Jason’s Top Tomato Plants + How to Care for Them
A Tomato for Everyone! Picking out a tomato plant can seem as tricky as shoe shopping, with all the sizes, varieties, and styles available. Since it’s a bit harder to...
Tips & Inspiration
Colour Themed Spring Planters with Monika Hibbs
This gorgeous sunny weather has everyone out in the garden and excited to get those Spring planters finished, including one of our favourite inspirational bloggers, Monika Hibbs who we joined once...
The Colours of Coleus for Your Modern Garden
It's no secret that Coleus is one of my favourite go-to plants for container gardens and hanging baskets. The bright colours, vigorous growth and huge variety make them the perfect...
DIY Sun Loving Planter
This sun loving planter is a fantastic example of how you can mix blooming plants (such as early spring blooming pansies or other later summer bloomers) with tons of foliage...
DIY Mother's Day Planter
Planting outdoor container gardens with kids is great fun, easy and gets their hands in the dirt! For Mother's Day it's a great way to make sure you love your...
Pink Passion Planter
This blushing Pink Passion Planter is a beautiful spring accent on your patio or by the front door, with a variety of plants to add colour and texture to the...
Starting Seeds for Spring with Kids!
Getting your kids excited about the garden can start even before it's warm enough outdoors to pull on those gumboots and gloves. Indoor seed starting gives you an easy way...
Quick Spring Lawn Care Checklist
Caring for your grass as a living plant (rather than an outdoor shag carpet) can take a bit of planning but it all pays off in the end with a...
Our Poinsettia Story
Poinsettias, they are the much-loved plants that we use to brighten our spaces for the holidays. Before you take them home, these particular plants have had a long journey. From...
A Fancy Bird Cake Recipe for a Wild Outdoor Party
We mark our seasons with celebrations and events, planning and enjoying parties, dinners and fancy food. But what about our friendly creatures in the wild? Do the birds at our...
5 Reasons We Root for Grasses
With the end of the summer blooms just around the corner, we’d like to turn your attention to a less flashy garden dweller who will stick around for the winter...
Use Our Easy Garden Journal to Wrap Up the Growing Season
We made it, fellow West Coast Gardeners, through another summer season and into the autumn! Not so fast, gardeners! Before you move forward into fall you need to take a...
Paws in the Garden - A Place for your Pets too
Our pets have a special place in our hearts and our homes, but what about our gardens? When you’ve got a pet or two at home you often have to...
Creating a Unique Memory Garden
How time flies, West Coast gardeners! A new season will be on us soon, with changes in the garden and in your home. Kids grow taller, teens get wiser (eventually…),...
Recycling and Upcycling in the Garden
Remember the old saying, ‘Use it up, wear it out, make it do or do without’? Here on the west coast we’re all about recycling, upcycling and going green, from...
Jason’s Quick Summer Garden Tips
Is it hot enough yet, fellow West Coast Gardeners? As much as we may complain about the heat wave, we also try to grab as much sun as we can...