Don Burnett

Plenty of gardening events coming up

Get inspired by visiting local gardens through various garden tours and events this summer.

Burnett: Looking after the backwoods

We have to treat the backwoods as though it were someone’s private back yard and not a dirt bike park.

Burnett: Home garden tours offer wealth of ideas

Take in the two garden tours organized this year to see 19 beautiful gardens of various styles and sizes.

Burnett: Garden centres and nurseries in full swing

Gardening seasons is in full swing with garden centres and nurseries stocked up on plants and garden items.

Burnett: Diversity of growing climate even varies in Okanagan

Even in our own garden there can be different growing conditions presented.

Burnett: Excitement of spring in the air

There are many things you can plant right away that will benefit from the early start to spring.

Burnett: Be very wary of homemade garden remedies

Personally I steer clear of homemade remedies as much as possible.

Choosing award winning plants is a sure gardening bet

Each year the Perennial Plant of the Year Award is given to a plant with similar characteristics.

Burnett: Bonsai artist will be missed; mild weather bit of a surprise

Our great weather makes for easy transportation of Christmas trees.d

Burnett: Get back to an Okanagan grown Christmas tree

British Columbia has a large Christmas tree industry with some grown right here in the Okanagan Valley.

Burnett: Nothing fresher than a Christmas tree grown in the Okanagan

I encourage you to see the difference in quality selection and service when shopping for a tree…and choose B.C. grown Christmas trees.

Burnett: Passing on a family gift heirloom and preparing for Old Man Winter

I decided to pass on to my granddaughter Ellie for a birthday gift the play barn my Grandpa Henderson made for me when I was that age.

Burnett: Early greenhouse days could be stressful during the winter

When this sort of wintery weather arrives, I often think of the time when we had an acre of greenhouses to manage.

Burnett: Sicilian veggie treat discovered

Not only is it a great culinary item it is quite ornamental.

Burnett: Close of summer a great time for gardeners

Indicators of fall are upon us. A bad thing? Not even close! This is about to be my favourite time of the year.

Burnett: The joys of budding and grafting plants in your garden

The first success at bud grafting must have been exciting.

Burnett: The joys of budding and grafting plants in your garden

The first successful plant graft must have been as exciting as a good graft in my garden today.

Burnett: Horn worm destructive to garden tomato plants

Congratulations to the Kelowna Garden Club and all who were involved in staging the annual Flower Show at Guisachan.

Burnett: Options for roses create landscape bloom around Kelowna

Everything is coming up roses, as the old saying goes. What a show our roses are putting on for us this year.

Burnett: Kelowna is coming up roses

Evolving rose flower varieties adding colour to Central Okanagan's garden landscape.