The Garden Room.(Outdoor Furniture And Tools)

A daffodil in a field of dandelions, this converted 1900s bank brings sophistication to an otherwise forlorn 'hood. Owner Irene Peters draws on her experience as a florist (she last ran Irene's on Bathurst) to mingle flowers and forced branches (magnolia and forsythia, in season) with such knick-knacks as painted birdhouses (the Honeymoon Cottage, $150, has a cedar shake roof, French doors, balcony and chimney; the Cape Cod, $195, is tarred up with provincial trimmings). A garden isn't complete without such ornamental critters as locally made ...