If your urban garden has summer projects that need tree stumps, logs or wood chips then tap into this resource and save yourself hundreds of dollars!

Mimicking the seasons with simple garden tasks is an easy way to hand your children superhero-esque powers while teaching them key facts about the world around us. This will give them a sense of control and leave them with awe, instilling respect for nature through the process.

Trying to fit an additional activity into your schedule is hard, but putting aside an entire day or weekend as a parent feels nearly impossible. Before you spend an entire weekend planting all your carefully tended seedlings into the garden and then need another weekend to recover, consider these three factors.

Why do we plant on the May 24 weekend in Southern Ontario? So often we are taught garden facts but not the reasons behind them. Empower yourself with the reasons behind common gardening dates so that you know when to break the rules.

Frost dates. They dictate many of our actions in the garden. What are they? How are they calculated and most important, when are they?

It is a no equipment method of seed starting that doubles as a cold moist stratification. The reasons I rely on it year after year: Limited indoor space and once you try it, you will to!

Whenever we step into the role of gardener, we are either directly or indirectly mimicking nature. If seed starting fails to, start… we can look to how that seed would be grown in natural settings to find the answers.

You hit the internet and found loads of information on what to get for starting seeds and what steps to take.. but where in Toronto, can you find these items?!

Learn everything you need about your property’s microclimates, so that you can maximize your spaces potential. 

Not all evergreens or pots are created equal. Read on to get the scoop on how to keep potted ‘Christmas trees’ alive year after year.

Covid made a lot of thumbs dirty this year, but perhaps yours didn’t clean up into the shade of green you had hoped for. Fear not, with these 5 tips you can create the green thumb you are after and become a better gardener.