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Easy Care Pothos Plant
The Pothos is one of the – “Best indoor plants for clean air.”
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Tropical Hibiscus and Hardy Hibiscus
Hibiscus ornamentals include varieties that bloom profusely for months, with eye-catching blooms in a variety of colours up to 30 cm wide. Of the…
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How to Deal with Tea Colored or Brown Water
Fixing the tea coloration in your pond’s water requires two basic steps: get rid of the source that’s putting it in the water, and…
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10 Tips On Making Your Garden Dog Friendly (And Dog-Proof)
If have a dog, you understand the need to have a dog friendly garden. The excitement and curiosity of visitors to your garden may…
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Make An Eco Friendly Garden
Eco friendly gardens are gaining popularity. Creating and maintaining a pristine, eco-friendly garden is not rocket science. In fact, maintaining a sustainable and eco-friendly…
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Climate Change Adaptation for Gardeners
Unfortunately, climate change is threatening the gardening experience. There have been changes and more changes are coming. Fortunately, gardeners can play an important role…
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Bringing Lantana Indoors, Raspberry Royale, Red Malabar
To bring my Lantana indoors for the winter, I repotted it after checking for any creatures that might be lurking in the leaves and…
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Intelligent Styling Ideas For Your Garden
A lot of people put all of their focus into redecorating and renovating the inside of their homes, forgetting how important it is to…
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A Guide to Organic Lawn Fertilizer
Looking for good ways to fertilize your lawn organically, as a step in organic lawn care? We’re breaking down everything related to organic lawn…
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Veggie Bites – Hybridized Tomato and Rhubarb
They discovered that when Joan’s father saved the seed it started reverting and became its own type of tomato. If for example you use…
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Starting Tomatoes
All of the tomatoes that I am growing are heirloom tomatoes, and they are all indeterminate. Indeterminate tomatoes continue to grow, and you can…
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Veggie Bites – Cattails and American Bittersweet
Cattails are upright perennial plants that emerge from creeping rhizomes. My American bittersweet vine has beautiful orange berries on it at the moment and it…
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How Smart Are Bumblebees?
We often wonder about how smart certain non-human animals are, including bumblebees. There are numerous creatures whose intelligence is on full display and has…
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How To Grow Succulent Plants Outdoors
Dramatic, bizarre garden succulents lend themselves perfectly to the enhancing of contemporary architecture. Once banished to the rock garden, these plants are becoming more…
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How Proper Landscaping Can Prevent Basement Flooding
A quality landscaping service will go beyond just the way the exterior of a property looks. Of course, this is the main reason people…
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2019 Ottawa Garden Survey – Executive Summary
This a summary of the most frequent comments received from 81 questionnaire responses received by Gardens Ottawa between February 8th and March 31st, 2019.
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Outdoor Living Ideas
There is plenty of improvement you can do to spruce it up. By putting in a bit of time and effort into improving your…
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The Ramble at 20 – Passion and Opportunity
In the mid 1970’s, Rob Caron, a horticulturist, and David Dunn, an architect met and set out to build a life together. Sharing a…
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Benefits of Getting Outdoors
If you’re curious about the health benefits you can reap from being outside, read on! Below, we cover 13 reasons to soak up everything…
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On Using Ornamental Grasses In The Landscape
The many different varieties of interesting grasses provide an easy way to add color and contrast to a monochrome landscape setting. Grasses are very…
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Succulent Ideas for your Desk
Succulent arrangements can be chic or playful. Jurassic Park dish garden anyone?
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What Are The Best Flowering Trellis Plants?
Choosing the ideal trellis plants that flower can be a challenging decision. There are plenty of climbing plants and flowering vines for growing on…
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Houseplants That Handle Cooler Temperatures
Winter is a beautiful season, but the cold temperatures can be a little hard on indoor plants. No need to despair, though. There are…
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Money Tree Care: Growing The Braided Money Plant [TIPS]
Like lucky bamboo, the indoor workhorse Dracaena deremensis ‘Janet Crag’ and other indoor plants, the money plant tree Pachira does well in indirect light…
Pond
Harnessing the power and beauty of water gardens and ponds is a critical component in creating quiet and visually attractive outdoor environments, a genuine feast for the senses. With the sense of hearing, whether you are attempting to mask road noise or simply seeking soul-calming serenity, the sound of running water can aid. With sight, the hypnotic flow and reflections of water can create a visually appealing experience. Touch adds an immersive tactile aspect by allowing you to interact with water, such as dipping your hands in a fountain or wading in a tiny pond or stream.
