The Forbidden Fruit Wasn’t Always an Apple!
What would our ancestors say if they saw us today, hunched over our seed catalogs, dreaming of our future gardenContinue Reading
Author: Audrey Martel
Audrey Martel is a biologist who graduated from the University of Montreal. After more than ten years in the field of scientific animation, notably for Parks Canada and the Granby Zoo, she joined Nature Conservancy of Canada to take up new challenges in scientific writing. She then moved into marketing and joined Leo Studio. Full of life and always up for a giggle, or the discovery of a new edible plant, she never abandoned her love for nature and writes articles for both Nature sauvage and the Laidback Gardener.
Styrofoam As A Drainage Layer: Useful Or Dangerous?
Stéphanie wrote to me a few weeks ago to ask whether it was dangerous to put Styrofoam in the bottomContinue Reading
The Not-so-sleepy Life Under The Snow
A still, quiet winter morning. Everything is asleep, on pause. I wish I could accompany this article with the smellContinue Reading
The Gardener and El Niño
Back with you in February after a short break. Did you get bored? I was! I’ve gone ahead and concoctedContinue Reading
Plants to Keep You Warm
Already my last article of the year! How quickly it went by! I wanted to finish with a useful articleContinue Reading
Holiday Legend: The Christmas Cactus
It’s getting cold, isn’t it? I’ve come to warm you up with my legend of the day, as I’m takingContinue Reading
Christmas Legend: Mistletoe and the Fir Tree
To continue our plant-based storytelling, I’ve got a new story for you. And for you, I’ll stop at nothing: inContinue Reading
Christmas Legend: The Poinsettia
December already! Do you know what that means? It’s time to buy me a gift! I accept cars, trips andContinue Reading
The World of the Infinitely Small: Life on Plants
Did you know that everywhere in the world, on practically every surface, there is life? Even if you can’t seeContinue Reading
The Dangers of… Light?
In winter, let’s face it: when it’s pitch-dark at 5 p.m., it’s comforting to turn on all the lights inContinue Reading