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6 Must-Have Perennials

May 3, 2018 Canada's Local Gardener 5172 Views Garden Design Ideas, Local Gardener, Perennials

Sun or shade, to short and squatty or sassy show-stoppers here are our top six picks for your must-have

Edibles Gardening for Beginners Plants

Growing Herbs for the Kitchen Window

May 2, 2018 Canada's Local Gardener 2639 Views Edibles, herbs, kitchen herb garden

By Dave Hanson Few plants yield such a wellspring of delight as kitchen herbs. Herbs are purposeful, charming, full of

Edibles Gardening for Beginners Gardening with Kids Plants Seeds

Planting Herbs from Seeds

May 2, 2018 Canada's Local Gardener 2345 Views Garden project, Gardening With Kids, planting herbs, starting seeds

Gardening with kids: Starting herbs for spring By Tania Moffat During the frozen winter months my hands just itch to

Gardening for Beginners How-to Indoor plants Seeds

Growing Seeds Indoors

March 22, 2018 Shauna Dobbie 3554 Views flowers to start from seeds, Gardening for Beginners, growing seeds indoors, hardening off, starting seeds

Nothing serves as a rite of passage for novice gardener more than the impassioned, ever-hopeful activity of growing tiny seeds

Gardening for Beginners How-to

Getting Started in the Garden

March 22, 2018 Canada's Local Gardener 3504 Views annuals, Gardening for Beginners, gardening how-to, May long weekend, outdoor plants, Perennials, planting early, Spring gardening

Planting early – the radical gardener’s guide to getting started in the garden Forget the good advice you were raised

Gardening for Beginners Manitoba Gardener

How Early to Start Planting?

March 21, 2018 Canada's Local Gardener 6416 Views Gardening for Beginners, spring planting, starting seed

How Early is too Early? It is officially Spring! There is a special feeling of excited anticipation as the mush

Foliage Gardening for Beginners Perennials Plants

The Happy Heuchera

November 23, 2017 Canada's Local Gardener 5231 Views Alberta Gardener, garden favorites, Gardening for Beginners, heuchera, heucherella, Perennials, Plants

This time of the year can be a bit dreary with all the garden chores either ending or hidden by

Gardening for Beginners How-to Manitoba Gardener

Putting the Garden to Bed

November 2, 2017 Canada's Local Gardener 2434 Views fall cleaning, fall plants, Flowers, Garden how to, Gardening for Beginners, Manitoba Gardener, putting garden to bed, tropical plants

Saying good night to the garden By Dorothy Dobbie We always speak of “putting the garden to bed” as though

Gardening for Beginners How-to

Help for Summer-Stressed Plants

August 11, 2017 Canada's Local Gardener 2390 Views Gardening for Beginners, gardening how-to, Plants, summer

Plant Strengtheners: Help for summer stressed plants Don’t let summer stressors ruin your landscape’s good looks. Instead give your plants’

Gardening for Beginners

Understanding Botanical Names

August 10, 2017 Canada's Local Gardener 2473 Views botanical names, Gardening for Beginners, Plants

For years, people referred to plants by their common names almost exclusively – only the eggheads and botanists used botanical

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