Sunnybrook Gardens Ltd Blog — Gardening

June was here and gone in a whirlwind of garden work... moving daylily plants from one location to another, getting the new herb and cut flower garden ready and planted, and so on and so on... I was grateful to be able to skip off to the beach for few days of rest and relaxation before coming back home to hit the ground running with peak bloom season for the daylily plants arriving here in Northeast Ohio!  Thankfully my mom has been coming to the rescue as usual helping with dead-heading the daylily plants (no small task as it takes...

This year the Daylily sale garden has been moved over next to the new cut flower and herb garden flower bed. It took A LOT of work, but it's finally done and the plants are looking good!  I had hoped to wait until fall to move them all, but my better half had other plans!  At any rate, the new location is much better and a little more water and they will be looking great and blooming in just a couple weeks!  There are still over a hundred varieties to choose from in all sizes, shapes and colors!  Generously sized,...

Spring Garden Preparation and Seed Starting!   I am always so excited to begin working in the garden again!  Something about the smell of the dirt and the sound of the birds and the bit of sunshine breaking through that is so refreshing!  And that feeling lasts for a while until the reality of how much needs to be done and the pain in my feet and hands and back all remind me that I am both out of shape and getting older!  Still, there is something innately satisfying about gardening... from a lot of compost grows some beautiful things! Our...

A little late for Arbor Day, but still so happy to find our new trees arrived from the Arbor Day Foundation in great shape!  We always love planting more trees each year... our kids who water them do not share our same love for them 😂  We managed to get everyone planted in time for the coming rain too which was a bit of a job since there were over thirty of them! I have always loved our property as we have lots of room to plant so many things!  This years additions included another Saucer Magnolia, a white Paper Birch,...

  While April may be the official start of Spring, May is the month when it usually begins to feel like it! The early spring hyacinth, tulip and daffodil bulbs have faded and given way to Lilacs and Crabapple trees, like this Prairie Rose Crabapple shown in the background of our May cover photo! Every time it blooms with its explosion of fluffy baby pink flowers I think it is my favorite tree we've ever planted! 🌸🌳    While it does have an abundance of unattractive suckers at the base of the tree that grow back time and again in...