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About Public Gardens

1. Butchart Gardens. One of the crown jewels of Canada’s public gardens is kind of like Disney World for adults.

10 Neat Things Edibles Plants

About Berries

May 21, 2020 Canada's Local Gardener 5993 Views blackberries, blueberries, boysenberries, cranberries, currants, gooseberries, Honeyberries, raspberries, saskatoon berries, strawberry facts

Gooseberries are true berries Raspberries Blackberries Saskatoon berries Blueberries Currants Honeyberries Cranberries 1. A tomato is a berry, a blueberry

10 Neat Things

About What We Learned From the Pandemic

May 14, 2020 Shauna Dobbie 4126 Views carbon emissions, dinner parties, ocean quietness, Pandemic lessons, privacy issues, relationships, school challenges, weather predictions, working from home, Zoom meetings

Here’s what we’ve learned from this pandemic… 1. Air. Whether you’re a believer or a denier in climate change, there

Plants Trees & Shrubs

Lovely Lilac

May 12, 2020 Canada's Local Gardener 3197 Views fragrant flowers, garden shrubs, growing lilacs, lilac care, lilac problems, lilac varieties, Lilacs, pruning lilacs, spring blooms, Syringa vulgaris

Is there anything lovelier than a lilac with its swooning scent that perfumes all the air around it? Lilacs are

Plants Trees & Shrubs

Garden Shrubs

May 12, 2020 Canada's Local Gardener 3356 Views Amur Maple, Asian style shrubs, garden shrubs, Great Wall Bamboo, hardy shrubs, Morden Golden Glow Elder, Rock Cotoneaster, Sweetfern, Trost’s Dwarf Birch, Zen garden plants

Asian style shrubs My favorite pastime, when not working or gardening, is traveling! And when I do, I often end

Beautiful Gardens Manitoba

Garden of Shade and Mystery

May 12, 2020 Canada's Local Gardener 2678 Views beautiful garden, garden story, Manitoba

Janice Safneck’s Charleswood Garden Not knowing what to grow in shade is often the lament of new gardeners who feel

10 Neat Things Animals

About Mothers

May 8, 2020 Canada's Local Gardener 4230 Views alligator temperature control, animal parenting, brood patches, cheating mothers, elephant gestation, human mothers, koala joey, Mothers in nature, orangutan mother, wolf spider

1. Brood patches. In many birds, a bald patch on the breast or tummy develops on the mother while she

Gardening for Beginners

Planting Companions

May 6, 2020 Canada's Local Gardener 4009 Views basil, beneficial herbs, companion planting, garlic, Marigolds, organic gardening, peppermint, Pest control, plant companions, vegetable gardening

Long before chemical fertilizers and pesticides appeared, there were planting companions where farmers and gardeners knew that certain plants grow

How-to

Build your own Victory Garden

May 6, 2020 Canada's Local Gardener 2611 Views archived video, food production, gardening history, gardening tips, Home gardening, self-sufficiency, sustainable gardening, Victory Garden, wartime gardening, World War II

Here’s an archived video from the Second World War on how to build your own victory garden. A real blast

How-to

Green Gardening Guide

May 6, 2020 Canada's Local Gardener 2700 Views composting, eco lawn, Eco-friendly gardening, gardening tips, Green gardening, native plants, organic lawn care, pesticide-free gardening, rain barrels, sustainable gardening

You’d think that gardening would go hand in hand with being green and eco friendly. But as a beginner, going