A new museum exhibit called Our Voices, Our Journeys celebrates local black history through the personal stories of a Caledon congregation’s pioneering contributions to Headwaters.

Wildlife populations in Dufferin and Caledon have come and gone over the past few centuries, most dramatically since European settlement. Some species have vanished from the landscape. Others have arrived. Now things are changing again.

Audiobooks and podcasts have produced a resurgence in oral storytelling, but for the Dufferin Circle of Storytellers the ancient art never went away.

How I learned to find and cook spring’s local bounty.

Top Caledon real estate agent Tav Schembri shares what he’s learned in 7 years in the business.

Trail (or game) cameras are rugged, motion-activated devices about a quarter the size of a loaf 
of bread and meant for extended, remote use outdoors.

How we’re coping with unprecedented times here in Headwaters.

With trial, error, dumb luck – and joy – two neophytes transformed four acres of bramble and meadow into a painterly Hockley garden.

How local growers are tapping a surging demand for the tiny, tasty stems that pack a nutritional punch.

What to see, hike, write this spring.

As I watch Adrian’s pencil continue across the page, I’m thinking about the messiness of learning in this period of his life.

Letters published in the Spring 2020 edition of In The Hills magazine.

Overheard at Glen Eagle, deadlock at the Alton Fair Board and more squares than you think.

At In The Hills our job is to tell the stories of our community.

Chicken police from the provincial marketing board patrol the neighbourhood in big black Escalades.

Originally an elementary school teacher, Brenda encouraged her students to think critically about issues, including politics.

Somehow I thought growing old would take longer.

For 75 years Ontario students had to pass demanding provincial exams to get into high school. Preparation was rigorous and it was widely believed rural teachers weren’t up to the job.

Agata replicates a flower’s delicate petals and crinkly layers, imbuing each image with what she calls “illumination from within.”

What we’re shopping for this spring in Headwaters.

Spring’s seductions: Sweet treats, bounteous brunches, and Easter feasts.

Misha Dubbeld’s gracious Mono garden is a testament to 20 years of love and labour. With all that she’s learned, her latest project is conceived on a grand scale.

Gardener Liz Knowles’ passion for rare yet rugged alpine flora has transformed her Mono gardens into more than an aesthetic triumph. They’re an aide memoire of her life and travels 40 years on.

Terra Cotta landscape gardener Amanda White’s own garden is brimming with foxgloves and dahlias.

Meet the women behind the blooms at Petals Flower Co., Purple Hill Lavender Farm, Stonewell Farm, Broadside Flowers and Caledon Hills Peony Farm.

At Lee Anne Downey’s new lavender farm in Erin, small-batch products and intimate retreats are in the works.

Looking for a rare peony variety? Diana Hillman’s got you covered with rootstock from North America and the Netherlands.

Cottontails conceal themselves in dense thickets of shrubs and brambles.

May and June herald the arrival of a trio of supremely beautiful tropical migrants: indigo buntings, Baltimore orioles and rose-breasted grosbeaks.

This year I managed to take video of the underwater breeding of spotted salamanders.