How to Tidy Up your Spring Garden
It's Spring!! Jason is here with some simple tips to help you spruce up your garden for the season. Everything from edging, to planting shrubs and even a quick look...
Tips & Inspiration
Soft Spring Container Garden Idea
What doorway is complete without a spring container garden of flowers welcoming you home everyday? We're putting together our cutest container garden ideas and this pink and white ceramic pot...
Jason's Top Ten Annuals
Jason VanderMey here, bringing you all of the drama and excitement from the Top Ten Annuals - Plant Awards!! I've been searching high and low, throughout our garden centre, as...
Plant Your Own Spring Meadow Moss Basket
Welcome spring!! We're so glad you're here! This rustic moss basket, bursting with spring bulbs, promises a beautiful season. Jason starts by unpacking the moss, which is sometimes squished in...
What's in My Potting Soil?
Have you ever wondered what exactly potting soil is made of? Not all soil is created equal, and since you've invested a lot of time and money into your garden,...
Early Spring Container Garden
Relax for a moment with Jason as he creates a bright early spring container garden full of different textures and contrasting tones of green!
Finding the Sun & Shade in Your Yard
Your yard can seem like a mystery, with you as the detective, when you’re figuring out what plant should go where. Especially when you’re at the nursery checking all the...
Jason’s Top Tomato Plants + How to Care for Them
A Tomato for Everyone! Picking out a tomato plant can seem as tricky as shoe shopping, with all the sizes, varieties, and styles available. Since it’s a bit harder to...
Colour Themed Spring Planters with Monika Hibbs
This gorgeous sunny weather has everyone out in the garden and excited to get those Spring planters finished, including one of our favourite inspirational bloggers, Monika Hibbs who we joined once...
The Colours of Coleus for Your Modern Garden
It's no secret that Coleus is one of my favourite go-to plants for container gardens and hanging baskets. The bright colours, vigorous growth and huge variety make them the perfect...
DIY Sun Loving Planter
This sun loving planter is a fantastic example of how you can mix blooming plants (such as early spring blooming pansies or other later summer bloomers) with tons of foliage...
Pink Passion Planter
This blushing Pink Passion Planter is a beautiful spring accent on your patio or by the front door, with a variety of plants to add colour and texture to the...
Starting Seeds for Spring with Kids!
Getting your kids excited about the garden can start even before it's warm enough outdoors to pull on those gumboots and gloves. Indoor seed starting gives you an easy way...
Quick Spring Lawn Care Checklist
Caring for your grass as a living plant (rather than an outdoor shag carpet) can take a bit of planning but it all pays off in the end with a...
Juicy Garden Gossip - Companion Planting in your Yard
Ever wonder what your plants get up to in the garden when you’re not around? Who knows what kind of scandals, romances and drama play out in the garden beds!...
Jason's Guide to a Bee Friendly Garden
Never fear, West Coast Gardeners as YOU are actually the superheros of the bee world, jumping into action to help save our striped friends with your green-thumb superpowers!