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    Favourite spot at Butchart Gardens
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    ‘Good Morning Pink’ Japanese morning glory

Making A Garden with Judith Adam

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Heat-proof lobelias

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Ginkgos: The start of a new collection

Beech leaves unfurling in spring

Understanding spring fertilizers

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‘Good Morning Pink’ Japanese morning glory

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Container Gardening: How to design and plant a container

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Container Gardening Primer

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Easy steps to gorgeous containers

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Herbs are perfect for pots

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Ground to Cover blog by Kat Fox

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Building a raised garden bed

irises at plant sale

The hardy plant society’s super plant sale

star dust euphorbia and voodoo star red verbena

Garden centre preview of new plants

seedlings

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Touring Canada’s gardens

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Vancouver’s VanDusen: An ever-changing garden

Gerry Gibbens at VanDusen

Blue poppies at VanDusen Botanical Garden

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My working day at Butchart Gardens: Traveling Canada’s Garden Route

Graham Bell at Butchart Gardens

Favourite spot at Butchart Gardens

Royal Roads

Japanese Garden at Royal Roads

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Touring Canada’s Garden Route

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Lorraine Flanigan is touring Canada's Garden Route for Garden Making. with the support of the gardens and VIA Rail. Read her cross-country on-tour posts.

Canada's Garden Route
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Allan Armitage app

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  • Lorraine FlaniganLorraine Flanigan on My working day at Butchart Gardens: Traveling Canada’s Garden RouteHi Helen, Yes, while walking to my hotel, I passed...
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  • Helen MacLean on My working day at Butchart Gardens: Traveling Canada’s Garden RouteHi Lorraine, Whatcha putting in those baskets? The moss is...

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