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Tips for Adding Colour to Winter Gardens

November 8, 2023 Shauna Dobbie 1547 Views berry, colorado blue spruce, winter garden

If you long for colour outdoors in the winter garden, don’t despair. Study your garden over the next few months

Jacob's ladder with hostas and pulmonarias.

Garden Design Ideas How-to Plants

Shade Plants: A rewarding plant of the spring garden

February 26, 2023 Dorothy Dobbie 1617 Views gardening; House; Plant

Story & photos by Dorothy Dobbie In my garden, under the shade of a young green ash, a garden is

Garden Design Ideas Gardening for Beginners Indoor plants Plants

A House isn’t a Home Without a Plant

February 26, 2023 Canada's Local Gardener 1345 Views carbon dioxide, house plant, houseplants, NASA research, VOCs, Watering houseplants

By Tania Moffat Plants transform our living spaces indoors and out, but those that are invited into our homes do

Annuals Flowers Garden Design Ideas Perennials Plants

Coreopsis: A bright and cheery flower

February 22, 2023 Canada's Local Gardener 1404 Views bedbug, coreopsis, insect, koris, Plants

Coreopsis pleases everyone! People love it for its sunny, long-lasting blooms. Birds love it for its seeds and butterflies, and

Annuals Garden Design Ideas Garden Info Gardening for Beginners How-to Perennials Plants

6 Soft and Fuzzy Plants

January 30, 2023 Canada's Local Gardener 3514 Views Dusty miller, lamb'sear, Plants, Purple velvet plant, Swedish ivy, Woolly thyme

Story & photos by Dorothy Dobbie When we think plants along with soft and fuzzy or velvety leaves, Lamb’s ear

Garden Design Ideas How-to Local Gardener

Greenhouses: How to Choose One?

November 28, 2022 Canada's Local Gardener 1516 Views gardener, greenhouse

Hartley Botanic is one of England’s oldest and most respected greenhouse manufacturers, with an increasingly large following in the US

CLG Podcast Garden Design Ideas How-to Local Gardener

Vegetable Gardening

April 22, 2021 Shauna Dobbie 2232 Views

Guest: Greg Auton of MaritimeGardening.com Greg Auton is The Maritime Gardener, a podcaster and YouTuber in Nova Scotia, with 2500

10 Neat Things Garden Design Ideas

About Public Gardens

May 28, 2020 Canada's Local Gardener 4367 Views Annapolis Royal Historic Gardens, Butchart Gardens, Gardens of Hope, international peace garden, Kingsbrae Garden, Patterson Garden Arboretum, public gardens, Reford Gardens, Royal Botanical Gardens, University of Alberta Botanic Garden

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

Garden Design Ideas

The Pergola Solution

February 6, 2020 Canada's Local Gardener 2751 Views Alberta Gardener, beautiful garden, how to use pergolas for backyard privacy, Local content

Never mind fences making good neighbours, it’s pergolas and privacy screens that are doing all the work these days when

10 Neat Things Garden Design Ideas Plants

About Water Gardening

August 25, 2019 Canada's Local Gardener 2994 Views algae control, aquatic plants, backyard pond, container pond, floating plants, mosquito prevention, oxygenating plants, pond maintenance, water gardening, water lilies

1. Water, water everywhere. Water in the garden is such a natural fit that every garden should have some. You

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