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<p>Lego Ideas photo</p> <p>A fan-inspired creation, Botanical Garden is the latest addition to the Lego Ideas collection.</p>

How Lego’s garden grows

Colleen Zacharias
November 30

Renovation & Design

<p>Marc LaBossiere / Free Press</p> <p>The balcony introduced in 2017 provides easier roof access using a much shorter ladder.</p>

Sealed up against the weather

Marc LaBossiere
November 23

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<p>Nicole Bent photo</p> <p>Nicole Bent, president and owner of Shelmerdine Garden Centre, likes to keep her visual surroundings comforting and simple, employing a soft palette mostly utilizing white and neutrals.</p>

Design for holiday warmth

Colleen Zacharias
November 23

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<p>DANA HAMMARSTROM PHOTO</p> <p>Sharing kindness, patience and positivity helps us to grow along with benefitting the environment and our community.</p>

Sweet re-leaf

Colleen Zacharias
November 16

Renovation & Design

<p>Marc LaBossiere / Free Press</p> <p>The lower stair at the same elevation as the inside of the tub allows traditional access, while the inset secondary stair will be accompanied by strategically placed grab bars for stable entry and exit.</p>

Elevated solution

Marc LaBossiere
November 16

Renovation & Design

<p>MARC LABOSSIERE / FREE PRESS</p> <p>Work in the 20th-floor condo bathroom requires sub-trades to complete tasks to satisfy multiple commercial permits.</p>

Saluting the sub-trades

Marc LaBossiere
November 9

Renovation & Design

<p>Wikimedia Commons</p> <p>Asclepias ovalifolia is a dwarf milkweed native to Manitoba measuring in at 30-46 centimetres tall.</p>

And the winner is…

Colleen Zacharias
November 9

Renovation & Design

<p>Photos by Marc LaBossiere / Free Press</p> <p>To tackle the second-floor windows, scaffolding is positioned just below the window location to ease removal of the old and insertion of the new.</p>

Clearly, one big decision

Marc LaBossiere
November 2

Renovation & Design

<p>Ball Horticultural Company photo</p> <p>A whole lotta fun: MiniFamous Uno Funtopia Pink from Selecta One is new for 2025.</p>

Annual standouts

Colleen Zacharias
November 2

Renovation & Design

<p>photos by Andrew Gierys photo</p> <p>Andrew Gierys, of the Manitoba Carnivorous Plant Addicts group, with Sheena Buckner at the St. Vital Agricultural Society fair this past August.</p>

Predator plants

Colleen Zacharias
October 26

Renovation & Design

<p>photos by Marc LaBossiere / Free Press</p> <p>In lieu of a ceiling application, the bathroom exhaust fan is mounted vertically along the top of the wall adjacent the utility room, to allow proper venting.</p>

Proper exhaust an absolute must

Marc LaBossiere
October 26

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