The Vancouver SunGardening Brian Minter: Vermiculture — using earthworms to aid in decomposition of organic matter — is part of the answer vancouversun.com - Stephen Snelgrove Composting dates back to our earliest gardening communities, when people realized the importance of building up their soils with leftover organic …
The Vancouver SunGardening Brian Minter: Keys to gardening success vancouversun.com - Stephen Snelgrove We’re all anxious to add colour and beauty to our outdoor living spaces, as well as to enjoy fresh produce from our food gardens, but getting the …
The Vancouver SunGardening Brian Minter: New perennials that can add magic to any shade garden vancouversun.com - Aleesha Harris Last week I wrote about some of the trees and shrubs that add quiet charm to shade gardens. There are, however, many new perennials that can add …
The Vancouver SunGardening (Green) thumbs up! Gardening’s growth fuelled by pandemic-driven need to connect with nature vancouversun.com - Kevin Griffin As the days grow longer, the signs of the growing interest in gardening are everywhere in Metro Vancouver.Local garden stores such as GardenWorks are …
The Vancouver SunLandscaping The Home Front: Latest outdoor design trends vancouversun.com - Rebecca Keillor Spring is often the time of year when people start thinking about their outdoor spaces and how to make the most of them. This year, the demand for …
The Vancouver SunGardening Brian Minter: The best plants for shaded areas vancouversun.com - Aleesha Harris As planting season begins, one of the most frequently asked question is: “What can I plant in a shady area?” Read More
The Vancouver SunGardening Brian Minter: Well-known Canadian gardener Niki Jabbour offers tips for growing under cover vancouversun.com - Aleesha Harris Today, when so many more people are passionate about producing their own food, the ability to extend the growing season is an exciting prospect for …
The Vancouver Sun Vancouver park in Hastings-Sunrise to get a new concept in gardening: Food forest vancouversun.com - Susan Lazaruk A “food forest” proposed for an East Vancouver park can help the neighbourhood secure a local food supply, especially during a pandemic. Read More
The Vancouver Sun Brian Minter: A brief introduction to terms for new gardeners vancouversun.com - Brian Minter Postmedia may earn an affiliate commission from purchases made through our links on this page. Most folks who are just discovering a new passion for …
The Vancouver Sun Brian Minter: Tips to easily grow your own fresh delicious peaches and nectarines vancouversun.com - Aleesha Harris Peach and nectarine trees thrive in the dry Okanagan Valley, but on the West Coast, with the persistent spring rain, they can be a bit of a …
The Vancouver Sun Brian Minter: Edible perennials that can survive the winter chill vancouversun.com - Aleesha Harris For those folks anxious to get some early vegetables on the go, Mother Nature just gave us a less-than-subtle reminder that she’s the one in charge …
The Vancouver Sun Brian Minter: Pruning 101 mainly down to timing for a ‘shears’ delight vancouversun.com - Aleesha Harris There is a great deal of blossom loss taking place in many gardens right now. No, not the stealing of plants, but rather the loss of spring and …
The Vancouver Sun Brian Minter: A floral gift this year, above all other years, could mean more than you might imagine vancouversun.com - Stephen Snelgrove When you take a moment to consider the enormity of the harsh new realities being experienced worldwide, caused by a microscopic virus, it’s quite …
The Vancouver Sun Brian Minter: High antioxidant plants can thrive in our climate vancouversun.com - Stephen Snelgrove As the interest in growing our own food keeps expanding we are, unfortunately, overlooking some of the healthiest and most beautiful fruits of all. …
The Vancouver Sun Brian Minter: Try a few of these plants in your perennial areas to extend the colour in your garden vancouversun.com - Stephen Snelgrove When folks who are relatively new to the world of gardening ask for help with selecting perennials, I always encourage them to try not only tough, …
The Vancouver Sun Brian Minter: Proven Winners is major contributor to improving our gardens vancouversun.com - Stephen Snelgrove Most of us in the gardening world have seen the name Proven Winners on a plant tag, spotted it in a magazine or on a billboard, or visited it on a …
The Vancouver Sun Brian Minter: Nature can help pull out of those winter doldrums vancouversun.com - Brian Minter I truly admire our younger generations, who are far more connected in understanding and appreciating the environment. Their love for all things green …
The Vancouver Sun Brian Minter: COVID helping to connect us back to nature vancouversun.com - Stephen Snelgrove Well, I’m quite sure most of the world’s population will be incredibly glad to see the end of 2020. The new year ahead, however, will still be …
The Vancouver Sun Brian Minter: How to plant, and roast, your chestnuts vancouversun.com - Stephen Snelgrove It is a very old tradition in many countries, but in this part of the world, few folks are "roasting chestnuts on an open fire" as celebrated by the …
The Vancouver Sun Brian Minter: Gifts for gardeners that will help bring meaning to their toil in the soil vancouversun.com - Aleesha Harris Almost everything about Christmas will be different this year, so finding the most meaningful gift for someone special may take a little more …
The Vancouver Sun Brian Minter: Shrub dogwoods offer up some vibrant colours at a dull time of year vancouversun.com - Stephen Snelgrove It really seems like one of the wettest Novembers I can remember. That, combined with the shortened daylight hours, means we all could use a little …
The Vancouver Sun Brian Minter: Poinsettias are the most widely grown plant in the world vancouversun.com - Stephen Snelgrove Christmas is a-comin’ and poinsettia season is getting into full swing. Read More
The Vancouver Sun Brian Minter: Pruning is an art, be careful what you do vancouversun.com - Lou Kohlmann Once the leaves are off most of the deciduous plants and we begin our final fall cleanup, a good pruning may be in order. A word of caution, however, …
The Vancouver Sun Brian Minter: Planting pumpkins brings together a community vancouversun.com - Stephen Snelgrove Happy Halloween, or All Hallows’ Eve. Over the past few years, I’ve tried to tie in plant connections to this rather historic and often spooky event. …
The Vancouver Sun Trees and shrubs collected over a lifetime set to move to arboretum in Langley vancouversun.com - Kevin Griffin By 2010, the Township of Langley adopted a master plan for Derek Doubleday Arboretum. Last year, a two-storey log-post and beam interpretive centre …
The Vancouver Sun Brian Minter: The cycle of gardening vancouversun.com - Stephen Snelgrove If you're fortunate to have a garden, now is a transitional time and a chance to begin prepping for spring. In great gardens, no matter the time of …
The Vancouver Sun Brian Minter: The evolution of fall decor vancouversun.com - Brian Minter Veggie and fruit stands in B.C.’s Interior have always created the most amazing seasonal displays. Pumpkins, gourds and squash were the lead actors …
The Vancouver Sun Master-planned communities: How outdoor spaces enhance livability vancouversun.com - Kathleen Freimond Community and outdoor areas are becoming increasingly important as homebuyers consider how exterior spaces enhance the livability of new developments …
The Vancouver Sun Brian Minter: Fall bulbs will put a spring in your garden's step vancouversun.com - Brian Minter The unique feature of fall bulbs is their long-range promise of beauty to come. By planting a selection of bulbs now that will bloom sequentially, …
