Tom Cavan
Turfgrass:time to rethink the lawn
My education in turfgrass came very early in life, at the ripe age 6-1/2 yrs I was promoted from lawn rake to a push mower to cut a farm...
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Tom Cavan
Jan 12, 20213 min read
Look Who's Watching
Recalling one of our most interesting opportunities and natural transformations of landscaping as I reviewed the photographs searching...
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Tom Cavan
Dec 20, 20202 min read
2020 VISION...not so clear after all
When I reflect on the past year I transport myself back to January 2020 BC (before covid19) as 2019 had been another great year in all...
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Tom Cavan
May 11, 20203 min read
1ST SIGNS OF SPRING 2020
Last weekend on a bright sunny cool morning I went harvesting native wild leeks (some 2,000 sqft!) at the back of our wooded property as...
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Tom Cavan
May 4, 20204 min read
SPRING PRUNING
Canadian gardeners for the most part are a very resilient bunch. Couped up all winter staring at the drifts of snow and the rabbit tracks...
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Tom Cavan
Apr 9, 20203 min read
PRUNING THE EXCEPTIONS TO THE RULES : plants reveal the truth
So as I recommended in the 1st pruning blog was remove dead wood, weak and inside crossing branches and you are done basic pruning...
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Tom Cavan
Mar 31, 20204 min read
PRUNING PROTCOL As I have matured and evovled as both plantsman and a Landscape Designer...........
Of all that I have learned and passed on to my clients, nothing has been more important than telling people how to prune woody plants....
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Tom Cavan
Mar 6, 20203 min read
TAKE A WALK ON THE WILD SIDE
Biomicry: designs that mimic, replicate, mirror imagine nature with outdoor design principles and sustainable landscapes. Biophilic:...
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Tom Cavan
Feb 3, 20203 min read
JUST ADD WATER
Is there any element you can add to your landscape more tranquil, more captivating then the element: water? ......., sound, motion,...
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Tom Cavan
Jan 5, 20205 min read
IN THE BEGINING: A BRIEF HISTORY OF MY EDUCATION
In 1970 my father opened a garden centre beside his successful fruit market, I was 15 years old, strong and determined to be a...
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Tom Cavan
Jan 3, 20203 min read
THE NEXT CHAPTER: 2020 START OF A NEW DECADE
As I look forward to another year and the begining of a new decade I find myself looking back over the past year and the past decade(s)...
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Tom Cavan
Dec 30, 20193 min read
THE ART OF ILLUSION WITH FUNCTION
All too many times I see properties with walkways and driveways having modular pavers as the surface application. And all too many times...
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Tom Cavan
Aug 19, 20193 min read
WEATHER WARNINGS 2020
I am sitting down to write another blog its December 30 2019 and I look out the window and I see green grass, puddles of water everywhere...
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Tom Cavan
Aug 19, 20192 min read
BEST MADE PLANS: HIRE A PROFESSIONAL
I have met many people from very diverse backgrounds during my lifetime (horticultural storied history of 50+ years too follow)...
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Tom Cavan
Aug 19, 20192 min read
LANDSCAPE INFLUENCERS
When I first began designing landscapes clients would come to me with magazines and photo's of their property now they email me idea...
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