Come to our blockbuster Plant Sail! Over 50 species of beautiful, healthy plants native to Southern Ontario will be available. From hot dry boulevards and balconies, to moist woodlands and rain gardens, we have plants for everyone!Where: 1295 Mineola Gardens, Mississauga Sale will be held outdoors in driveway.Please park on opposite side of street.BYOB - bring your own … [Read more...] about Blooming Boulevards 3rd Annual Plant Sale, June 18-19
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Thunder Bay parks make the most of a short season
The gardening season for Thunder Bay parks in Ontario starts on the first full moon in June — that’s when parks staff start emptying the greenhouses of the thousands of annuals grown for the many parks that green city streets and byways, and plant them into the carefully prepared beds. When I visited on June 14, Canada’s Garden Day, the lilacs were perfuming the air and … [Read more...] about Thunder Bay parks make the most of a short season
Discovering new poinsettias
There is no plant or flower that says Christmas like the poinsettia. This is the time of year where everywhere you look, there is another red poinsettia – rows of them in grocery stores and one at every office or holiday party you visit. Eventually, you can just stop noticing them. Last Friday, though, I think I saw more poinsettias in one hour than I had in my whole life … [Read more...] about Discovering new poinsettias
