Winter Gardening

Winter gardening in northern climates can be challenging but also rewarding, as it allows you to extend your growing season and enjoy fresh produce even when the weather is cold.

With careful planning, suitable crops, and protective measures, you can enjoy a successful winter gardening season in northern climates, providing fresh produce and maintaining your connection to gardening throughout the colder months.

  • Dried leaves and seeds against an all white winter-like background

    Winter Sowing: A lesson about growing

    Author: Shazia Y. Hussain, Master Gardeners of Ottawa-Carleton; published with permission I am an avid gardener and a lifelong learner. My garden is an…

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  • Two hydrangeas in styling vases for a winter table arrangement

    Drying Hydrangeas

    Author: Gail Labrosse, Master Gardeners of Ottawa-Carleton; published with permission Drying hydrangea flowers from your garden for a winter table arrangement is easy. The…

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  • male cardinal on tree branch in a winter scene

    A Winter Garden for Birds

    Author: Julianne Labreche, Master Gardeners of Ottawa-Carleton; published with permission My bird feeders are a source of life in the stillness of winter. From…

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  • Red flowers with a winter frost

    Eight Winter Gardening Ideas

    Gardening doesn’t have to stop just because it’s winter. With some planning and creativity, you can grow winter plants and vegetables, spruce up your…

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  • Tatarian Dogwood with its red bark

    10 Trees and Shrubs with Colorful Bark

    By Patricia Mosher While our gardens are snoozing this month, it’s easy to forget that bark, (yes, bark!), can add colour and texture to…

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  • Showing the red bark of the red osier dogwaood

    January Plant of the Month: Red Osier Dogwood

    This hardy, ornamental shrub is my plant choice for January as it can be depended upon to deliver vibrant red colour to the winter…

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  • Cannabis plant in winter covered with frost

    9 Tips on How to Grow Marijuana in Cold Countries

    Growing weed outside in the winter is possible, but it’s a challenging and involved process. As an annual plant with a spring-and-summer development season,…

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  • Close-up photo of Winterberry Plant

    Winterberry Growth and Care

    Winterberry holly has pointed, dark-green foliage that is surrounded by red berries. While the berries remain, the leaves fall off in late fall and…

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