| Our Story
My name is Ann Granatier and my background includes many years in various horticultural careers - a garden designer, teacher and consultant - and I have finally come full circle. Having retired several years ago, I returned back to the countryside where it all began...in my own garden.
My husband, Bob, started out pleasing his wife, trying to
keep up with her demands for yet another garden, adding more
compost, moving more plants, improving that soil, "tote that
barge, move that bale". Guess what!! Now Bob has caught the
bug and is steering the ship. Most of the photographs are
Bob's work and his patience has paid off. Our children, a good friend and now Bob himself continue to improve and add to this website filled with even more stunning pictures.
Canadian Iris Society (CIS)
We are Board Members and serve as Secretary and Treasurer for the Canadian Iris Society (CIS), a group that promotes the cultivation and development of Irises. We are also members of the American Iris Society (AIS) and Co-Presidents of the Brantford Garden Club.
Speaking Engagements
We are often invited to speak and visit with a number of groups.
If you are in need of a speaker please get in touch with us.
Thank you to all who have been able to visit our gardens the
last few years. We really enjoy chatting with you about your
favourite Irises and hearing your positive comments.
Reblooming Iris
A few years ago, we were delighted with a wonderful show of re-blooming Iris that began flowering again in mid-August and continued this second bloom until a hard frost after Thanksgiving. We researched and then planted more of these wonderful varieties. They refresh our gardens when everything else is tired and ready to close up for the season. Our customers are both surprised and delighted to see their favourite flowers blooming when they pick up their Iris orders in the fall.
Award Winning Iris
There are thousands of Iris varieties to grow and since we can't grow them all, we have decided to focus on Award Winners and New Introductions, ensuring that we offer the best to our customers.
Trails End Iris Gardens offers only high quality plants, grown with tender loving care. Bob is so fussy he insists on doing the planting and digging of our Irises (which is fine by me). This ensures no mix-ups and allows us to provide our customers with true to name varieties guaranteed to give you the most beautiful flowers in a rainbow of colours.
Open Houses
We are very proud of our Iris Gardens and we welcome you to spend some time browsing our site, either by the web or come for a pleasant drive and pay a personal visit.
Our ten acres of gardens/property is located in the rolling countryside between Hamilton and Brantford, Ontario (Canadian
Hardiness Zone 5b). We have lots more land to develop and Bob is talking about digging yet another large growing bed
for this year's increases. The monster I've created lives on!!
If you live nearby, come visit us in May and June. We have over 6000 plants with almost three hundred different
varieties; including historic, award winners and the latest exciting introductions.
Saturday May 17
Sunday May 18
Monday May 19 |
9am - 5pm |
Standard Dwarf Bearded and Intermediates |
Saturday May 24
Sunday May 25 |
9am - 5pm |
Intermediates, Early Tall Bearded, Border Bearded and Miniature Tall Bearded |
Saturday May 31
Sunday June 1 |
9am - 5pm |
Early to Mid Tall Bearded, Border Bearded and Miniature Tall Bearded |
Saturday June 7
Sunday June 8 |
9am - 5pm |
Mid and Late Tall Bearded |
Saturday June 14
Sunday June 15 |
9am - 5pm |
Mid to Late Tall Bearded |
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