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.

Make Your Own City Garden

The concrete paving behind her city-centre basement flat is not quite 8m wide and 5.5m long (26x18ft), but...


A Look at the Different Types of Roses

There are a variety of rose types that you can plant in your garden. From popular to picky the styles...


Landscape and Garden Planning: Where to Put Your Garden for Maximum Yield

Where should you put your garden? It's suggested that you choose a place that gets the most sun throughout the...


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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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Landscaping Basics: Planting Trees, Shrubs & Hedges

Planting trees, shrubs or hedges is a great way to add privacy and beauty to your landscape. Below are some...


How to Attract Wildlife to Your Landscape

A mere 100 years ago, the greater portion of our landscape was farmland. There were wood lots, hedgerows, and weedy...


How to Get Rid of Mosquitoes in your Landscape

Mosquitoes were bad enough when they just made you itch. Now that some of them carry the West...


How to Stack Your Own Stone Wall

A well-built wall can last for centuries and roadside boundaries throughout Europe are solid testament to simple stacking techniques.They were...

9 Tips for Planning Your Indoor Garden

House plants bring life and colour into the home and require little in the way of maintenance. Follow these simple...


6 Getaway Gardening Tips

Heading out for a long weekend or vacation? Follow these tips to keep your garden alive and well while you're...


7 Must-Follow Rules of Gardening

Nothing is worse than a garden that won't grow. Whether it's stubborn soil or pesky pests, a problematic garden can...


7 Edible Flowers

This spring, let your garden do double duty and add flowers to your salads. Here are seven flowers that you...


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9 Bizarre Plant Life Species

Mother Nature gives rise to some of the most amazing and unusual looking organisms and when it comes to our...


5 Steps to Starting a Vegetable Garden

Starting up a vegetable garden is a big job, but it's endlessly rewarding: you'll grow tasty, healthy vegetables for you...


9 Cheap and Easy Gardening Fixes

Who says you can only use proper tools in the garden? These common household and workshop objects, including a couple...


4 Ways of Looking at a Garden

Gardens bring us food, flowers and enjoyment. They also give each of us our own personal connection to nature. Here...

Potted Plant Secrets

Are your houseplants always dying on you? Consult these expert secrets to make your potted plants thrive even when you're...


Essential Gardening Tools

Want to get into gardening, but don't know where to start? First you've got to get your hands on the...


10 Flowers for Romance

Flowers are the language of love. Find out what the 10 most popular flowers really say and create the perfect...


Grow a Winter Wonderland

Wishing for a green Christmas? Here's a selection of winter-loving plants for your garden.


A Guide to Exotic Houseplants

 Are you fed up with houseplant staples? Exotic plants aren't as hard to come by or care for as you...


Grow Your Own Essential Herbs

There's nothing nicer than being able to go out on your deck or into your garden and snip a few...

How Does Your Garden Grow?

Enlighten yourself to the art of "mindful" gardening. DeAnna Radaj, casaGURU's home green guru, warns homeowners of the dangers of...


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Gardening Companions

Are your tomatoes and cucumbers hanging out with the wrong crowd? Improve your garden with companion planting, the art of...


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Pick the Right Bouquet for Mom

Flowers on Mother's Day? Of course! But instead of heading to your local florist to purchase the usual prearranged bouquet,...


How to Care for Cut Flowers

Sure, flowers beautify your home. And they smell nice, too. But how can you keep them healthy, so that you...


Get More Bang for Your Gardening Buck

Is your weekly trip to the garden centre draining your wallet? Here are nine ways to cultivate a lush outdoor...


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Veggie Gardening for Latecomers

If you haven’t yet planted a vegetable garden, don’t worry. Summer-planted gardens grow well because the soil is warm and...