My name is Mark Couture from Chatham, Ontario, Canada, and gardening is something I’ve become passionate about over the years. I can say I inherited my green thumb from my grandmother. Watching her at a young age taking care of her flowers and plants seeded interest in me to garden. Since then what an amazing joy it has been to take part in creating beautiful portraits in the landscape. Gardening is a blessing in my life!
Red Asiatic lilies (Lilium hybrid, Asiatic group, Zones 4–9) glowing against a backdrop of green.
Speaking of pollinators, here is one taking a sip from a coneflower bloom.
Have a garden you’d like to share?
Have photos to share? We’d love to see your garden, a particular collection of plants you love, or a wonderful garden you had the chance to visit!
To submit, send 5-10 photos to [email protected] along with some information about the plants in the pictures and where you took the photos. We’d love to hear where you are located, how long you’ve been gardening, successes you are proud of, failures you learned from, hopes for the future, favorite plants, or funny stories from your garden.
If you want to send photos in separate emails to the GPOD email box that is just fine.
Have a mobile phone? Tag your photos on Facebook, Instagram or Twitter with #FineGardening!
You don’t have to be a professional garden photographer – check out our garden photography tips!
Do you receive the GPOD by email yet? Sign up here.
Fine Gardening Recommended Products
Planting in a Post-Wild World: Designing Plant Communities for Resilient Landscapes
Fine Gardening receives a commission for items purchased through links on this site, including Amazon Associates and other affiliate advertising programs.
Buffalo-Style Gardens: Create a Quirky, One-of-a-Kind Private Garden with Eye-Catching Designs
Fine Gardening receives a commission for items purchased through links on this site, including Amazon Associates and other affiliate advertising programs.
RAINPOINT Sprinkler Timer with Brass Swivel
Fine Gardening receives a commission for items purchased through links on this site, including Amazon Associates and other affiliate advertising programs.
- Built-in metal filter gaskets can prevent sediment and other larger particles
- Through the Sprinkler Timer program, you can set the start time, watering duration, and watering frequency
Comments
Hello Mark. Fellow Canadian here from Toronto. Your garden is quite a special one. I thoroughly enjoyed the tour through it. Quite spectacular. Thanks for sharing, you have done an excellent job.
charming and diverse. Especially love the pollinator friendly aspect and the flat rock - giving me ideas
Re: what an amazing joy it has been to take part in creating beautiful portraits in the landscape
I agree! I like the process of planning, observing, and even digging. Then viewing my plants from a variety of angles and noticing what kinds of birds and insects visit.
Mark - I liked looking at your photos and seeing the variety of vibrant colors, birds and butterflies, and the tall vs prostrate plants.
Love your colors and particularly the pics with the birds and butterflies. That combination of the echinacea and rudbeckia with the butterfly was simply perfection. Thank you for taking the time to share with us all.
What a great pic of the goldfinch feasting on seeds.
Oh yes, great photos of the goldfinches feeding on the natural seeds!
And love those tall Phlox too!
Mark, thanks so much for sharing your wonderful pictures of a pollinator friendly garden. And thanks to your grandmother for instilling a love of gardening along with that green thumb!
Hello Mark. Fellow Canadian here from Port Credit (Mississauga). I absolutely love your garden. I love the colours and how natural and unpretentious it is. The photos your took are excellent, especially that top one. Thanks for posting :)
Hi Mark!
Thank you for your photos and the article. I hope my granddaughter feels this way in the next 20-30 years, and after I'm gone. My grandbaby is just one-year-old, and next year, the excitation, happiness, listening, teaching, prayers in the garden, and gentle education of my sweet Laney Jo begins!
I'll be planting that seed!
Beautiful!
Log in or create an account to post a comment.
Sign up Log in