Join master gardeners Nora Bryan and Joseph LeBlanc on their year-long exploration of gardening in Canada, month by month. With fantastic images of Canadian gardens from coast to coast, fascinating gardening trivia, a primer on botanical names, the lowdown on provincial flowers, an explanation of Latin nomenclature, and a garden-savvy monthly quiz, Gardening, Eh! will provide year-long inspiration and enjoyment to gardening enthusiasts in the entire family. Find out how to create a stunning hypertufa project, read up on gardens of ancient history, and get seasonal tips from experts across the country.

Nora and Joseph combine their interest in all things natural with a love of gardening. They believe that gardening (tending our own little piece of the planet) is an excellent way for people to reconnect with the natural world. Through their professional writing, speaking, and consulting Joe and Nora hope that gardeners come to embrace all aspects of enjoyable gardening: plants, birds, and other animals and insects that inhabit our gardens.

This Year's Calendar Features:

• Entertaining and fascinating gardening trivia for each day of the year
• Twelve beautiful full-colour images of Canadian gardens
• The garden-savvy quiz
• Gardening stories from across the nation
• Backyard Detective
• Know Your Latin Names
• How to Tell You Are in a Canadian Garden
• Provincial Flowers
• Amazing but True
• Gardens in Ancient History
• Project Ideas
• And much more!

Did You Know?

• When the daffodils bloom, it's time to plant peas.
• The purple saxifrage is Nunavut's provincial flower.
• All Canadian bats are voracious consumers of insects.
• Some man-made pesticides can be less toxic to us than natural ones.

"If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need."
- Marcus Tullius Cicero

Nora Bryan is a Fifth House Books author.

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