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<p>Colleen Zacharias / Free Press</p> <p>Use the sturdy Gorilla Cart sold at Princess Auto for hauling your plants, soil, bark chips and more.</p>

Green-thumb gifts

Colleen Zacharias
December 13

Renovation & Design

<p>Photos by Marc LaBossiere / Free Press</p> <p>The cultured stone encapsulates the new wall-mount fireplace, creating a prominent eye-catcher in the dining room.</p>

Hearth-warming refurb

Marc LaBossiere
December 6

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<p>PlantPop photo</p> <p>Daylily director Maria Morris (from left) with horticultural producer Kendahl Huber and PlantPop founder Arthur Parkerson.</p>

Daylilies star in doc

Colleen Zacharias
December 6

Renovation & Design

<p>Dave Hanson photo</p> <p>Variegated broadleaf thyme is not actually a thyme, but this exceptional indoor plant still adds delicious flavour to dishes.</p>

Aromatic sanctuary

Colleen Zacharias
November 29

Renovation & Design

<p>Photos by Marc LaBossiere / Free Press</p> <p>A custom-cut maple transition beckons you into the newly vinyl-ed kitchen.</p>

Step-by-step upgrade

Marc LaBossiere
November 29

Renovation & Design

<p>The carpet, underlayment and baseboards are removed to make way for vinyl flooring.</p>

Do your level best

Marc LaBossiere
November 22

Renovation & Design

<p>Dummen Orange photo</p> <p>Crassula Bling, from the Welcome to the Jungle collection, dances across this combination planter featuring Pilea Pantano, Peperomia jitterbug and Peperomia Citrus Twist.</p>

Welcome to the jungle

Colleen Zacharias
November 22

Renovation & Design

<p>Diana Bizecki Robson photo</p> <p>Diana Bizecki Robson, author of Manitoba Flora and curator of botany at Manitoba Museum, trekked on foot through all sorts of terrain to find and catalogue new plant species.</p>

Our flora galore

Colleen Zacharias
November 15

Renovation & Design

The two-by-six framing rests atop 24-by-24-inch patio blocks for proper support of the 1,200-pound sauna. (Marc LaBossiere / Free Press)

Sauna on deck

Marc LaBossiere
November 15

Renovation & Design

<p>Once the opening was adapted, the old door highlights the width difference.</p>

One door closes, another opens

Marc LaBossiere
November 8

Renovation & Design

<p>Terry Klippenstein photo</p> <p>Rhona Klippenstein&rsquo;s garden in Altona features a beautiful, diverse display of 60 hostas.</p>

Hostas will repay patience

Colleen Zacharias
November 8

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