DIY Stack o' Pumpkin Pot for Thanksgiving or Halloween
Create a Stack o' Pumpkin Pot for Thanksgiving or Halloween for your front patio! This bright stack of pumpkins is sure to bring a smile to your visitors, family and...
Tips & Inspiration
Our Top 8 Pet Friendly Plants and How to Care for Them
Bryan is here to show you eight purr-fect plants for you and your furry friends! From orchids to ferns, calathea and everything in-between. Each of these is a unique addition...
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.
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!
Our Top 5 Climbing Tropical Plants
Our top climbing indoor plants for your home, from the fan-favourites to the lesser-known tropicals...
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...
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...
How to Care for Your Carnivorous Plants
Carnivorous plants are among the most unique house plants you can get, with their bold colour and strange shapes...not to mention their eating habits!
Choosing and Using Boxwood
Boxwood is one of the most sturdy and versatile additions to your garden, but we also love it potted up for the patio...
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...
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...
Caring for Your Japanese Maple Tree
Japanese Maples are a perennial favourite for their bright coloured leaves and elegant shapes. Maple leaves in the yard are like having stained glass outdoors and can create some of...
Four Colour Pairing Ideas for Your Patio Planters
Not only have we put together four solid combinations for colour pairings in your patio planters, but we also included easy print or screenshot shopping lists to keep you on...