Janet Melrose is a garden educator and consultant, and an advocate for Calgary’s Sustainable Local Food System. She is a life-long gardener and holds a Prairie Horticulture Certificate and Home Farm Horticultural Therapy Certificate. She has a passion for Horticultural Therapy and facilitates numerous programs designed to integrate people marginalized by various disabilities into the larger community. She is a regular contributor to The Gardener for Canadian Climates magazine. She lives in Calgary where she runs her education and consulting company, Calgary’s Cottage Gardener.Sheryl Normandeau is the co-author of the Guides for the Prairie Gardener series and author of The Little Prairie Book of Berries. A life-long gardener, she holds a Prairie Horticulture Certificate and a Sustainable Urban Agriculture Certificate and is a freelance writer specializing in gardening writing with hundreds of articles published. She is a regular contributor to The Gardener for Canadian Climates, The Prairie Garden Annual, Herb Quarterly, and many more. She lives in Calgary.

• IntroductionChapter One: The Trees, Shrubs, and Perennials of the SeasonThe Yule LogOak TreeBirchThe Glastonbury ThornHolly and the IvyMistletoeChristmas Rose WintergreenChapter Two: Bringing in the Greens: Decorating the HomeThe Christmas TreeThe Christmas Trees of North AmericaBalsam FirConcolor FirDouglas FirFraser FirGrand FirScot's PineChristmas Tree How-TosThe Greens We Use WreathsGarlandOutdoor ArrangementsIndoor ArrangementsChapter Three: Houseplants to Celebrate the SeasonThe PlantsHouseplant ArrangementsChapter Four: The Sweet and Savoury Smells of the SeasonPlants with FlavourTraditional Staples and Treats of the SeasonRecipe: Janet's Favourite Recipe for a Simple Mulled WineRecipe: Janet's Cranberry SauceRecipe: Janet's Traditional English Stuffing Conclusion: And a Partridge in a Pear Tree

Janet Melrose is a garden educator and consultant, and an advocate for Calgary’s Sustainable Local Food System. She is a life-long gardener and holds a Prairie Horticulture Certificate and Home Farm Horticultural Therapy Certificate. She has a passion for Horticultural Therapy and facilitates numerous programs designed to integrate people marginalized by various disabilities into the larger community. She is a regular contributor to The Gardener for Canadian Climates magazine. She lives in Calgary where she runs her education and consulting company, Calgary’s Cottage Gardener.Sheryl Normandeau is the co-author of the Guides for the Prairie Gardener series and author of The Little Prairie Book of Berries. A life-long gardener, she holds a Prairie Horticulture Certificate and a Sustainable Urban Agriculture Certificate and is a freelance writer specializing in gardening writing with hundreds of articles published. She is a regular contributor to The Gardener for Canadian Climates, The Prairie Garden Annual, Herb Quarterly, and many more. She lives in Calgary.

• IntroductionChapter One: The Trees, Shrubs, and Perennials of the SeasonThe Yule LogOak TreeBirchThe Glastonbury ThornHolly and the IvyMistletoeChristmas Rose WintergreenChapter Two: Bringing in the Greens: Decorating the HomeThe Christmas TreeThe Christmas Trees of North AmericaBalsam FirConcolor FirDouglas FirFraser FirGrand FirScot's PineChristmas Tree How-TosThe Greens We Use WreathsGarlandOutdoor ArrangementsIndoor ArrangementsChapter Three: Houseplants to Celebrate the SeasonThe PlantsHouseplant ArrangementsChapter Four: The Sweet and Savoury Smells of the SeasonPlants with FlavourTraditional Staples and Treats of the SeasonRecipe: Janet's Favourite Recipe for a Simple Mulled WineRecipe: Janet's Cranberry SauceRecipe: Janet's Traditional English Stuffing Conclusion: And a Partridge in a Pear Tree

Janet Melrose is a garden educator and consultant, and an advocate for Calgary’s Sustainable Local Food System. She is a life-long gardener and holds a Prairie Horticulture Certificate and Home Farm Horticultural Therapy Certificate. She has a passion for Horticultural Therapy and facilitates numerous programs designed to integrate people marginalized by various disabilities into the larger community. She is a regular contributor to The Gardener for Canadian Climates magazine. She lives in Calgary where she runs her education and consulting company, Calgary’s Cottage Gardener.Sheryl Normandeau is the co-author of the Guides for the Prairie Gardener series and author of The Little Prairie Book of Berries. A life-long gardener, she holds a Prairie Horticulture Certificate and a Sustainable Urban Agriculture Certificate and is a freelance writer specializing in gardening writing with hundreds of articles published. She is a regular contributor to The Gardener for Canadian Climates, The Prairie Garden Annual, Herb Quarterly, and many more. She lives in Calgary.

• IntroductionChapter One: The Trees, Shrubs, and Perennials of the SeasonThe Yule LogOak TreeBirchThe Glastonbury ThornHolly and the IvyMistletoeChristmas Rose WintergreenChapter Two: Bringing in the Greens: Decorating the HomeThe Christmas TreeThe Christmas Trees of North AmericaBalsam FirConcolor FirDouglas FirFraser FirGrand FirScot's PineChristmas Tree How-TosThe Greens We Use WreathsGarlandOutdoor ArrangementsIndoor ArrangementsChapter Three: Houseplants to Celebrate the SeasonThe PlantsHouseplant ArrangementsChapter Four: The Sweet and Savoury Smells of the SeasonPlants with FlavourTraditional Staples and Treats of the SeasonRecipe: Janet's Favourite Recipe for a Simple Mulled WineRecipe: Janet's Cranberry SauceRecipe: Janet's Traditional English Stuffing Conclusion: And a Partridge in a Pear Tree