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Plant of the Month: Mountain Maple
Experience the vibrant autumn display and adaptability of mountain maples. Ideal for tight urban spaces, these trees thrive in various soil types and are shade-tolerant.
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Backyard gardening is good for physical health and well-being, and it’s an enjoyable hobby that can help you to connect with the natural world around you — and feel happier, calmer, more positive, and less stressed. And if you’re ready to experience these many wonderful benefits firsthand, the following tips and resources will help you to plan, design, plant, and maintain your new backyard garden. Read on, and let the fun begin!
The first few steps to planting a backyard garden include choosing a location, designing and planning the outdoor space, and selecting the right types of plants for your climate and region. Here are some tips for getting started.
After planning your garden, you’ll need to test and improve the soil before you can start planting. Here’s how to do it!
To grow a healthy garden, you’ll need to care for your plants throughout the growing season and ensure that they’re receiving plenty of water, sunlight, and nutrients. These garden watering basics will help you give your plants everything they need to grow and thrive!
Backyard gardening requires a bit of trial and error, but these resources will help to eliminate some of the more common mistakes beginner gardeners tend to make. However, try not to be discouraged if your garden doesn’t perform as well as you’d hoped. Planning and tending to a garden is half the fun — and you can always try again next year!
Experience the vibrant autumn display and adaptability of mountain maples. Ideal for tight urban spaces, these trees thrive in various soil types and are shade-tolerant.
Seasonal tips on picking pumpkins and squash. For example, if you are picking squash, remember to let them cure for about a week.
Zinnias are beautiful flowers that are great for butterfly gardens. Their blooms can provide an explosion of colour in your landscape.
Contribute to a brighter future for our region: Join us in protecting the spectacular flora and fauna of the Riviera Nayarit and Puerto Vallarta. Conservation not only benefits wildlife, but people too!
Cardinal flower is a native herb that grows along riverbanks and is occasionally found in garden flower beds as a perennial.
Grow Early Goldenrod, Solidago juncea, a resilient herbaceous perennial with bright yellow flowers. This adaptable wildflower of the Asteraceae family withstands poor, dry soils and full sun, and with minimal maintenance, can fill spaces with its profusion of flowers and slen,der shrub-like appearance. Learn when and how to care for it and how to distinguish it from its cousins!
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