The Prairie garden 2024 : Western Canada's only gardening annual

"At the end of August, there was a day when I was watching a tiny hummingbird flit round the patio trellis, looking for the nectar from the red mandevilla cascading from its planter high on the trellis wall. The hummingbird can be considered symbolic of our Prairie summer: beautiful in the sun, as delicate as some of our summer flowers, and most of all, a fleeting presence. In addition to those beautiful brief summers, we must also contend with l...