The deck overlooks the sunken garden and the pond.
Beautiful Gardens
J
onny Faykes doesn’t just have a garden. He is a gardener, through and through. You can tell by the big thinking he applies to his landscape: gardens that burst with exuberant life occupy his gigantic yard from one end to the other. We visited Jonny in 2014 when he lived in Winnipeg on an 80- by 150-foot lot. “My garden is full of plants that came from family, friends and strangers,” Jonny told us when we wrote about his city garden. Mentored by his grandmother, he said he started collecting plants
Jonny Faykes
St. Andrew’s, Manitoba Story and photos by Dorothy Dobbie 60 • 2022
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