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The Humane Gardener: Nurturing a Backyard Habitat For Wildlife

Nancy Lawson’s love affair with the natural world and all its inhabitants big and small, is on display in The Humane Gardener: Nurturing a Backyard Habitat For Wildlife. It’s a book every gardener needs to have in their library and a message of respect and compassion the entire world needs to hear.

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Native Plants find a home on Vancouver Island

Satinflower Nurseries Native Plants owners Kristen and James Miskelly are reshaping and rewilding the gardens and natural areas around Canada’s beautiful city of Victoria on Vancouver Island. The couple is bringing their expertise of native plants to gardeners, and large commericial clients and restoring the natural habitat of the Saanich area.

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Toronto couple behind Q&A Design create the ultimate Bird Feeder

The Ultimate Bird Feeder has its roots in France but it’s definitely a made-in-Canada masterpiece. With its copper roof and western red cedar body, the exquisite feeder is the work of French architects and designers Coraline Allard and Pierre Quesnel from QnA Design. The couple are offering a special discount to readers who sign up for the Ferns and Feathers Woodland Garden newsletter.

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