Martha Uniacke Breen

Toronto

Writer and Editor and Content Manager, CHAT Integrated Media at Freelance

Articles

The City Gardener: TLC for spring bulbs

1 week ago | thesudburystar.com | Martha Uniacke Breen

Spring flowering bulbs need very little, but a bit of TLC now will reap rewards next year. Article contentTulips, daffodils and other spring bulbs ask very little in return for the pleasure they giveAdvertisement 2This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Article contentArticle contentRecommended VideosWe apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, ortap here to see other videos from our team.
The City Gardener: TLC for spring bulbs

1 week ago | torontosun.com | Martha Uniacke Breen

Few garden plants are better suited to city gardens than flowering bulbs. Every spring, public parks everywhere turn into gaudy strips and squares of bright white, red, pink and yellow, and many private gardens put on their best show of the year. Beautiful as they are, bulbs are pretty much the easiest of all plants to grow, asking almost nothing from you but to be left alone to do their thing every spring. But if you want to help your bulbs go forth and multiply year after year, here’s what to do.
Home design: Bright ideas for 2025

1 week ago | nationalpost.com | Martha Uniacke Breen

Reviews and recommendations are unbiased and products are independently selected. Postmedia may earn an affiliate commission from purchases made through links on this page. Article contentThe 26th annual Interior Design Show returned in late January to the 180,000-square-foot North Building of the Metro Toronto Convention Centre.
Design trends: Soft power

1 week ago | nationalpost.com | Martha Uniacke Breen

Skip to ContentAdvertisement 1Reviews and recommendations are unbiased and products are independently selected. Postmedia may earn an affiliate commission from purchases made through links on this page. Article contentWhen Toronto designer Aman Than’s youngest daughter headed off to university, she and her husband, Johnny, decided to embark on a long-planned refresh. The updated design of their Brampton-area home proves that rooms don’t need colour to have character and interest.
The City Gardener: Clematis, queen of the garden

2 weeks ago | ottawacitizen.com | Martha Uniacke Breen |Paul Welch

Reviews and recommendations are unbiased and products are independently selected. Postmedia may earn an affiliate commission from purchases made through links on this page. Article contentMy friend Sharyn is a passionate gardener who lives, and gardens, in the Rouge Valley. By her own admission, Sharyn is a clematis queen –she has some twelve different varieties in her wonderful cottage-style garden.
Clematis: Queen of the garden

1 month ago | torontosun.com | Martha Uniacke Breen

My friend Sharyn is a passionate gardener who lives, and gardens, in the Rouge Valley. By her own admission, Sharyn is a clematis queen – she has some twelve different varieties in her wonderful cottage-style garden. She planted her first one, a sturdy little ‘Jackmanii’, by the front porch fourteen years ago, and it’s still growing strong, topping out today at close to 16 feet. Altogether, her collection makes a spectacular display from early June almost till fall.
The city gardener: For instant colour, just add annuals

1 month ago | ottawacitizen.com | Martha Uniacke Breen

Advertisement 1Reviews and recommendations are unbiased and products are independently selected. Postmedia may earn an affiliate commission from purchases made through links on this page. Article contentAt the risk of sounding immodest, springtime is when my garden looks its very best (partly due to years of over-ordering from the Breck’s bulb catalogue, and planting way too many bulbs each fall).
Homes: Old house, new tricks

1 month ago | nationalpost.com | Martha Uniacke Breen

Reviews and recommendations are unbiased and products are independently selected. Postmedia may earn an affiliate commission from purchases made through links on this page. Article contentThis midtown renovation by Barbora Vokac Taylor of BVT Architect was completely transformed inside and out. But the success of the project, built by Derek Nicholson Inc., lies in the way Vokac Taylor and her team preserved its relaxed, welcoming family feeling.
All the best, for Mom's big day

1 month ago | torontosun.com | Martha Uniacke Breen

A fancy brunch (or breakfast in bed), jewellery, a dozen roses – all of these are a much-appreciated way to thank Mom for all she does. But why not look past the same old gifts that a million other mums are getting next Sunday, and give her something that shows you truly care about her and what makes her special? From beautifully made cookware, to a to-die-for tote, to the coziest slippers she’ll ever wear, we’ve got ideas tailor-made for the most special woman in your life.
City gardener: Perfect pruning, for perennial perfection

1 month ago | ottawacitizen.com | Martha Uniacke Breen

Reviews and recommendations are unbiased and products are independently selected. Postmedia may earn an affiliate commission from purchases made through links on this page. Article contentI read somewhere (probably in one of those bracing, old-fashioned English gardening books) that the best time to prune is when your secateurs are sharp. In other words, you can prune just about any time of year that your garden is actively growing.