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TORONTO FLING
JUNE 5-7, 2015
Organizers: Helen Battersby at Toronto Gardens, Lorraine Flanigan at
City Gardening, Veronica Sliva, & Sarah Battersby at Toronto Gardens

Toronto Garden Bloggers Fling 2015
2015 Toronto Our official Toronto Fling group shot on Ward's Island overlooking Toronto Harbour and the iconic skyline The Garden...
Aug 29, 2015

A love letter to our Toronto Fling 2015 sponsors
Just some of the samples our wonderful sponsors provided for Toronto Fling attendees! Photo from The Botanical Journey blog. Dear...
Aug 28, 2015


Here’s what you wrote about #GBFling15
The Toronto Fling has flung, and everyone who came seems to have had a Flingtastic time! That’s gratifying for us on the organizing...
Jun 16, 2015


Where to eat at the Toronto Fling
Toronto has no shortage of good restaurants. If you like to eat, no matter what you like to eat, you’ll find it here. Every ethnicity,...
May 25, 2015


Toronto Fling: What to do besides Flinging?
It’s easy to find things to do in Toronto to supplement Fling activities – or occupy yourself while significant others look at gardens....
May 5, 2015


Toronto Fling Itinerary – A first look
While there’s still a detail to iron out here and there, we’re excited that we can now share the broad strokes of what you’ll see and do...
Apr 30, 2015


Toronto Fling Preview: The Gardens of Cabbagetown
Toronto is sometimes called a city of neighbourhoods. On the Sunday morning of the Fling, we’re delighted to be able to show off one of...
Apr 29, 2015


Opening Night in Toronto with Lee Valley Tools
As Canadians, we are excited and proud to have Canada’s own Lee Valley Tools as a major sponsor for the Garden Bloggers Fling 2015 in...
Apr 27, 2015


Toronto Fling Headgear Challenge
Blame me (that’s Helen) by way of Kate Middleton for the first time a fascinator appeared at a Fling. I threw out the gauntlet, which a...
Apr 3, 2015


Toronto Fling – early sponsorship highlights
We’re so grateful to the sponsors who are helping to make the Toronto Fling special. Our first sponsor, and one of our most supportive,...
Feb 22, 2015


Fling Preview: Shaw Festival gardens, Niagara-on-the-Lake
We’ve been lucky on our Niagara excursion to be teaming up with the Shaw Guild Garden Tour, the 10th annual fundraiser for...
Feb 8, 2015


Toronto Flingers, meet You Grow Girl
We couldn’t have a garden blogging event in Toronto without our city’s own You Grow Girl Gayla Trail. With the launch of her blog in...
Jan 2, 2015


Toronto Fling: Who’s going?
I’m pastin’ a link, I’m checkin’ it twice. You’re gonna find out who’s naughty or nice (and often both). Toronto Flingers are comin’ to...
Dec 10, 2014


Niagara Preview: Irises galore at the RBG Laking Garden
Our first stop on our optional day in Niagara will be the Laking Garden at the Royal Botanical Gardens (RBG). The star of this space is...
Nov 30, 2014


Fling Preview: Two Forest Hill gardens
We’re delighted that two delightful Forest Hill gardens have agreed to open their gates to us for the Toronto Fling. Call it double...
Nov 26, 2014


Reserve your place now for the Toronto Fling
It’s the time you’ve all been waiting for. See information on fees for the Toronto Fling 2015 at this link. And, if you haven’t yet done...
Nov 21, 2014


About registration fees for the Toronto Fling
In just a few days, we’ll open registration for the Garden Bloggers Fling 2015 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. We want to give you as much...
Nov 19, 2014


Fling Preview: The gardens of Toronto Islands
On the first afternoon of the 2015 Fling, Friday, June 5, we’ll share an experience that’s quintessentially Toronto – we’ll ferry across...
Nov 15, 2014


Toronto Fling: Our Fling hotel, the Fairmont Royal York
For the Toronto Fling, we have negotiated a great group rate of CDN $179 (plus fees & taxes*) at the city’s “grande dame” hotel, the...
Nov 14, 2014


Save the date: Garden Bloggers Fling goes to Toronto
Will you be here when, for the first time, the Garden Bloggers Fling ventures beyond the U.S. borders? Yes, on June 5, 6 and 7, 2015...
Oct 29, 2014
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