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Toronto Star Article “Artist in Residence: Vivian Reiss”

ByVivian February 4, 2011November 28, 2021

New article on me in the Toronto Star: http://www.thestar.com/article/932594–artist-in-residence-vivian-reiss

Artist in Residence: Vivian Reiss – thestar.com

Outside, it is your standard, upscale red brick Annex house. Inside, it could be the domicile of the love child of Scheherazade and Salvador Dali.

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Vivian’s bedroom: where she dreams her dreams
ByVivian August 25, 2011November 28, 2021

Vivian Reiss’s bedroom: where she dreams her dreams Read this article on the Globe and Mail website By DEIRDRE KELLY From Saturday’s Globe and Mail For the last 25 years, painter and art-gallery owner Vivian Reiss has lived in a sprawling 5,000-square-foot house in Toronto’s Annex neighbourhood, built circa 1870 for the widow of Augustus…

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Gardens | Urban farming

Video: Vivian Reiss: Artist, Designer, Urban Farmer & Culinary Innovator
ByVivian October 25, 2012March 24, 2025

Step into the vibrant world of Vivian Reiss—an artist, designer, urban farmer, and culinary creator. In this exclusive video interview by her son Joel Garten, filmed in her extraordinary Toronto garden, she shares insights into her gardening inspirations and the unique recipes she’s crafted using over 100 edible plants. From towering 16-foot broom corn to…

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VIDEO: Growing Cotton in Your Front Yard
ByVivian November 28, 2012November 28, 2021

Learn how to plant and grow cotton, and what you get after it has blossomed. Please also join Vivian Reiss Landscapes Facebook page: facebook.com/VReissLandscapes.

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Art | Decor | Food | Gardens | Recipes | Thought | Urban farming

A toast to the tomato: tomato tasting, part 3
ByVivian August 18, 2010

This is the recipe I created after last year’s tomato tasting . I used cinnamon bread because the taste of cinnamon and basil are reminiscent of each other. Cinnamon French Toast topped with Tomato Salad Make a tomato salad following “The Remains of the Day” blog post For each serving cut 2 pieces of slightly dry cinnamon bread…

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Decor | Thought

You can do anything you put your mind to; Thinking in the living room
ByVivian July 30, 2010

As a child my Mother encouragingly told me;” You can do anything you put your mind too.” As an adult, reality usually impinges on that fantasy and you realize that a great deal of action is required too. Well maybe, not anymore! My Daughter, Ariel Garten is the CEO of Interaxon www.interaxon.com a thought controlled computing…

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Art | Music

Another Sensational Recital by Joel Garten
ByVivian July 21, 2010

Joel in concert Joel’s recital was a huge success. As each concert is improv and an aural experience not to be repeated each member of the audience was swept away into the creativity of the emotionally moving music . We were all aware we were on a musical journey,a unique listening experience. Videographer Dan Goodbaum, thanked Joel “for putting me in…

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Outside, it is your standard, upscale red brick Annex house. Inside, it could be the domicile of the love child of Scheherazade and Salvador Dali.

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