Michael Rose Gardens is a female-founded company specializing in the beautiful art of garden and landscape design. We are dedicated to an exceptional level of detail and thought from creating stunning gardens, to managing their health and beauty. We prioritize native plants and sustainable materials in our garden-making practice.

Our studio is located among the rolling hills of Northumberland County, Ontario.

Our Services

Garden
Design

Consultations, Public Speaking, Writing, Workshops

Garden Management and Curation

Testimonials

Valerie Hussey - Prince Edward County

“Michael Rose worked with me over several seasons. She was responsible for designing and executing a cutting garden, that meant the house was always filled with beautiful flowers. She also tended the garden’s throughout the property and managed the lawn crew who came weekly. Michael is meticulous, knowledgeable, and passionate about every aspect of gardens. Her background as an arborist means that shrubs and small trees will be carefully tended. It doesn’t hurt that she’s a lovely person and a delight to have as an essential part of a gorgeous garden.”

Sarah Crawford - East Lake Farm - Prince Edward County

“Michael is a highly skilled gardener bringing a natural and artistic aesthetic to her work. She works with great care, knowledge and sensitivity, choosing and nurturing the right plants, greatly enhancing the unique beauty of a place through all seasons. I also appreciate the calm, positive and professional energy she brings to the garden.”

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About Michael-Rose

Michael-Rose McCall (she/her) holds an BA in Art History from the University of Toronto and a diploma in Urban Arboriculture from Humber College. Over the past twelve years, her journey has come full circle, and she is now a self-taught garden designer working in both rural and urban areas. Michael is a Master Gardener and has also completed courses in Landscape Design for Climate Resilience at Toronto Metropolitan University. She has made appearances on CBC Radio, where she discusses various seasonal gardening topics.

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/BULBS 4EVA/ . It’s a spring garden folks. We have tons of Narcissus, Muscari, and Frittilaria here. All are grown in the more formal garden beds as well as naturalized in the lawn and along the edges. . Also pictured are two giant rhubarb pla
This rain day I learned a new skill by attending the Peony Crown workshop at The Branch Ranch with @madametwig3, a lovely group of local folks, and Sheila the calico cat. . I’m looking forward to making more of these willow branch structures to
/ SPRING THING / . Every year we do a limited number of spring planters. It’s an early Easter weekend this year, so we started installs today! We have a couple pockets left to get yours in before the holiday. The daffodils will be blooming righ
/POCKET GARDEN/ . A little bit of earth and a few packets of seeds. We made a non-grid cutting garden for a beloved South Bay client a few years ago with locally sourced seed and patience. Rows and rows of tulips followed by Peonies, then Celosia, Sn
/ REDBUD / . Soon we will be seeing the frothy pink/purple flowers of the Eastern Redbud (Cercis canadensis). It is one of the earlier spring flowering shrubs and has lovely bright and clean green-blue foliage that turns gorgeous gold in fall. Heart-
/ BY HAND / . Over here we are taking advantage of every beautiful, sunny winter day by working outside amongst the pines. This is a good time of year to clean and sharpen hand tools (if you are like me and don’t do this task right at the end o
/ WITCH ALDER / . is one of the common names for Fothergilla gardenii; a most magical shrub. This particular one is a smaller compact variety growing to no higher or wider than 3 feet. . This shrub was familiar to me, but I fell in love with it last
/ ROOTS / . I have some exciting news to share over here from Michael Rose Gardens. Every winter, I return to my home base of Northumberland County to enjoy the countryside while planning the next season. I’ve never been afraid to try new thing
| TOUSLED | A few weeks ago I spoke to Mary Ito in studio on CBC’s Here and Now about modifying your fall clean up, leaving the leaves and in general shifting the dominant mindset of tidiness and cleanliness in our landscape, to less need for
| SHIFT | As the seasons change and the busy work season winds down, I’m tying up projects and reflecting on a year of garden-making. . Quite a few plant-forward perennial/pollinator gardens were installed this season. It feels like a true ac

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