Rossland Gardens Amherst Island

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Rossland Gardens is a historic farmstead, gallery, and garden destination on Amherst Island, where Canadian fine craft, gardens, history, and land stewardship come together.

Hooray for Friday Flowers: This week’s pic — *Persicaria orientalis*, Kiss-Me-Over-the-Garden-Gate.A favourite of Thomas...
09/04/2026

Hooray for Friday Flowers: This week’s pic — *Persicaria orientalis*, Kiss-Me-Over-the-Garden-Gate.

A favourite of Thomas Jefferson, Kiss-Me-Over-the-Garden-Gate was once a familiar presence in North American gardens. Its great height, abundant foliage and long, pendulous clusters of rose-pink flowers made it particularly suited to gates, fences and the backs of borders.

It gradually fell out of favour with nurseries because it does not transplant well. In the garden, however, it self-seeds generously and returns wherever conditions suit it.

Our plants began with seeds given to us by Sally Bowen of in 2021. They have returned each year since, choosing their own places around the potager. This season, they are doing precisely what their wonderful old name suggests: growing over the garden gate.

We are open today, 11:00-4:30.

Fresh today at Rossland Gardens.Chocolate Mint Courgette Cake — dark, rich and exceptionally moist, made with Dutch-proc...
09/03/2026

Fresh today at Rossland Gardens.

Chocolate Mint Courgette Cake — dark, rich and exceptionally moist, made with Dutch-process cocoa, courgettes grown here at Rossland Gardens, ground flax and a restrained note of mint.

Each loaf and jumbo muffin is finished with pumpkin seeds, h**p hearts, chia seeds and Demerara sugar for a crisp, caramelized top.

Egg-free and dairy-free.

Today we have 2 loaves and 2 six-packs of jumbo muffins freshly baked and ready for pickup.

After today, they are available made to order with 48 hours’ notice — as a loaf, or six-pack of jumbo muffins..

Open today, Thursday, September 3, 11:00–4:30.

Preorder online for pickup at Rossland Gardens.

Delighted to see the Drum Circle at Rossland Gardens included in South Eastern Ontario’s September roundup—one of more t...
09/03/2026

Delighted to see the Drum Circle at Rossland Gardens included in South Eastern Ontario’s September roundup—one of more than 40 events taking place across the region this month.

Join us on Saturday, September 26, from 4–7 PM on Amherst Island.

Three living ferments from the Rossland Gardens harvest.Fermentation is one of the oldest forms of preservation. Rather ...
09/03/2026

Three living ferments from the Rossland Gardens harvest.

Fermentation is one of the oldest forms of preservation. Rather than relying on vinegar, naturally occurring cultures slowly transform fresh vegetables, creating their characteristic acidity, depth and complexity. Because these ferments are unpasteurized, they retain the live cultures produced during fermentation and must be kept refrigerated.

Our dill and garlic pickles are crisp, savoury and fragrant with garden dill. The fermented purple beans are exceptionally slender French-style beans, harvested young and preserved with garlic and spice. Fermented honey garlic is the rarest of the three: whole cloves mellowed slowly in raw honey until they become tender, sweet, savoury and richly aromatic.

Every jar was prepared by hand in very small quantities from what the garden provided. There are only a few jars of each, and once this harvest is gone, there will be no more this season.

Available shortly for preorder and pickup from the Gallery at Rossland Gardens.
To be notified when our preserves open for preorders, join our Collector's Circle - Link in bio.

Hooray for Friday FlowersGarlic chives have made themselves thoroughly at home at Rossland Gardens.Native to Asia and lo...
08/28/2026

Hooray for Friday Flowers

Garlic chives have made themselves thoroughly at home at Rossland Gardens.

Native to Asia and long cultivated in kitchen gardens, Allium tuberosum has naturalized across the old farmstead, appearing freely through the grass and along the garden edges. By late summer, its flat green leaves send up slender stems topped by loose white stars.

We did not plant this particular colony. It chose its own place beside the pond, where it now grows around a metal heron we bought in Bala about ten years ago, just as our life at Rossland Gardens was beginning.

