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6 Tips for Winterizing Your Landscape

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It’s time to put your landscape to bed, and while your shrubs and trees likely aren’t dreaming of sugarplums (unless they’re plum trees), winterizing them properly is the best gift you can give them. Winter is a challenging time for all living things here in Ontario, and often their survival depends on how well they’re […]

6 Gorgeous Flowering Shrubs for Guelph Landscapes

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While it’s always exciting to check out the year’s new annuals, I’m a sucker for shrubs. A good flowering shrub adds so much structure and beauty to a landscape, and yet they’re sort of an unsung hero of the garden centre. Personally, I rely on my shrubs to burst into life before I’ve had a […]

Getting Rid of Cats in the Garden

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Remember that old folk song, The Cat Came Back? So many of us grew up listening to that song, or playing it for our kids, and wondering why old Mister Johnson was such a jerk to that poor cat. Then we became gardeners, and suddenly Mister Johnson comes off as the victim. Don’t get me […]

Air-Cleaning Plants

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As a horticulturist, I have an innate love for spring. I can’t help but get excited when I see my little seed starters waking up, or when I notice the leaves on every tree and shrub peeking out from their buds. Just as I’m all jazzed up for the new season, I step inside our […]

Rodent and Pest Control: Squirrels, Skunks, Rabbits and More

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I was thinking the other day about how gardeners are a little bit like bouncers at a nightclub when it comes to wildlife. For some animals, like hummingbirds and thrushes, I’m unhooking the velvet rope and unrolling the red carpet. We invite these “VIPs” with open arms every year, and it must be pretty sweet […]

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