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Beautiful Gardens 2014 • 3 VOLUME 13 CONTENTS


NOtEBOOk Purple is the 'must have' colour the Never Alone rose


Alberta elm-pruning ban is over Letters...


Editor’s message GARDENs


17 great performers to consider in 2015


Outdoor planters offer winter long beauty


Humn Pharmaceuticals talks about menthol and pain relief


Retirement retreat in sherwood Park


Garden impressionism the circle of life Fit for a queen


the quilting garden Monarch update


4 4 4 5 5


the Ryder garden in Edmonton. Cover photo by Dorothy Dobbie.


6 10 12


13 16 20 23 26 37


2015 Garden tours


Make the most of your small outdoor space


COLUMNS Owls are a hoot!


Ladybug, ladybug, fly away home


What we love this winter Warm up with comfort foods Gardening with kids


10 Neat things about snow Classifieds


38 39 8


29 30 32 34 36 39


IssUE 4, 2014/15


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