Canada's Local Gardener Volume 2 Issue 1

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One of the things that makes Roy’s gardens so spectacular is the borrowed scenery of beautiful New Brunswick.

Beautiful Gardens Roy Morris

Upper Golden Grove, New Brunswick Story by Shauna Dobbie, Photos by Roy Morris 56 • 2020

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“T

he way I look at things is, you can’t go wrong with green and beauty. So, I try to make the world a prettier place,” says Roy Morris. He’s on the phone, reflecting on the gardens he’s worked on in his 75 years. That would be gardens at the three houses he’s lived plus those of people he’s helped; he figures he’s put in over 100 ponds. Roy started gardening when he bought his first house. He put some plants in, and a new passion was born. Over the years, he started landscaping for others on his days off; he worked in quality control at Irving Paper. “Every time I would tackle a project for somebody, it localgardener.net


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