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Mid-summer tweaking and optimizing
Fill in the blanks and add some pizzazz
As the midpoint of summer draws near, gardeners spend more time contemplating the garden. Many plants are in peak bloom and garden spaces are filled with ever-changing colour and luxurious texture. Creating the look you want for your garden takes . . .
Posted: 2023-07-22
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Chocolates are nice but how about a pergola?
This Valentine's Day, chase away your housebound blues with plans for a romantic backyard escape
Chocolates are nice on Valentine’s Day and a bouquet of fresh cut flowers is always appreciated. But at a time when seemingly endless social distancing restrictions amidst freezing temperatures may be throwing a wet blanket on romance and causing couples . . .
Posted: 2021-02-13
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Grow au naturel
Tips for creating a naturalistic perennial garden
Naturalistic gardening is a style that can be more beautiful than a traditional garden, says Nik Friesen-Hughes, a landscape designer and owner of Dogwood Landscape Design Build. “It checks a lot of the boxes. It can be less maintenance in . . .
Posted: 2025-05-31
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Standout annual flowers and foliage
Simplify your gardening life with these easy-to-grow, high-performance plants
Selecting annual plants for patio containers, hanging baskets, and window boxes sparks that creativity within us all. We want to create a display that looks beautiful throughout the growing season. As much as our success depends on basic gardening techniques . . .
Posted: 2022-04-02
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What perennials will you choose?
Let the classic combinations at the new outdoor gardens at The Leaf inspire your creativity
The outdoor gardens at The Leaf at Assiniboine Park include six unique gardens — Indigenous Peoples Garden, Kitchen Garden, Sensory Garden, Performance Garden, Seasonal Garden, and The Grove. In 2020, over 36, 000 perennials, grasses, shrubs, and trees were planted . . .
Posted: 2022-02-26
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New flowering annuals for 2023
Bring breeding innovation and more colour to your garden
We will garden. With early morning sunlight streaming through our windows and snow cover disappearing in the warmth of spring, each day brings us closer to planning this year’s garden. It’s too early to walk through our gardens, too . . .
Posted: 2023-04-15
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Another level of vegetable gardening
Author explains how you can grow your own fresh and exotic fare
Breakfast at Niki Jabbour’s house starts with man’ouche, a homemade Lebanese flatbread topped with za’atar — an eastern Mediterranean spice blend of dried Syrian oregano, toasted sesame seeds, sumac and salt that is tossed in olive oil, spread over the . . .
Posted: 2018-02-10
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Liven up your garden with jewel tones
Blues, violets and purples add vibrancy and energy
In the garden, hues of blue, violet and purple serve to draw the eye in and add vibrancy and energy to surrounding plants. For me, last summer, it was the royal purple foliage of Heuchera Forever Purple coral bells, the . . .
Posted: 2018-01-27
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Maximizing
Vibrant colours, varying height critical to making the most of a tiny garden
Naomi Wiebe values plants that have quality and substance. Space is at a premium in this avid plant collector’s tiny garden in north Winnipeg and every plant is chosen with care. No space is wasted on anything superfluous. For Wiebe, . . .
Posted: 2022-08-27
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Parched plants need hydration
Proper watering essential in dry summers
Signs of drought stress in lawns and garden beds are common these days. The hot, dry weather we are experiencing can make us a slave to our landscape if we are scrambling to keep our plants alive and lawns looking . . .
Posted: 2017-08-12