Skip to main content
Erl Svendsen on Muck Rack

Erl Svendsen

Saskatoon
As seen in: The StarPhoenix, Ottawa Citizen, Windsor Star, O Canada, Regina Leader-Post, Sudbury Star, Sask Today, CKRM (Regina, SK), The County Weekly News
Passions: horticulture and writing; Paid work (to indulge my passions): knowledge transfer specialist (@AAFC_Canada); Opinions: all mine
Is this you? As a journalist, you can create a free Muck Rack account to customize your profile, list your contact preferences, and upload a portfolio of your best work. Claim your profile

Get in touch with Erl

Contact Erl, search articles and posts on X, monitor coverage, and track replies from one place.

Learn more about Muck Rack

Actions

Share this page

Is this you?

As a journalist, you can create a free Muck Rack account to customize your profile, list your contact preferences, and upload a portfolio of your best work.
Claim your profile

Articles

Garden Chat: Practical advice for choosing city-sensible trees

|
By Erl Svendsen
| Sask Today Verified
Trees are rather permanent features of your yard and should be chosen with some care. The most important advice I can give is to choose smaller trees. Aesthetics: A large tree can overpower a house. Your house is part of the landscape and all elements should work together, both living and non-living. Your goal is to complement your house and use its height as well as its colour, texture, and drama (e.g., narrow and tall) to add interest.
Open in Who Shared View Duplicates (2) Issue with article?

The latest winners on parade

|
By Erl Svendsen
| Sask Today Verified
All-America Selections was founded in 1932 and remains the oldest independent plant testing organization in North America. Every year, new, never-before-sold-in-North-America varieties are trialed in their Trial Grounds across North America. Professional horticulturists determine which varieties will be deemed winners based on their garden performance.
Open in Who Shared Issue with article?

Garden Chat: The anatomy of a lawn fairy ring

|
By Erl Svendsen
| Sask Today Verified
Recently, I noticed two, equally-large, 1.2-m (four-foot) diameter circles on my back lawn. I’m an early riser, but I have yet to witness fairies or leprechauns dancing in circles in my backyard in the early morning mists. Just as well, as some cautionary tales warn against joining them in their dance as that might be the death of me. In Germany, a fairy ring is called a Hexenring, or witches’ ring – I want to avoid meeting up with a coven of witches, good or bad.
Open in Who Shared Issue with article?
See all 126 articles