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Making a beautiful entrance

Colleen Zacharias
September 28

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<p>Colleen Zacharias / Free Press</p> <p>Large pond boxes filled to the brim with flowering annuals can be re-created at home on a smaller scale.</p>

Art and inspiration in Gardens at Ball

Colleen Zacharias
September 21

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<p>Marc LaBossiere / Free Press</p> <p>Old concrete steps that are no longer level are both a hazard and an eyesore.</p>

Front-step repair creates more welcoming home

Marc LaBossiere
September 21

Renovation & Design

<p>The Purple Berry Orchard</p> <p>Brent Wolfe (far left) and Sheila Wolfe (far right) in their orchard with their children in the fall.</p>

Fresh or frozen?

Colleen Zacharias
September 14

Renovation & Design

<p>Marc LaBossiere / Free Press</p> <p>The hole is prepped to twice the diameter of the tree&rsquo;s root ball, whereby top soil will be packed in to fill the gap.</p>

Joy in a Labour Day maple

Marc Labossiere
September 14

Renovation & Design

<p>Once the deck footprint was prepped with three-quarter down gravel, 2x6 joists are aligned at 16 inches on-centre atop small concrete pads below every joist.</p>

Keeping it on the down-low

Marc LaBossiere
September 7

Renovation & Design

<p>Colleen Zacharias / Free Press</p> <p>Northern Acclaim honey locust with its lacy foliage provides light shade and unique tree diversity.</p>

Inspiring ideas for seasonal colour

Colleen Zacharias
September 7

Renovation & Design

<p>Owen Campbell, left, and Erin Froese, work at FortWhyte Farms and mentor students who grow and harvest produce for the farm&rsquo;s Market. (Colleen Zacharias / Free Press)</p>

Celebrating youth, food and community

Colleen Zacharias
August 31

Renovation & Design

<p>Photos by Marc LaBossiere / Free Press</p> <p>This two-tiered, multi-angled deck was built using treated lumber and complements the pool perfectly.</p>

Behemoth deck built under hot sun

Marc LaBossiere
August 31

Renovation & Design

<p>Alex Schoemaker / Living Creations</p> <p>Groundbreaker hydrangea from Living Creations is a new ground covering Hydrangea paniculata coming soon to the North American market.</p>

New hydrangea varieties coming soon

Colleen Zacharias
August 24

Renovation & Design

<p>The roof shingles, aluminum cladding and vinyl siding colours were chosen to blend with the composite decking and privacy walls.</p>

TINY home away from HOME

Marc LaBossiere
August 24

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