Canadian Garden Council

Canadian gardening survey

As the gardening year wraps up, we’d like to ask you a few questions about your gardening. Your replies will help us plan future content

Big Bird made it to Canada Blooms 2020

Here’s some good news from the Leaside Garden Society in Toronto. Although Canada Blooms wasn’t able to open because of COVID-19, judging of horticultural entries was able to take place

Canada Blooms, Canada’s largest flower and garden festival, is suspending its 2020 show on the recommendation of health officials. The 10-day show was to open Friday, March 13, in Toronto. It is the first time since its founding 24 years ago that Canada Blooms has had to suspend operations.

Local groups sell Veseys’ items for fundraising

Veseys Seeds, based in York, PEI, is now in its 40th season of running a fundraising program where groups sell from a menu of mostly bulbs, perennials and seeds, keeping 50% of the sticker price.

We’ve improved the event listings

With so much interest in listing of garden events, we wondered which format would be preferred to view events: a calendar or a list by dates.

HortusTV discontinues service

HortusTV, the web-based service offering TV shows about gardening, has discontinued operations.

Film explores Piet Oudolf garden design process

New documentary, Five Seasons: The Gardens of Piet Oudolf, immerses viewers in Oudolf’s work and explores inside his creative process. Film dates in Canada.

Plant sales across Canada

This is the time of year when many local groups organize plant sales as fundraisers. The plants often come from member gardens or local nurseries.

Tree bylaw survey: love of trees, not of laws

More than 1,000 Garden Making readers took the time to answer our recent survey about municipal tree protection bylaws, with 375 providing comments.

Garden Making #32 is final print issue

The spring 2018 issue, #32, Garden Solutions, is the final print edition of Garden Making magazine.