Garry's Pro Tips
Pumpkin Centerpiece DIY
There are many ways to use pumpkins, other than just carving! This dried flower-filled pumpkin centerpiece is a beautiful way to compliment your autumn décor. Use our pumpkin vase or a real pumpkin as a base, grab your favourite bouquet, moss, floral picks, a foam base, scissors and you’re on your way. Watch our DIY video here...
Lantern Centerpiece DIY
Lanterns are super versatile and add warmth and ambiance to your home. Why not try adding your own spin with some autumn décor! Simply adding gourds, pumpkins, leaves, twinkle lights and ribbon will bring a whole new life to your centerpiece this fall. The best part is, next season you can just switch up the décor on the inside and you’re good to go! Watch our DIY and make your own!
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.
The Lampe Berger
What is a Lampe Berger? How does it purify the air in my home and deter mosquitoes from my outdoor space? Find out here...
Perennials in Bloom - Month to Month
A helpful list of when perennials bloom to help you plan your garden for maximum blooms all season long!
The Return of Halloween
Halloween is back. Trick-or-treating and small group gatherings have both been approved, but before you head out on the town, here are a few tips to keep you and your little ghoul safe on that magical night or if you're not quite ready for the traditional Halloween, here are some other ideas of how to celebrate this evening. Read on for great tips...
Tips for Strawberry Season
Read our pro-tips for this Strawberry Season - Everything from growing and harvesting your own strawberries, where and how to pick if you didn't plant your own, storage solutions to keep your berries fresh or frozen and a tried and true recipe for delicious strawberry jam!
The Elements to Easily Create Your Private Getaway
Create a Tropical Paradise - This gorgeous trend has received a lot of coverage and for good reason. Considering we all want a space that allows us to relax and unwind, creating an oasis is the perfect plan! It can be as simple as taking elements from your top relaxation spots and infusing your home with a taste of the tropics. Let us show you how and then come to Garry's for everything you need!
Plant a Hot Pepper Garden
Want to bring on the heat this summer? We have a range of hot peppers to satisfy your inner daredevil! Be adventurous, try growing a pepper you’ve never had before. Read our blog for our steps to successful planting, maintenance, harvesting, storing, freezing and drying tips and 2 awesome hot sauce recipes to try!
Composting
Almost every day we hear about the new Three R’s – Reduce, Reuse and Recycle. Did you know that one common gardening practice combines all three? Composting. Compost is a natural organic fertilizer made by decomposed vegetable waste. By recycling your family’s garbage, you can reduce household waste, and can then reuse the compost as organic matter to improve the quality of soil in your garden!
Counteracting Environmental Stress in Trees, Shrubs and Lawns
There are many forms of stress that affect plant material, but a newly recognized form is destroying many of our forests. This new form, acid rain, is a product of our industrialized world that is moving greedily forward at a startling pace. People are only beginning to wake up to the need to cure our dying world by reducing pollution emissions. Until we get the pollution under control, we must settle for Plan B.
