Category: Gardening
Growing Concerns: Map blooming cycles before buying plants
Make a list of all the plants you already own and when they bloom
Bruce Botanical Food Gardens hosting plant sale this weekend
A range of herbs, flowers, fruit bushes, trees, house plants, seedlings and more are being offered during the Bruce Botanical Food Gardens (BBFG) plant sale on May 24. A selection of rare and heirloom varieties, as well as conventional and familiar plants, will be available by donation from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. at the […]
Growing Concerns: Keep weather eye out for frost
We had two last week and I’m sure there are more to come. I am talking about cold nights, when the temperature drops below 5 C.
Growing Concerns: Flowers not the only gifts for gardening mom
Taking your mom to the local garden center and letting her enjoy the colours, sights, sounds and smells might be the best gift of all.
Youth horticulture club launches season at botanical food gardens
The For Our Youth (FOY) club gathered on April 26 for a chilly but productive meeting at one of our favourite locations — the Bruce Botanical Food Gardens (BBFG). We saw some familiar faces at the March Break Ripley and District Horticultural Society meeting, but stormy winter weather prevented us from getting together in February, […]