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Do up the Doorstep winner at Canada Blooms By Tania Moffat


“After the Party” I


n celebration of their 20th Anni- versary this year’s theme for Canada Blooms was appropriately


titled “It’s a Party”. Guests filled the Enercare Centre enjoying their first taste of spring as they strolled through acres of stunning and creative gardens in a dazzling display of colour, texture and fragrance designed by Toronto’s ambitious landscape designers, archi- tects and builders. Part of the annual highlights


included Oaks by Brampton Brick’s “Do up the Doorstep Gardens” which challenged garden builder’s creativity within small


spaces. This


year’s winner was Lori Di Monte of Who Does Your Garden who part- nered with Vitali Pozdniakov of Vital Gardens. Their display whisked you along on an imaginative and whimsi- cal journey. “We wanted the garden to be illu-


sionary. The design had to pique your imagination and take you away from the rectilinear, formulaic predictable aesthetic. It had to be a fashion state- ment,” explains Lori. Weary of plants being treated like


“Do up the doorstep” winning display at Canada Blooms.


pieces of furniture to provide instant gratification and firmly define bound- aries, the pair decided to move away from a strictly controlled environment defined by perfectly clipped hedges. Using a less formal approach to parti- tion space they were able to let plants preserve their natural growing habit and stretch out. The aim of the planting itself was


The aim of the garden was to create a harmonious contrast in foliage, texture, flowers, berries and branching patterns.


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to create a harmonious contrast in habit, foliage, texture, flowers, berries and branching patterns. Button ferns (Pallaea rotundifolia), Boston ferns (Nephrolepis exaltata), ponytail palms (Beaucarnea recurvata), and Spanish canary ivy (Hedra Maroccana) offer a stunning contrast of foliage. They are accented with pretty primrose (Prim- ula vulgaris Belarina ‘Kerblecrem’ ) and hellebore Ivory Prince (Helle- borus ‘Walhelivor’). Grape hyacinth (Muscari), early bergenia (Bergenia crassifolia), Magnolia stellate and ‘Red Sprite’ holly (Ilex verticillata) complete the look.


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