Seeking nature
![Backus Woods (Photo by Neil Osborne)](https://www.natureconservancy.ca/assets/images/blog/Property2BackusWoods-Photo2-lbrunato-thumb.jpg)
Backus Woods (Photo by Neil Osborne)
As a Torontonian, my interactions with nature tend to be few due to living downtown. However, Toronto has a few urban nature parks that are just further away and require some planning to get to. This has led me to travel across the city and region...
A "knot" so regular day in the garden
![The back-garden (photo by Luca Brunato)](https://www.natureconservancy.ca/assets/images/blog/backyard05_Lbrunato_thumb.jpg)
The back-garden (photo by Luca Brunato)
Back in late spring of 2020, I went back to my hometown of Niagara-on-the-Lake to help my father with the garden. This is an annual practice where I come over, and we spend the entire day weeding, pruning, shaping and landscaping our garden areas...