Senga's Blog

Eco-chic Outdoor Living & Exterior Design

"HOME OF THE GARDENING GOURMETS"

My gardens, my passion and I will show it how it easy it is for you to live an eco-chic and sustainable lifestyle in your own backyard... you can grow it and eat it too!"

Senga Lindsay, Senga Landscape Architecture Inc.

Using my personal garden we will show you how you can create beautiful outdoor spaces for entertaining that can provide an abundance of food from my edible green roof, bee hives, egg laying 'chooks' and recipes on how to prepare it for my guests in my award winning gardens and outdoor spaces..

For more tips check out my other blog at Gardenwise Magazine & my designer article series.

Also check out my Youtube Channel for ongoing video demonstrations of all things edible

2010 Blog Posts

Showing 1 through 10 of 127 posts.

10-12-27 Senga's Vlog - How Do You Design a Japanese Garden - go to Monaco?

Senga takes you to one of the most glamourous places in the world - the French Riveria and home of the small country of Monaco. Here we stumbled onto an authentically recreated Japanese Garden [more]

10-12-19 Senga's Vlog - How Do You Harvest Cabbage?

It is now December in North Vancouver and snow has come and gone. We still have some edibles to harvest on the edible green roof. The purple cabbage is still growing form seedlings and we have some heads that ready to be harvest. [more]

10-12-11 Senga's Vlog - What Vegetables Can you Grow in Winter?

December in vancouver and here I am checking out what is still growing on my edible green roof. See what vegetables you can still grow in your own garden with cool season or winter crops such as cauliflower, broccoli, cabbage, and even carrots. Watch my vlog. [more]

10-12-03 - Senga's Vlog - How to Harvest Celery?

As the winter days of Vancouver loom near - Senga shows you how to harvest Celery on her edible green roof. We grew a classic non blanching variety call 'Green Utah' from seed earlier this spring.Watch my vlog. [more]

10-11-29 Senga's Vlog - How Do You Design a Japanese Garden?

Senga takes you on a visit to a Japanese garden - in New Zealand. Last December we visited the Hamilton Botanical Gardens and were delighted to find a series of gardens - each room devoted to a landscape style in history. [more]

10-10-20 Senga's Vlog - How Do You Design a Potager Garden - Go to France!

Last September my husband and I went to Provence. What couldn't be better than travelling through the countryside, eating French cuisine and sipping wine from local vineyards?Well the answer was a visit to a Potager Garden , designed, maintained and harvested by a French winery with its own restaurant. [more]

10-11-13 Senga's Vlog - How Do you Winterize Your Bee Hives?

We are now in the wet, cold winter. My first attempt to overwinter my bees from New Zealand that I hived earlier this spring. [more]

Nov. 7/10 Senga's Vlog - Why Does Your Bok Choy Bolt?

Althought it is November and long past the heat of the summer - here is my last in the summer series of vlogs. Handy advice to remember for next year. [more]

Oct. 31/10 Senga's Vlog - Edible Plants You Can Grow in Containers

Senga shows you simple edible plants you can use in your own containers which are beautiful and you can eat too! [more]

Oct. 23/10 Senga's Vlog - How to create a strawberry planter

To inspire you and get you thinking about the new season here are some tips on how to create a colourful strawberry planter for hanging in your garden or as a centre piece for your outdoor dining table.This planter will come back year after year and provide you with lots of juicy berries for you table. Watch my blog. [more]