How to Plant Petunias
Petunias are a spring and summer favourite for their prolific and bold hues! They can carpet a garden bed with colour and require very little care.
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Tips for Planting Pansies
Pansies for fall are a favourite, especially out here on the West Coast! We grow our pansies ourselves in our greenhouses...
How to Mulch Around Your Japanese Maple Trees
Maple trees are especially beautiful this time of year, turning into bright, bold, centrepieces in the garden and yard for fall!
Roll Up Your Petunias and Plant Pansies for Fall
Time to roll up your petunias? When the cooler weather hits and it is time to switch over your garden to fall annuals and other plants, the easiest way to...
Bringing Your Tropicals Indoors for Winter
All summer long we’ve enjoyed a paradise on the patio with our tropical plants, but now the temperatures are dropping and it’s time to bring them indoors for the winter...
Our Top Four Grasses for Fall
flavourful Fall grasses With the weather growing cooler as we enter Autumn, it's time to switch over our patios to a more resilient and seasonal style with plants that will...
Autumn’s Secret Planting Season for Perennials in Your Garden
What if I told you that there is a secret planting season in the autumn...
Fall Container Gardening - 10 Things to Do & Do More!
Autumn is a time of transformations and change. The leaves, of course, are the first to change, their colours transforming the landscape. The temperatures force us to transform from beach-loving...
Pansies for Thanksgiving - Time in the Garden Before the Holidays
Gobble, gobble, West Coast gardeners! Who’s got turkey dinner on the brain? It seems that as soon as the weather gets cool and we see our first orange autumn leaves,...
10 Things To Do Before Winter - Your Fall Garden Cleanup
Cleaning up our kitchen after a big holiday festivity can be quite a chore, especially when we’re stuffed absolutely full of delicious food! It’s tempting to leave it to the...
Quickly Create Fall Container Gardens
The cooler weather and coloured foliage announce Autumn’s arrival and makes us want to celebrate this change of season – but how do we show our excitement for all fall...
Grow Your Own Garlic this Fall!
Fall is in the air for all our friends like you, West Coast Gardeners, and that means some parts of our gardens are winding down. Luckily that doesn’t mean you...
Potting Your Bonsai
When you bring home a new bonsai you want to give it a beautiful pot to really show it off! It’s easy to pot up a bonsai, especially with our...
Creating Privacy with Hedges and Trellises for Your Patio
Even if we love our neighbours, we still like to enjoy our privacy when we're out on our deck enjoying the sun or relaxing with friends in the evening. Creating...
The Benefits of Sea Soil
For the last ten years I’ve had a secret. That’s right, West Coast Gardeners, a deep, dark, organic secret called…Sea Soil! Ok, so I’m really bad at keeping secrets...
Our Top 6 Grasses for the Garden
Grasses are a fantastic addition to the garden or in pots on the patio, as they add colour, movement, and height. Many grasses are drought-tolerant, which means less watering in...