Gardening

Growing season is short in Canada, so make the most of it with these expert gardening tips. Find problem-solving flowers for every type of growing condition, house plant hacks, and more pro tips to keep your green thumb supple.

Picking the Right Shape for Your Plant Pot

Plant and flower pots are wonderful landscaping ideas for your entrance way or backyard. A front door might call for...


Lawn Care Tips: What to Know About Fertilizer

An adequately fed lawn is denser, more weed free, and more attractive. A well-fertilized lawn withstands wear better and is...


Adding Geraniums to a Landscape

Although the name geranium is usually used to describe the bright-flowered summer bedding annuals, perennial geraniums are the true geraniums...


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Top Tips for Garden Landscape Planning

Before getting started on a new garden landscape, it's best to plan your project on paper first. You...


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How to Enhance Your Landscape with an Herb Garden

If you want a section of your landscape to be devoted just to herbs, you have a choice...


The Complete Guide to Building a Wooden Bridge on Your Landscape

Adding a wooden bridge to your landscape is both attractive and practical. A bridge can span a stream, help you...


How to Build a Raised-Bed with a Retaining Wall

A stone wall does more than make a clean border along your lawn. It's a handsome visual statement in itself;...


Sloping Yard Landscaping Ideas

Many front gardens have a gradient, which makes mowing a lawn impractical. Here we'll llook at some easy landscaping ideas...

Adding Lacebark Pine to a Landscape

Lace bark pine is a multi trunked evergreen tree native to China that is grown primarily for its...


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How to Build a Timber Retaining Wall

If you want to hold back a bank or keep a slope from slipping, a retaining wall is what you...


How to Build a Dry Stone Wall on Your Landscape

Natural stone is the perfect choice for a wall that harmonizes with the beauty of any landscape, from an informal...


Building Raised Beds to Maximize Your Landscape

A raised bed can do wonders for maximizing your landscape araea. Virtually all plants other than large trees are...


A Beginner’s Guide to Landscaping on a Budget

Landscaping doesn't have to cost thousands of dollars. Here are 8 ways to rein in a landscaping budget.


How to Grow Eggplant in Your Garden

Eggplant is amongst one of the easiest vegetables to grow in your garden. This warm-seaon crop ranks as of the...


Gardening Tips for Dry, Free-Draining Soil

On free-draining soils you can grow a range of plants that are not happy in moist conditions. Since...


Landscape Design: Make Your Own Water Garden

The sight and sound of water, the colourful fish and varied plants water can support, and the vitality of the...


Planning Your Vegetable Patch for Your Garden

Designing your vegetable garden can be a fun and exciting task! Before you get rolling with your favourite and dream...

How to Grow Strawberries in Your Garden

The most landscape-friendly of fruits, strawberries grow wild in temperate regions across America and Europe.Today's cultivated varieties are...


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Garden Tips: Removing Leaves from Your Landscape

Raking may not be everyone's favourite task but it will benefit your landscape and garden in the long...


How to Build a Stylish Gravel Garden For Your Landscape

Gravel gardens are low-maintenance and clean. There's no worry about having to weed it or mow it; it just simple...


Adding an Arbour or Pergola to Your Garden

Gardeners have used arches, arbours, and pergolas to add interest and height to gardens since the time of...


Types of Plant Beds and Borders for Your Garden Landscape

Beds and borders fall loosely into four categories: single, herbaceous, shrub and mixed. The style of border you...


Garden Design From a Florist’s Perspective

The garden of her Surrey home is dotted with pots at every turn: some decorative, some functional, some...

Tips for Gardening with Children

If you have a child in your life who's interested in growing plants, make a space in the...


Landscaping Tips: Things to Know about Boundary Walls

A boundary wall shelters the garden from strong and cold winds and presents a marvellous opportunity for growing...


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How to Hand Weed Your Garden

Weeding a garden can be one of the most dreaded tasks a gardener faces. Because it's so unpleasant many gardeners...


Growing Apples: Problem Signs and Symptoms to Watch for

The majority of apple pests can be controlled with one dormant spray plus the controls specified in the...


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Growing Plums: Common Plum Problems

There are over a hundred varieties of plums currently growing in Canada. Some of these are commerical, others are experimental...


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How to Grow Peas in Your Garden

Peas are one of the prime examples of the taste difference between bought and fresh from the garden.  Normally peas...