Whether you have shady patches or garden all in shade, Helen Battersby helps you cope with the shade garden’s particular problems as well as understand its opportunities. We’ll cover garden design principles for your shade garden (they work in sunny gardens, too!). Armed with ideas for both shade-friendly plants and design strategies, you’ll learn how to persevere and discover creative ways to make a beautiful shade garden. Please come and join a friendly group of amateur gardeners interested in learning more about all aspects of gardening.

For 30 years in her small city garden, Helen battled one of a gardener’s toughest challenges – dry shade, on sandy, sandy soil under giant Norway maples. She hopes to help you learn from her long experience. A grad of the Landscape Design program at Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson), she has volunteered for 20 years as a Toronto Master Gardener, and is a past board member of GardenComm, the International Association for Garden Comm