GARDEN MAVENS: Emily Bi + Dennis Zhang Ginkgo Footprints Annan, Ontario / Zone 5B This past Saturday May 30th, 2026 a group of artists (myself included!) gathered at Ginkgo Footprints, the extraordinary garden created by GARDEN MAVENS Emily Bi and her husband, Dennis Zhang over the past 17 years. Nestled on the outskirts of Owen Sound, Ginkgo Footprints has been evolving since 2009 into what can only be described as a living work of art - a place where horticulture, wildlife

It was the Summer of Gardening Hell. Nothing I attempted, did well. Most of the seeds I scattered, you know those easy peasy Cosmos, died. Again. The condo board decided to chop a bunch of trees down and in an afternoon I went from having a dappled shade garden with a bit of sun at the front to blazing sun everywhere. Away went the hostas, back to the Collingwood Garden Club / Horticultural Society for next year's plant sale. All of the vegetables I planted in the vegeta