Jason's Top 5 Winter Gardening Tips
Hey West Coast gardeners! As we move into February, snow thaws, ice melts and we turn our attention towards an exciting year of gardening ahead. Here are my top tips...
Tips & Inspiration
Winter Greens Entrance Planter
Jason transforms a summer/fall planter into a spectacular greens arrangement for the Holidays. Loaded with lots of tips, trick and fragrant greens. Don't worry, it's a lot easier than you...
Quick Tip: Getting The Most Out of Winter Greens
Jason shares a quick tip to get the most out of your winter greens in arrangements.
Quick Tip: Angle Cutting Winter Greens
Jason shares a snipping tip that makes it simply a breeze to assemble your greens arrangements for the winter season.
Busy Bees in the Garden - Up Close and Personal
We're spying on our bees today, with some great close-up shots of these busy pollinators! Watch them work hard to collect all their nectar from the garden. . .
Quick Tip: Planting Tulip Bulbs
Jason shares a great tip for planting tulip bulbs to get the maximum impact in your garden.
Jason's Garden Planting for Fall to Spring
Jason pulls out his summer annuals and plants his fall garden. This colourful garden will last until early spring when the giant tulips that he's planting now put on a...
Quick Tip: Adding Soil
Don't forget to add soil every season to keep your garden healthy and make sure your plants have the nutrients that they need.
Quick Tip: Hilling Your Garden
Jason shares another great tip to help you get the most out of your garden...
Layered Bulb Planter for Blooms ALL Spring
Layering, or planting “lasagna-style,” is a technique that lets you enjoy successive waves of bloom in a single container by overlapping the bloom times of early, mid and late-blooming spring...
Quick Tip: Caring for Cannas
Jason shares a great tip to keep your Cannas looking their best all season.
Quick Tip: Begonias
Are your begonia's a little shy? Jason, from West Coast Gardens, shares a quick tip that will help you see more of your begonias in containers and in the landscape....
Our Top 9 Plants for Butterflies, Bees and Hummingbirds
Our top 9 plants for butterflies, bees, & hummingbirds It is always exciting to watch visitors, like birds, butterflies and bees, enjoying our gardens! Besides being fun to watch, they...
Jason’s Top 5 Must-Have Garden Tools
We asked Jason VanderMey, our West Coast Gardens expert and go-to handyman to get the scoop on what’s essential for your garden work. As you know, there is a...
Hanging Basket Care
West Coast Gardens' "garden guy" - Jason VanderMey - shares his favourite tips for keeping your hanging baskets looking their best all summer long.
Jason Talks Tomatoes
There are over forty varieties of tomatoes available throughout the growing season at West Coast Gardens and each tomato plant is grown on site. With so many varieties it can...