
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Toronto Fall Cleanup Before
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Toronto Fall Cleanup Before
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Afterwards, you can see the stone path and dry river bed that is part of the design. It's quite cute but is hidden by summer by the ferns and grasses.
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Toronto Fall Cleanup After
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Toronto Fall Cleanup After
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Toronto Fall Cleanup After
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Toronto Fall Cleanup After
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Toronto Fall Cleanup After
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So I bid adieu to this garden until next October!
