Amazingly, these 5 gardens were side-by-side.
Friday, May 29, 2009
Lower Brunswick Avenue
Between College and Harbord Streets, Brunswick Avenue is a tangle of beautiful (if ramshackle) old Victorian homes. The gentrified places mingle with the rentals, but they all seem to have one thing in common: huge, English gardens:
Amazingly, these 5 gardens were side-by-side.
Amazingly, these 5 gardens were side-by-side.
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I adore English gardens! Mine has the same level of messy-mixture, but without any of the intentionality.
ReplyDeleteI bet it was like being in another country, seeing all that greenery! I love the photos.
ReplyDeleteWow what a lovely hidden space
ReplyDeleteWhat amazingly beautiful and lush gardens... what a lovely neighborhood, darling!
ReplyDeletexoxox,
CC
Ahh--I lived on this street for a summer when I was an undergrad . . .
ReplyDeleteBeautiful places K*
ReplyDeleteHope you'll have a fab weekend
xoxo
Lushness!! I am trying to breath in that green garden scent. Unhappily you don't have the smellavision gadget installed.;-)
ReplyDeleteenglish gardens have the right idea! wild and wooly and gorgeous! this is amazing. i wish i could see the flowers in person (and live amongst them!). :)
ReplyDeletehope you have a great weekend! :)
Sal: I too, love the English garden. Very hard to maintain. Which is why I don't have one!
ReplyDeleteE: Thanks. It is a bit European down on that block...
Wendy and Fashion Dreamer: Merci!
CC: It's a very interesting neighbourhood. Some of it totally gentrified, some of it rather ratty. Very urban, on balance...
Miss C: I remember you telling me that. Is it as you remember it?
Thanks Seeker!
Bel: I was going to install that and then I got sidetracked... Sorry! :-)
droll: Just come to TO and I'll show you around...