July 23, 2015 Glimpses of Long-Past Summers: Four Vintage Canadian Authors to Explore By Barb Scharf High summer in Canada brings long days of blue skies and sunshine, with blazing hot afternoons and late warm evenings and…
October 16, 2014 The Gardens at Brantwood: Evolution of John Ruskin’s Lakeland Paradise by David Ingram Reviewed by Barb Scharf. “It comes as something of a surprise to most people to consider Ruskin the Gardener. Ruskin has been much written…
October 13, 2014 The Hermit in the Garden: From Imperial Rome to Ornamental Gnome by Gordon Campbell Reviewed by Barb Scharf If you were a member of the English aristocracy residing in Shropshire in the Georgian era, late 1700s to early…
