Get inspired by visiting local gardens through various garden tours and events this summer.
We have to treat the backwoods as though it were someone’s private back yard and not a dirt bike park.
Take in the two garden tours organized this year to see 19 beautiful gardens of various styles and sizes.
Gardening seasons is in full swing with garden centres and nurseries stocked up on plants and garden items.
Even in our own garden there can be different growing conditions presented.
There are many things you can plant right away that will benefit from the early start to spring.
Personally I steer clear of homemade remedies as much as possible.
Each year the Perennial Plant of the Year Award is given to a plant with similar characteristics.
Our great weather makes for easy transportation of Christmas trees.d
British Columbia has a large Christmas tree industry with some grown right here in the Okanagan Valley.
I encourage you to see the difference in quality selection and service when shopping for a tree…and choose B.C. grown Christmas trees.
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.
When this sort of wintery weather arrives, I often think of the time when we had an acre of greenhouses to manage.
Not only is it a great culinary item it is quite ornamental.
Indicators of fall are upon us. A bad thing? Not even close! This is about to be my favourite time of the year.
The first success at bud grafting must have been exciting.
The first successful plant graft must have been as exciting as a good graft in my garden today.
Congratulations to the Kelowna Garden Club and all who were involved in staging the annual Flower Show at Guisachan.
Everything is coming up roses, as the old saying goes. What a show our roses are putting on for us this year.
Evolving rose flower varieties adding colour to Central Okanagan's garden landscape.