Canada's Local Gardener Volume 1 Issue 2

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Katrina and Bryan Jackson.

Beautiful Gardens Katrina and Bryan Jackson Graminia, Parkland County, alberta story and photos by dorothy dobbie and shauna dobbie

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hree years ago, this house on a beautiful acreage just a hop from Edmonton, was falling into disrepair. It had been built with loving care by the owners, but they were getting older. Katrina and Bryan Jackson saw the potential and bought it, and in those three years, have transformed it, helped by Bryan’s father, Reed. The borders flow around the side and the back of the house. Lupines have been allowed to proliferate in one corner, their colourful, peashaped spikes proclaiming sovereign-

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