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Are you ready for an adventure? Growing your own food or flowers at home is a fun and productive hobby. It’s healthy, it’s fun, it encourages lots of outdoor time for the household, and best of all, it ends in rewards you can harvest! With a bit of effort and some basic...

“This tree is the symbol of the spirit of the Griswold family Christmas…” We can’t all be Clark Griswold, and with luck, not all family Christmases go the way of National Lampoon! It is true, though, that the tradition of finding and bringing home the perfec...

What does the holiday season look like to you? For some, it’s lights and glitter and tinsel. Or maybe it’s candles and fireworks! Around here, it looks like Poinsettias and Cyclamen and fluffy little ferns and trees. Holiday flowers & plants are joyful little natura...

After a long winter, as the ground finally begins to soften and the first hints of green grass emerge from beneath the snow, the unexpected joy of a blooming Snowdrop or spring Crocus is like candy for our eyes. Spring-blooming flowers like tulips, daffodils, hyacinth and snowdrops...

It happens every September. The calendar flips, and suddenly every grocery store and garden centre is packed with the bright blooms of Mums! While mums are certainly to be appreciated, there are SO MANY beautiful, decorative plants to enjoy as Autumn approaches. Explore the options...

We all eagerly await the arrival of spring each year, counting the days until that magical “last frost date” in May. The weeks that follow are a frenzy of garden activity. We rush to the garden centre and excitedly plant trees, shrubs, flowers and veggies. But what abou...

It’s easy to fall in love with flowers in the Spring! We’re naturally drawn to the colour and fragrance they provide, and it feels great to adorn our homes and gardens with their cheerful blooms. Keeping our flowers healthy, growing, and blooming from Spring to frost is...

Summer is a time to kick back and relax a little. The kids are out of school, the pace slows down, and as the heat rises through July, the desire to do much hard work in the garden starts to wane. This is the season where all of the planning and planting of spring begins to offer r...

When the temperatures skyrocket, it's normal for turf to turn a straw colour and go dormant as a protective measure. A strong lawn will bounce back more easily. Here are 3 easy steps to help your lawn to be more resilient in the heat this summer.

A spring shopping trip inevitably ends in a trunk full of plants, soil and must-have accessories, fueled by the excitement of the season ahead. Once the plants are home, though... what next? Planting your new plants properly is an essential step in ensuring their growth and beauty....

April brings plenty of opportunities for getting back outside, and tending to the lawn and garden is a great way to enjoy the improving weather. Taking small steps to improve the health of your lawn now can have great benefits all season long. Here's our guide to using our favourit...

Bringing home blooming plants to celebrate a fresh new season is a joyful thing, and flowering Hydrangeas, Lilies, and more are ideal for Easter decorating at home. Get the most out of your flowers this Spring, and enjoy blooms for longer with our simple care tips.

We're excited to get back outside, and back into the garden. It's a perfect time to ease into the season, without doing too much too soon. Here's our checklist to get you back outdoors, and the outdoors back into shipshape (in a way that's just right for this time of year).