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Water for winter

It is heartbreaking to drive down the street in springtime and see dead evergreens, especially, cedars lining driveways. Homeowners planted

Beautiful Garden Michaela Nonhebel Ancaster, Ontario Michaela Nonhebel grew up working in the garden with her grandparents. They lived in

Beautiful Garden Irene Rajfur Garden City, Winnipeg “People always say, ‘Where are you going this year?’ and I say, ‘My

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If you’re looking for a groundcover for a shady area, look no further; Asarum canadense or Canadian wild ginger is your

What in the garden should you wrap for winter? Nothing. Wrapping can do more harm than good as wrapping materials

Have you ever considered a groundcover you can make jam from? Wild strawberries will multiply quickly to cover an area

All you have to do to start a new willow is tuck a cutting (or even a stick) in some

Dawn redwood or Metasequoia glyptostroboides. Is it an acquired taste, the conifer that loses its needles in the fall? Or

In springtime when the ground is bare, creeping phlox relieves the dullness with a flush of glorious pink, pristine white

Char-Lan High School in Williamstown, east of Cornwall, is giving its students a more than passing experience with gardening. They