Archive - Café Botanica

Japanese paper pot planters

And other simple ingenuities from Kingfisher Farm

Jun 18 •

May 2025

Camas, Scotch broom, other displaced relatives

The angst over word choice with plants

May 28 •

Rebels with a Vase

Sustainable floristry, plus banned words, poetry and porpoises, life-sized cardboard puppets, and other wonderment .

May 8 •

April 2025

Your Garden Without You

The afterlife of a garden.

Apr 22 •

In a Relish Garden

Classy, creative, and climate friendly. With yarn, too.

Apr 10 •

March 2025

Flirty Pinks of Spring

Amid the mud and endless rain, signs that spring might just be here.

Mar 23 •

Reading the (Garden) Room

Still getting to know this space after 30 years.

Mar 14 •

Canadian Seed Sources

Seeds of resistance

Mar 2 •

February 2025

Welcome to Café Botanica

Gardening, wandering, and admiring all things botanical with a big dollop of giving a shit about the planet.

Feb 28 •

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