Welcome to Garden Hill Acres

New!  May 2009

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  Garden Hill Acres is nestled in the  rolling hills of the Ganaraska National Forest near the tiny village of Garden Hill, a beautiful little country place, about 100km (60 miles) east of Toronto.  We are Marguerite and Dave.  Hi!  

We Live to Garden!   We Garden to Live!

 

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 We practice our obsession on 25 acres and our gardens merge together with our neighbour's (June) so nobody is really sure where one starts and the other ends.

  We've had weddings and parties and birthdays and church services and a Big Sister's Garden Tour here, not to mention the 2007 Dry Stone Wall Festival extravaganza.  It's as close to heaven on Earth as we ever hope to get.

  Maybe you would like to visit our garden.  Maybe have your wedding photos done here.  There is no charge.  We are not in business.  We have nothing to sell.  We just love to show off our handiwork to other garden lovers.  Email Marguerite for more information.

 

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  This is a friendly community with three Churches, a General Store, an Old Swimmin' Hole, a Landing Strip and no stoplights.  Gary serves coffee at 7:00am around the pot-bellied stove in the old General Store.  

  Time moves a bit slower here than in the Big City.

  Yes, we even have a "Corner Gas" station.   But we don't much need gasoline to get around here, what with them horses and all...

  Even though we are far from the city and still use crank phones with seven people on one party line and battery packs on the outside wall, we have high-speed internet service, thanks to a wonderful little local company Airnet who provides wireless coverage to our area at speeds that make satellite and cable subscribers green with envy.

  On the following pages  are some pictures of our gardens.  We'll keep adding more, and giving you gardening tips.  

  Marguerite's husband says she could plant a 2x4 and make it grow, and she's always glad to pass on a few of her secrets to any kindred spirit...

 

 


Boys and their toys...
View from the deck, looking south -- on a clear day, you can see Lake Ontario, 18 miles away