Photographs of monarch, eastern yellow tiger swallowtail, spicebush swallowtail, eastern tailed blue, purple spotted swallowtail, great spangled fritillary, and black swallowtail butterflies. These... More > photos are used to create a new 2011 wall calendar. This calendar makes an excellent gift for those that love butterflies, flowers and gardens.< Less
Our 2014 garden calendar features coneflower, spiderwort, mums, hosta, sunflower and more. The title is inspired by the image of two Black-Eyed Susan flowers that seem to be trying to walk down the... More > path.< Less
“In both The Walled Garden and In Search of the Perfect Lawn there is the rectangle – a yard, a garden, a lawn. The rectangle is the shape of the page. The page is where the cultivation... More > of ideas takes shape, where the rows of sprigs and fronds that speak these ideas are set. Writing is a form of gardening, a form of cosmic exploration. A working of the two shapes. And for Dean it is a spiritual pursuit at the same time.” —Steven Ross Smith, PARAGRAPH, The Canadian Fiction Review, (No. 25, 1998/99).< Less
“In both The Walled Garden and In Search of the Perfect Lawn there is the rectangle – a yard, a garden, a lawn. The rectangle is the shape of the page. The page is where the cultivation... More > of ideas takes shape, where the rows of sprigs and fronds that speak these ideas are set. Writing is a form of gardening, a form of cosmic exploration. A working of the two shapes. And for Dean it is a spiritual pursuit at the same time.”—Steven Ross Smith, PARAGRAPH, The Canadian Fiction Review, (No. 25, 1998/99).
About In Search Of The Perfect Lawn:
“The point, I think, about Dean’s games is that they become more serious than most people’s seriousness ...”—Ken Adachi, The Toronto Star.
About The Walled Garden:
“With a mock scholarship whose irony often negates itself by mocking its own mockery ...” “Dean raises the issues of postmodern art in a most postmodern manner ...” “A unique work in Canadian fiction ...”—T.L. Craig, University of Toronto Quarterly, (Vol. 64, No. 1, Winter 1984).< Less
Her name is Bear. She is happy here in the Indian village she has chosen to call home even though to look at her you would see that she has white skin. At 15, she is the mate of Bright Feather and... More > the people of The Maple Forest are her family. All she loves and holds dear are in this special garden walled around. This is the story of a captive white girl named Elle Graves who transforms into a powerful Indian woman, wife, and mother. The book encompasses a period in the 19th century during which the Cherokee achieved great success. However, dark struggles are looming, threatening all the things that she treasures. The greatest of all threats comes from the white world, a place that Bear was born into but chooses to reject. Worst of all, could her precious garden walled around be in greater danger simply because of the choices she has made to stay. Bear discovers, the hardest of choices that anyone must make has to do with those you love.< Less
She is Bear, the mate of Bright Feather. She has matured from a frightened, captive, white girl to a wife, mother, and perhaps most importantly, Powerful Indian Woman. She is eighteen years old. ... More > Wrapped within the historical facts of the Cherokee Nation during the early 19th century, we watch The Nation struggle inside and outside its borders. During this period, Andrew Jackson becomes president and under this presidency we see their forced migration to land west of the Mississippi and the tragic Trail of Tears in 1839. We see deprivation and deception, broken promises and sorrow. But we also see determination, hope, faith and honesty. As the white world presses in on Bear's precious garden walled around and all those she holds dear, she must fight to be able to call herself a survivor. For her ability to walk in both the white and the red world might be the best weapon they have to save them all.< Less
For those who love gardens, the Butchart Gardens in Victoria, B.C., on Vancouver Island, Canada , is one of the grand not-to-be-missed places in the world. These magnificent masses of flowering... More > plants will make you grateful to be alive. Created in the early 20th century by Jennie Butchart in the former quarry near the family home she shared with her husband Robert, the gardens have long been a jewel in Western Canada. Best of all, the one million plants in more than 700 varieties offer uninterrupted blooms from March through October. Buchart Gardens 2010 Calendar will allow you to "visit" this beautiful place.< Less
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