Top Stories
Life at a Flower Farm
Mar 19, 2019 | | FarmingMeet the women behind the blooms at Petals Flower Co., Purple Hill Lavender Farm, Stonewell Farm, Broadside Flowers and Caledon Hills Peony Farm.
Day of the Poets
Mar 19, 2019 | | ArtsOrangeville’s festival promises to “saturate the air with poetry.”
Changing the Game for Adults with Autism and other Disabilities
Mar 19, 2019 | | CommunityActive Lives After School, a day program for adults with developmental disabilities is a local success story poised to help others like them.
Tree Cavities
Mar 8, 2019 | | Notes from the WildSquirrels, racoons, owls, chickadees, and many other creatures find safety and shelter within trees.
Spring Songbirds
Jun 14, 2019 | | Notes from the WildMay and June herald the arrival of a trio of supremely beautiful tropical migrants: indigo buntings, Baltimore orioles and rose-breasted grosbeaks.
In Every Issue
Alice McMahon
Mar 19, 2019 | | Over the Next HillBorn just before the Great Depression, Alice spent her teen years at Forks of the Credit, where her father worked for the railway.
A Mulmur Masterpiece by Architecture Firm Superkül
Mar 19, 2019 | | At Home in the HillsHow a project called Compass House helped one family build roots in Dufferin County – and cemented its two architects’ love of the area.
Changing the Game
Mar 19, 2019 | | Editor’s DeskIn “Game Changers” in this issue, Johanna Bernhardt reviews the complexities of the care system and has an extended visit with one group of local families who created a homegrown solution to one perennial anxiety.
A Puzzling Conclusion: Spring 2019
Mar 19, 2019 | | PuzzlesInclusive triangles, 100-year-old riddles, which cards to turn and who canned what?
Meet the Maker: Mary Lazier
Mar 19, 2019 | | Made in the HillsMary fires up her pottery wheel only briefly, to attach the circular foot to the bottom of the bowl.
Garden Planning
A Botany of Desire
| LeisureGardener 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.
Matches Made in Heaven
| LeisureHow Lorraine Roberts conjures up dreamy landscapes using colour, shape – and an appetite for surprise.
Secret Gardens
| LeisureFrom the street you’d never know it – but behind these two Orangeville homes are gardens of magical delight.
Stars of Larkspur Hollow
| LeisureUp close and personal with some of the stars of Liz Knowles’ garden – many of them from alpine destinations in Central Asia, China and India.
Soups and Salads
French Onion Soup
SoupsFrench Onion Soup is served as an appetizer at lunch and dinner, or a lunch main alongside a crusty roll with cheddar-port spread.
Radish-Radicchio Salad with Caper Vinaigrette
SaladsThis is Sara’s adaptation using good things grown in her backyard garden.
