David Warbuton’s landscape gardening company “Plantsmen” is located in Hockley Valley, 1 hour NW of Toronto. The company is a full service gardening business, providing consulting, design, installation and maintenance. The company specializes in large multi-faceted properties.

Installations often include:

* Orchards
* Vegetable Gardens
* Pond Installations & Plantings
* Wildflowers & Naturalized Areas
* Foundation Plantings
* Herbaceous Borders

Plantsmen gardens are country in feel, and essentially hand made, dry laid natural stone walls and walks, cedar rounds and woven willow for structures and furniture. Unlike most current garden design, Plantsmen gardens are designed around the plants with paving and structures playing a supporting role.

Working alongside David is his business associate Barbara Guy Long. Barbara is a Willow Wattle Artist who has also worked with other landscape architects to create wattle weaving, cedar and willow structures in several Ontario gardens. Barbara can be reached at 519-836-6758 or via e-mail at barbaral@golden.net.

Together David and Barbara have started “The School of Traditional Knowledge and Skills”. The school is dedicated to the revival of traditional crafts like:

* Gardening
* Willow Weaving
* Canoe Making
* Book Binding
* Bee Keeping
* Hand Embroidery

...and much more!

For a complete up-to-date list of the ongoing classes offered, please call or e-mail the school at skillschool@www.com.

For all your landscape design needs along with personable high quality service and workmanship you’ll be glad to recommend, please call David locally at 519-942-4129 or toll free 1-888-860-6065.