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    35 of the Best Houseplants For Your Home!

    NASA recommends adding houseplants to your home environment to help clean the air and overall improve indoor air quality. Common sense will tell you…

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  • Numerous leaves of the Calthea or Zebra or Rattlesnake plant

    How to Care and Propagate The Superb Calathea

    Calathea is a tropical plant also known as the Zebra Plant or Zebrina Plant (Calathea zebrina). These plants are used mainly for their vibrant…

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  • Angel Stone garden path through a yellow and red flower garden

    Stone Garden Path Ideas For Garden Walkways

    Adding a stone garden path in the garden can accentuate, connect and tie the landscape together. You don’t need a pro for ideas for…

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  • Create A Plant in a Pot Masterpiece

    Sometimes we try to complicate things. In much of my life I’ve found the KISS principal serves me well – Keep It Simple Stupid.…

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  • Ikebana Workshop – Notes from the Old Ottawa South Garden Club

    The Old Ottawa South Garden Club recently sponsored a workshop on Ikebana—the traditional Japanese art of flower arrangement. The workshop was led by Elizabeth…

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  • The Indoor Cane Corn Plant

    The Indoor Cane Corn Plant

    Summary: Dracaena fragrans corn plant, grown in many forms, usually multiple plants of staggered heights, hardy indoors when acclimated. Fragrans is the solid green…

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    Tips On How To Clean Leaves On Houseplants

    You may be surprised to learn that grooming your plants can be one of the most time-consuming parts of caring for them, and with…

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    Top 10 North American Gardens Worth Traveling For

    The list is an joint promotion of the Garden Council of Canada and the American Public Gardens Association. The list for 2017 (in alphabetical…

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  • 2018 Garden Trends: Containers, Privacy, Pollinators

    With a year of conferences, tests, trials and garden visits under our belts, we’re excited to tell you about the big ideas we think…

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  • 2024 Perennial of the year

    Colour Your Garden World with Perennials

    Notes from the Old Ottawa South Garden Club Nancy McDonald is a life-long gardener and the current Executive Director of the Master Gardeners of…

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  • Bring Spring Flowers and Bulbs into Your Home

    Notes from the Old Ottawa South Garden Club The last meeting in 2016 of the Old Ottawa South Garden Club (OOSGC) featured a presentation…

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  • Home Inspections: Why To Look At More Than Just The House

    When you purchase a home, many buyers will opt to have a home inspection done on the property. This inspection can be very helpful…

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