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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).

“Succulents are the easiest plants to grow!” Or maybe, “I’m so bad a plants that I even killed my cactus!” The hype around succulent plants and various types of funky cacti is impossible to ignore. These popular, mostly tropical plants are collectible,...

A bright, blooming border of dazzling flowers always stops us in our tracks. Giant heads of dinnerplate dahlias seem to defy gravity. Tropical-looking clusters of towering gladiolus dance with fragrant lilies and summer perennials. Gardens like this seem totally unattainable…...

The simple act of growing plants indoors at home is a joy that an entirely new generation has discovered in the last few years. Faced with more time at home and less to do, “plant parenthood” became the next big thing. A visit to the greenhouse to find leafy treasures i...

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...

Houseplants are amazing. Throughout the last few years, with so many of us spending so much time at home, an entire generation of new “plant parents” have discovered the joy of growing plants indoors. They soften a room and bring it to life, increasing oxygen levels, an...