![Garage doors transformed into a botanical mural with oak trees, local plants, animals, and birds.](https://format.creatorcdn.com/f6eca889-7310-4885-998b-dcc5287de92a/0/0/0/0,0,1800,1350,900,1350/0-0-0/4eb86225-b51b-4937-8401-6f4f91758433/1/1/StevensGarden_mural.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037531884~hmac=41f3387765b18760dbac7b0225e0b99a7a036c2b8ddf4c96239894bb0b31922b)
Title: Secret Woodland Garden
Client: Private commission hidden in a backyard
Location: Roncesvalles, Toronto
![Two oak trees are adorned with a pileated woodpecker, robin, wood duck, barred owl, and cardinal.](https://format.creatorcdn.com/f6eca889-7310-4885-998b-dcc5287de92a/0/0/0/0,0,1800,1326,900,1326/0-0-0/103becc1-9126-49fe-9a33-218d681395d4/1/1/StevensGarden_top.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037531884~hmac=de5b79ee38863b58fbdae0abf667f8dc2a3f4b3b2275536a92c7598bfc0c5c0a)
Featuring local, native plants and animals in white oak trees
![Detail of a painted turtle and a red fox.](https://format.creatorcdn.com/f6eca889-7310-4885-998b-dcc5287de92a/0/0/0/0,0,1800,898,900,898/0-0-0/6df409e3-9a9e-481e-a938-0bc87c51561c/1/1/StevensGarden_TurtleFox.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037531884~hmac=ab97dbbb8dc4b9a9f0a47a0e2a2078c1e3aaf48a0f651b8a802c1f597868cb19)
Painted turtle and red fox
![Bird portraits of a robin and a wood duck framed inside oval windows in two tree trunks.](https://format.creatorcdn.com/f6eca889-7310-4885-998b-dcc5287de92a/0/0/0/0,0,1800,1193,900,1193/0-0-0/5dce1f31-ee37-46fa-ba17-3920b6b16bf3/1/1/StevensGarden_RobinWoodduck.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037531884~hmac=a399e917eaa2dbf708f5a39e273c7e4cd8b6a9c1999704916f930bd93cf0ab41)
Portraits of a robin (my niece Robin) and a wood duck (my nephew Wesley)
![A pileated woodpecker, red cardinal, and a Toronto white squirrel sitting in a white oak tree.](https://format.creatorcdn.com/f6eca889-7310-4885-998b-dcc5287de92a/0/0/0/0,0,1800,1196,900,1196/0-0-0/58b0bc8a-be32-4300-90d7-3acfd314d806/1/1/StevensGarden_WoodpeckerCardinal.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037531884~hmac=fe1441da5e32ce7c51fbeae7f340a678021606aa9178500c6087044634fa476b)
Pileated woodpecker, cardinal and white squirrel