Spring 2015

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.

Sants Greenhouses is a sprawling five-greenhouse operation that helps beautify not just southern Ontario but all corners of North America.

Long a familiar sight in southern Ontario farm fields, these grassland birds are disappearing. So conservationists and others are joining forces to find practical ways 
to reverse the decline.

As alternative therapies move into the mainstream and options expand, 
it’s harder than ever to know what choices make sense for your health. Nicola Ross went on a personal journey to find out.

Two young women and three artists combine efforts to shine a light on mental health.

The Big Life Lessons of a High School Play

With Norman Bray in the Performance of His Life, Trevor Cole brings his 
first novel to the stage, 
and brings his father Bill Cole back to Headwaters.

In its few short years, Big Life has established itself as an important anti-poaching leader in East Africa.

The theme of change and renewal exemplified by Trevor Cole runs throughout this issue – not only in the re-greening of our gardens and landscapes, but in other spheres of our lives as well.

Letters published in the Spring 2015 edition of In The Hills magazine.

You can visit Gary in his Hockley Valley studio. You’ll see finished pieces as well as works in progress, and you may even see faeries in his garden.

“I’m Your Fan” by Allan Boers. Part of the photography show Auto Exposed: A Snap from the Past to a Shot of the Future.