Container Gardening Made Simple
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Discover native plant gardening made simple with an Alberta-friendly ‘starter pack’ featuring hardy plants, pollinator benefits, and low-maintenance design tips.
Choosing the right soil is essential for a thriving garden. Discover the best soil types for garden beds, containers, raised beds, lawns, and more. Our expert guide will help you ensure your plants flourish in every setting. Happy gardening!
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Container Garden University: Compatibility By Rob Sproule Gladiators Below Aggressive Plants Assertive Plants Passive Plants Inside every container garden there’s an epic battle being waged – even if it is happening on a scale that
Container Garden University: Exposure By Rob Sproule Before you Shop Full Shade Partial Sun Full Sun It is one of the basic requirements for a healthy, lush garden: sunlight. So it can be tricky to
Container Garden University: Basic Elements By Rob Sproule The Biggest Flower Doesn’t Always Win The Structural Basics The “Thriller” The “Filler” The “Spiller” “Gardening has always been an art, essentially.” – Robert Irwin Like all
Container Gardening Trends By Rob Sproule Colour of the Year Water Garden Containers Succulents Galore “The earth laughs in flowers.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson Gardening is, at once, unchanging, yet always in motion. The essentials
Best New Annuals for 2017 By: Rob Sproule High Fashion “˜Superbells’ Morning Star “˜Prince Tut’ Grass Confetti Garden: “˜Peppermint Candy’ Alocasia “˜Stingray’ Petunia “˜Nightsky’ The thrill of getting our hands dirty is universal, but the
Best New Edibles for 2017 By: Rob Sproule The New Gardening Tomato ‘Chocolate Sprinkles’ Thyme ‘Spicy Orange’ Pepper “˜Bhut Jolokia’ Cucumber ‘Salad Bush’ Kale ‘Prizm’ ” Gardening is cheaper than therapy and you get tomatoes.
Container Gardening”¦with Potatoes? By: Rob Sproule Spuds in Pots The Secret of Hilling When to Harvest We love our spuds, but we don’t necessarily love all the space they take up in our garden. Potatoes
How To Plant A Container Garden by Rob Sproule So you wanna plant a container garden? It can be intimidating, especially if you’ve been surfing the net looking for inspiration on professional gardening sites. Stop
Gardening With Succulents by Rob Sproule Have you noticed that Succulents are everywhere? From wedding magazines and home decorating magazines to sustainable gardening sites, they’ve become a versatile, alluring, easy-to-care-for wonder plant. Increasingly, savvy gardeners
Trends in Container Gardening by Rob Sproule Container gardening isn’t a trend, it’s a deep shift in how we garden. For decades, we’ve been shifting more of our flowering annuals out of the flower-bed
Container Gardening Secrets by Rob Sproule Gorgeous containers aren’t just found in glossy magazines and Martha Stewart specials. They’re within our grasp no matter how black our thumbs may be, and I have a few
Christmas Container Gardening by Rob Sproule If there is any truth in the expression “absence makes the heart grow fonder,” it may help to explain the intensity of the love affair that we Albertans
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