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Projects:
Growing Together in St. James Town
2008 Winner of Toronto's City-wide Garden Contest, Balcony Gardening category
Duncan Mills Housing Co-operative
Toronto's First Edible Container Garden Show
Images:
A downtown Toronto,
north-facing balcony, 7th floor
A West-end Toronto balcony,
north-facing, 22nd floor
A downtown Toronto,
west-facing balcony, 5th floor
A downtown Toronto,
west-facing balcony, 10th floor
A downtown Toronto,
south-facing balcony, 5th floor
A downtown Toronto
shady, 2nd floor balcony
A north Toronto
south-facing balcony, 10th floor
A midtown Toronto
west-facing balcony, 7th floor
A south Etobicoke,
south-facing balcony, 3rd floor
A downtown Toronto,
east-facing balcony, 20th floor
A Toronto 'Beach' Community,
east-facing terrace, 3rd floor
A downtown Toronto,
South/South-west balcony, 24th floor
A north Toronto,
north-facing balcony, 22nd floor
Landscape Ontario award-winners
Articles:
Low-Stress, Hard-Working Annuals for Balcony Gardens
by Louise Warner, a Toronto-based landscape gardener
Summer Squash - A Versatile, Easy-to-Grow Crop for Balcony Containers
by Steven Biggs, a freelance writer, horticulturist, and food lover
Edibles for the Lazy Balcony Gardener
by Krys Klassen, an enthusiastic amateur balcony gardener with twenty years on a southwest facing seventh floor balcony.
Winter Reflections on My Balcony Garden (February 2002)
by Krys Klassen, an enthusiastic amateur balcony gardener with twenty years on a southwest facing seventh floor balcony.
The summer of '04
by Krys Klassen, an enthusiastic amateur balcony gardener with twenty years on a southwest facing seventh floor balcony.
Sound in the Garden
Krys Klassen is an enthusiastic amateur balcony gardener with twenty years on a southwest facing seventh floor balcony.
Herbs on a Balcony
by Krys Klassen, an enthusiastic amateur balcony gardener with twenty years on a southwest facing seventh floor balcony
ME AND MY BALCONY
by Liz E., 4th floor west-facing balcony