Our gardens have had a rough time this winter in Vancouver. Lower than normal temperatures and a succession of snow storms has given lots of plants a real battering. But before you rush to dig out plants and throw them in the compost bin, here’s a few tips on how to revive winter damaged plants. […]
Gardening with the Climate in Mind
In November of last year the 2015 Climate Change Conference resulted in an agreement by the 195 member countries to reduce their carbon output “as soon as possible” and to do their best to keep global warming “to well below 2 degrees C”. Read more here. All the talk of the Climate Change Conference in the […]
Fall clean-up – to chop or not to chop
The Winter Cut When fall arrives, many home gardeners and landscapers rush to get the garden ready for winter. Among the many jobs that need to be done to ‘put the garden to bed for winter’ is the cutting back of herbaceous perennial plants (plants that are non-woody, and that die-back in the fall, reappearing […]
Resources
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