During the winter, most gardeners are dreaming about spring gardening. However, winter is the best time to start your garden plan with these great tips. This plan should include the gardening tasks you want to accomplish, like the expansion or establishment of a garden or the addition of new flower or shrub types. Include a … More Planning Your Garden Season

When designing your winter garden, choose elements that create winter interest. Select plants that exhibit interesting structural characteristics. Add movement and texture by leaving dried forms of perennials or ornamental grasses overwinter. Attract birds by leaving seed heads of perennials such as purple coneflower, sunflowers, and sedum. Most of your winter garden’s vibrant colours come … More Winter Garden Design

When selecting bulbs for forcing, try choosing larger bulbs as they provide the best indoor blooms. Preferred hardy bulbs include crocuses, grape hyacinths, hyacinths, and snowdrops. Tender bulbs include amaryllis and paper white narcissus. There are two types of bulbs for indoor growing: those you need to chill and those you do not. Bulbs that … More Forcing Bulbs Indoors

When you start planting your garden next season, think about our local pollinators because they are critical to sustaining a healthy ecosystem. Think about creating a garden that attracts and supports our local pollinators. You can create your own pollinator garden by following these tips. Leave dandelions in your garden during the early spring as … More How to Create a Pollinator Garden

By Judy Hendry, Horticulrutal Coordinator Putting the Garden to Bed Taking care in putting the garden to bed each fall will ensure that the garden will survive the challenges of winter. There are basically four main considerations in fall gardening: pruning perennials, cleaning up, protecting plants and preparing for spring. 1. The main objective of … More Putting the Garden to Bed