The flowers are alive with bees and other pollinators—a quiet late-season feast at a time when every bloom matters.

Not native, as we had assumed. Simply very much at home.

FROM THE GARDEN: GARLIC-CHIVE PANCAKES

In Korean cooking, garlic chives are traditionally used to make buchujeon: crisp, savoury pancakes served with a dipping sauce.

* 2 packed cups garlic-chive leaves, cut into 2-inch lengths
* ¾ cup flour
* ¼ cup rice flour or cornstarch
* 1 egg
* Approximately ¾ cup cold water
* ½ teaspoon salt

Whisk the flour, rice flour, egg, water and salt into a thin batter. Fold in the garlic chives and fry as one large pancake or several small ones until crisp and golden on both sides.

Serve with a dipping sauce of soy sauce, rice vinegar, sesame oil and a little chili. A few properly identified garlic-chive flowers may also be scattered through the batter.

LEGUMES OF SUMMERA late-summer harvest from the Rossland Gardens potager—yellow zucchini, green cucumbers, slender purpl...
08/27/2026

LEGUMES OF SUMMER

A late-summer harvest from the Rossland Gardens potager—yellow zucchini, green cucumbers, slender purple beans, red cherry tomatoes and sweet peas for the table, gathered while the garden is generous.

Rossland Gardens Summer Harvest Salad

2 medium yellow zucchini, sliced into ribbons or half-moons
2 green cucumbers, sliced
1 cup red cherry tomatoes, halved
1 cup slender purple beans, blanched and cooled
2 tablespoons fresh herbs, chopped
3 tablespoons olive oil
1½ tablespoons apple c***r vinegar
1 teaspoon honey
½ teaspoon Dijon mustard
Salt and freshly ground black pepper

Toss the vegetables and herbs with the dressing just before serving.

Yesterday, Rossland Gardens became seven different places.One painter found the barn. Another found the orchard. Another...
08/23/2026

Yesterday, Rossland Gardens became seven different places.

One painter found the barn. Another found the orchard. Another followed the deep green around the pond. The same afternoon passed over all of them—the same light, the same wind, the same ground—and no two paintings came back alike.

That may be the quiet gift of painting outdoors: the landscape does not ask to be copied. It asks to be noticed.

Under Monika Rosen’s guidance, seven painters spent the day looking carefully, making decisions, changing their minds and finding their own way through the garden. At the end of the afternoon, they stood together holding seven entirely personal accounts of where they had been.

We know this place intimately. Yesterday, they returned it to us changed.

Thank you to Monika and to each painter for allowing us to see Rossland Gardens through your eyes.

Hooray for Friday Flowers: This Week’s Pic — Artemisia, Sedum and Continuum IVArtemisia has been cultivated for centurie...
08/21/2026

Hooray for Friday Flowers: This Week’s Pic — Artemisia, Sedum and Continuum IV

Artemisia has been cultivated for centuries. Members of this ancient genus appeared in medicinal gardens, monastic plantings and domestic landscapes throughout Europe and Asia. Its name has been associated both with Artemis, the Greek goddess of wild nature, and Artemisia II of Caria, a botanist and ruler of the fourth century BCE.

Its finely divided silver foliage serves a practical purpose: the pale colour and tiny hairs help reflect sunlight and reduce moisture loss. This makes artemisia particularly well suited to dry, exposed gardens.

Sedum is equally resilient. Its fleshy leaves store water, allowing the plant to survive in thin soil, rocky places and periods of drought. The name is connected to the Latin sedeo, meaning “to sit”—an apt description of the way many sedums grow closely over stones and walls.

Continuum IV, by Darlene Martin-Stuart, stands among the artemisia and sedum. Its flameworked glass form rests on hand-formed clay and a base made from material salvaged during the restoration of Rossland Gardens. Rain has darkened the planter and collected across the sculpture, making the grey and black patterning within the glass particularly visible.

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6400 CONCESSION Road 2
Emerald, ON
K0H2S0

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Monday 11am - 4:30pm
Thursday 11am - 4:30pm
Friday 11am - 4:30pm
Saturday 11am - 4:30pm
Sunday 1am - 4:30pm

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