Summer is not so far away

Summer is just around the corner and I, for one, can't wait to spend lazy hours sitting in my back garden sipping some wine and chatting with friends.

I've been getting a lot of lovely comments on my backyard (from an earlier post called Small Space Oasis). Although I would love to accept all the compliments, I feel it's only fair to point out that one of the four photos in the earlier post was my backyard, but the rest are other neighbour's.

Our backyard is our sanctuary. We had a patio installed with a hard top gazebo. Along the back wall we put up a privacy fence which allows for a clematis to grow. On the wall beside the door we've put up a fountain which really does limit the amount of noise from the Don Valley. Every year we do something a little different. Drop around sometime to say hi.

The patio was installed by:
Landscaper/patio stones/drivesways
Neale Nicholes
C: 416-886-2578
W: 416-688-2578
Neale also errected the gazebo.

The second backyard is from neighbours Sid and Chris on Green Belt Drive. They also have a hard top gazebo on a cement patio with oodles of flowering plants.

The third patio is Kim Fraser's from Humphrey Gate. Now instead of a large patio, Kim has chosen to create a shaded retreat surrounded by annual plantings of hostas and trees. The perfect place for two to toast the setting summer sun.


There are many more gardens in our little part of Don Mills, post your pictures and share your private space.