Leaside Magical Gardens open at 11 a.m. Saturday

Jean Ko Din reminds us from her article in InsideToronto of the self-guided summer highlight known as the Magical Gardens of Leaside on Saturday. It is a nice little walk to ten residential gardens in the old part of the town and it takes place tomorrow, Saturday, June 21, 2014. As usual you need a $10 passport but they are easily found at the many local merchants who always sell them. Before you start off, pop into Gentry Clothiers in the Sunnybrook Plaza,  Royal LePage, 1391 Bayview Avenue at McRae or the Urban Nature Store in the nice little plaza on Brentcliffe (the number is 939 Eglinton Ave East). Urban Nature has been a Bulldog advertiser for a long time. They carry a lovely selection of garden and outdoor necessities. The hours of the tour are 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. and you will find the gardeners who created locations available to educate you as you go. As Ms. Ko Din reports, there is tri-colour beech tree, a weeping larch, a 30-year-old caragana tree, perennials, peonies, hydrangea, trillium, and over 20 types of roses to be seen.