Garry's Pro Tips
Save Time and Money with a Drought Tolerant Garden
Beautiful gardens are designed to be enjoyed. However, sometimes it can feel like the maintenance, watering, pruning, and fertilizing, leaves little time to simply sit back and smell the flowers. One simple way to reduce the amount of maintenance is to choose a well-drained area in your property to plant a drought tolerant garden. Follow our helpful tips to be enjoying your drought tolerant garden...
The Secret to Successful Shade Loving Gardens
Shade gardens offer a place of refuge during those hot summer days. These spaces naturally attract plants in cooler tones (think blue, purple, and green) creating a space that is designed for relaxation. The secret to success is choosing the perennials, evergreens, and annuals that thrive in these lower-light spaces. Follow our guide and you'll be enjoying a beautiful shade garden this summer!
Celebrate Canada Day in your Garden
Canada Day is a perfect opportunity to celebrate the great outdoors. This year, why not make the nation’s celebration memorable by making your outdoor living space a tribute to Canada. Let us show you how...
The Joy of Perennials
Planning is an essential part of having a perennial garden. Gardens that are not planned usually have no direction and often are a jumble of colour. When planning a garden, many factors determine the shape of your garden; from which angle you will view your garden; whether the garden will be informal or formal, and the type of planting (bed or border) you want. Read on for more planning tips!
Planting a Rock Garden
Creating a rock garden on an existing slope can turn a difficult planting area into a garden asset. Using the rocks to create a series of terraces forming flat planting areas avoids the problem of erosion from rain or nitrogen. The rocks should be well sunk in the ground and should have the finished appearance of a natural outcrop. For this natural look, the rocks should be of only one type and the larger the better. It is a common mistake to use rocks that are too small. Fewer but larger rocks are more impressive. Read on for help planting your rock garden...
Hardy Ornamental Grasses
The most significant change in gardening in the last few years has been the renewed interest in hardy herbaceous perennials. These dependable plants that we are rediscovering, were well known to previous generations of gardeners. Read on to learn about these beautiful grasses and how you can incorporate them into your gardens!
Attracting Butterflies to Your Garden
Butterflies require four main things to survive: a nectar source, a food source for their larva, sunshine, and shelter. The plants discussed will provide the butterflies with food, but sunshine and shelter are also needed. Read on to learn how you can help save our butterflies!
Attracting Hummingbirds to Your Garden
If you’re looking to attract more hummingbirds into your space, look no further. This blog will provide three steps on how to attract these beautiful almost magical birds to your space.
Ladybugs
Ladybugs are an excellent choice to keep aphid and many other bug populations at bay in your garden. Supplied with the right conditions, ladybugs will be a great garden companion for the summer months! For more information on ladybugs, read on...
Inviting Birds To Your Garden
All trees and shrubs will provide something of value to birds nesting sites, insect food, shelter from weather and predators. There are, without doubt, birds in your garden now. If you wish to encourage more birds and more varieties of birds around your home, you can do so by providing a variety of trees and shrubs, particularly those that provide food in the form of fruit, berries, nuts or seeds. Follow these tips and you will be enjoying the birds all year round!
Annuals - Gardens Come Alive with Colour
Annuals are those plants whose life cycle is completed within a single season. The seed germinates and the plants bloom. Owing to their short life span, annuals allow you to experiment and express yourself anew each year. Annuals, often referred to as bedding plants, show themselves best when planted in groups rather than individually. Follow these tips for a beautiful garden!
Roses - Types and Pruning
Thinking about adding roses to your garden?
Find out about the different varieties of these stunning blooms
and how to prune them to encourage re-flowering
Find out about the different varieties of these stunning blooms
and how to prune them to encourage re-flowering
