Local Gardener Archives

Podcast Season 2 Episode 3: Talk about wildflowers

Hosts Dorothy and Shauna Dobbie talk to Kelly Leask about the wonderful world of wildflowers. Wildflowers nourish bees and other

Dorothy and Shauna talk with arbourist Ryan Statham about invasive insects and trees. Ryan is an arbourist with Davey Canada,

John Barrett started with growing sunflowers on two acres with the vague idea of selling sunflower seeds, but that first

Sunflowers are Ukraine’s National flower. Many young men, fathers and grandfathers have left their families behind, picked up arms to

How is it that winter’s brutal cold doesn’t appear to faze them? Birds have the highest body temperature in the

Ready, Set, Dream! All the seed catalogues in Canada that we could find. A’Bunadh Seeds seed catalogues> abunadhseeds.com This

Informative and inspiring Canada’s Local Gardener is more than just eye candy — although it has plenty of that: lots

COVID has certainly been with us a while, with the pandemic affecting us all in many different ways. As part

Proclaiming 2022 Canada’s Year of the Garden: A national movement to connect with plants Gardens and gardening contribute to the

Helen Hogue is a Winnipegger with an interesting hobby, or rather, passion. Helen raises monarch butterflies, from egg to adult,