Tom Cavan
FIRE UP THE NIGHT
Since the beginning of time, homo-sapiens have been mesmerized by fire and its limitless power. Through the ages, we have managed to...
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A rock pile ceases to be a rock pile the moment a single man contemplates it, bearing within him the image of a cathedral. - Antoine de Saint-Exupéry - The Little Prince
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Tom Cavan
Mar 183 min read
WALK THIS WAY
Creating a welcoming walkway entrance to your residence or place of business or a modest pathway leading to your backyard is the 1st...
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Tom Cavan
Feb 212 min read
STEP THIS WAY
Creating beautiful welcoming steps and staircases in our outdoor environment takes more than just one's imagination, it requires...
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Tom Cavan
Feb 53 min read
Out with Old and in with the New
Over the years I have renovated a lot of deteriorating landscapes (which is how I started landscaping-fixing other people's mistakes)...
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Tom Cavan
Feb 22 min read
Sustainable Landscapes
The term Sustainable landscapes has been tossed around for many years and all the buzz and misinterpretation of this idea persists. What...
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Tom Cavan
Dec 17, 20233 min read
Teach your children well
Looking back when I first became a father to three wonderful children I was under the belief that I would allow my kids to choose their...
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Tom Cavan
Dec 14, 20234 min read
Spacial Invaders
By definition, a weed is referred to as "a plant in the wrong or undesirable place" The war against weeds in the modern era landscape to...
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Tom Cavan
Aug 23, 20232 min read
Market Place that Rocks
Whether you are inspired by the timeless stone landscapes of the old world or seeking out the modern symmetry of the new world properly...
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Tom Cavan
Jul 10, 20233 min read
Marketplace Softscape
When planning a planting scheme for any design I always monitor the existing and future inventories online supplied by the nurseries....
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Tom Cavan
Mar 20, 20232 min read
STAYCATION
During my 50+ years in the industry, I have witnessed countless transformations and adaptations of the landscape and the significant role...
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Tom Cavan
Feb 9, 20233 min read
Welcome... Entrances that Invite
When I drive around and observe the multitude and variations of architecture these days I am dumbfounded at the disconnect between the...
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Tom Cavan
Jan 13, 20233 min read
How to Select a Plant
The inspiration for this blog comes from a recent trip to Portugal. We stayed at a vineyard in the Douro Valley and this is the view from...
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Tom Cavan
Nov 14, 20222 min read
Time for change
Climate change? more like climate catastrophe and what future world will our children's children inherit? When we decided to have...
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Tom Cavan
Mar 4, 20223 min read
Nature's Way
Along my horticultural journey, many plant species have crossed my path. There was a point while operating the garden centre in Erin that...
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Tom Cavan
Feb 16, 20224 min read
HANDLE WITH CARE
When I first began horticultural commerce (1979) I was like a kid in a candy store fingering through nursery and seed catalouges...
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Tom Cavan
Feb 13, 20223 min read
Lifescaping
Landscaping has taken on a whole new perspective since the start of the pandemic BC (before covid) numerous backyard landscapes were...
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Tom Cavan
Dec 3, 20214 min read
The Tree of Forgiveness
If it weren't for the people... Earth would be an engineers paradise. -Kurt Vonnegut And if it were not for the trees there would be no...
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Tom Cavan
Nov 9, 20213 min read
Family Tree
I recently read a great book by Dr. Suzanne Simard* called "Finding the Mother Tree" Her story begins with her family tree of foresters...
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Tom Cavan
May 28, 20213 min read
Inspired by Time
In the beginning, when I first started designing and installing landscapes I was and always have been an advocate of resilient natural...
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Tom Cavan
Feb 9, 20212 min read
FOOD FOR THOUGHT What is fertilizer?
If you had a choice between a fresh Orange and a vitamin C capsule which would you choose? The Oxford dictionary defines fertilizer as :...
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