The front of the house is well bordered by flowers.
Beautiful Gardens
H
Margie and Donnie McAlear Matawatchan, Ontario Story and photos by Shauna Dobbie
72 • 2022
Issue 2
e erects an outbuilding, she puts a window box on it, and together they make their lives just a little more beautiful than it already was. Margie and Donnie McAlear have been living on and in and with this 100-acre property well north of Kingston since 2009, though it looks like it has been there forever. Donnie grew up on a farm in St. Andrews West in Eastern Ontario while Margie grew up in Toronto, but with parents who always gardened. She didn’t really have an opinion on it either way but found as an adult that she felt most herself localgardener.net
