Gifts from your garden or garden themed gifts will be appreciated now and throughout 2018. If you are giving a plant, think beyond the familiar but delicate poinsettia and consider the Christmas cactus that will bloom in coming years with minimal care. The ultimate low-maintenance choice would be bulbs. The amaryllis will progress from a […] Read more
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Fruit breeders making it easy to pick from the tree
Biting into a shapely petite red Norland apple, newly picked from my tree and still warm from the sunshine, would not have been possible a century ago. Tree fruits then were too tender for the western Canadian climate, but thanks to the Morden Manitoba Research Centre, the horticulture department at the University of Saskatchewan and […] Read more
Diversity in your garden
Canada Day arrives midway into our sesquicentennial year. During the first half of this year we admired four million of the unique red and white Canada 150 tulips, bred by Dutch growers to resemble the Canada flag as well as other red and white tulips often planted in formations resembling the Canadian flag. Home gardeners […] Read more
Celebrate Mother’s Day with all things Canadian
We are hearing plenty about the Fathers of Confederation this year as we celebrate Canada’s sesquicentennial. However, this weekend our mothers take centre stage as we honour them. Plants are always a welcome gift for mom, and it can have special significance as we celebrate Mother’s Day in the year of Canada150. The red and […] Read more
Prairies are blooming: preserving heritage, natural beauty
Any drive through the Prairies will reveal familiar signage, with some version of the sign, ”Proud to Be a Community in Bloom.” CIB is a volunteer-based non-profit Canadian organization committed to fostering civic pride, environmental responsibility and beautification through community participation and the challenge of involvement in an internationally recognized Quality of Life program. It […] Read more
