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Aaron Deacon was frustrated by the scarcity of natural solutions for feeding plants and supplementing soil. Thinking there had to be a better way to feed his plants, Aaron started to search for a solution.
Ah, January. The month for resolutions, new ideas, inspiration, and of course —planning for the year to come.
What does it look like to live sustainably and self-sufficiently in our modern world? We were curious, too, so we decided to find out.
If your garden gets tons of shade, there are a wide variety of plants to choose from! Here are six of my favorite shade-loving plants.
Creating a butterfly conservation garden is both an easy and enjoyable experience. And the reward? Beautiful butterflies to admire!
Ah, January. The month for resolutions, new ideas, inspiration, and of course —planning for the year to come.
Aaron Deacon was frustrated by the scarcity of natural solutions for feeding plants and supplementing soil. Thinking there had to be a better way to feed his plants, Aaron started to search for a solution.
Ah, January. The month for resolutions, new ideas, inspiration, and of course —planning for the year to come.
What does it look like to live sustainably and self-sufficiently in our modern world? We were curious, too, so we decided to find out.
After Alex (@theEnglishgardener) has spent some considerable time admiring his garden and learning about his remarkable efforts via Instagram, we reached out to him to ask him to share his story.
There’s so much about the end of the year that dovetails nicely with being a gardener. As it is for many, for gardeners too this is a time for reflection upon the year that was, of growing and growth
There’s no season that proves we’re a generous species more than the holiday season, and we’re going to press pause on what we’re doing to take a minute or two to celebrate that.
When it comes to getting a Christmas tree, your options are: cut your own tree, get a pre-cut tree, or get an artificial tree. Of the three, we land solidly in favour of cutting your own tree. Here’s why.
Is the next best thing in Christmas trees neither a cut tree nor an artificial tree, but instead a rather more lively third option? Let’s see.
Let’s take a break from holiday excitement: three artists who loved their gardens.
If you’re thinking of getting a grow light for your plants, I can tell you that our experience has been terrific. We did some research before we bought ours, and I strongly recommend you do the same.
Vertical gardening is having a moment right now. If you’re on the fence about going vertical with your gardening, we did a little digging for some great reasons to give it a try.
Need a few more reasons (other than that it’s the dark season) to give flowers? To empower with petals? Bloom with blossoms? No problem.
Have you ever tried planting some of your seeds in the fall? Planting your seeds in the fall can give you a head start on your annual beds.
Here is how to grow your spring bulbs, and some tips and tricks to ensure you will have a perfect bloom.
Once your beautiful floral arrangement has dried up you may think that it is time to throw it out. However, there are many things you can do with old floral arrangements.
There are so many fresh teas you can make using herbs and plants from your garden. Here’s a list of homegrown herbs and plants that make fresh and delicious tea.
There are so many wonderful plant and gardening businesses to support across Canada and the United States. We have curated a list of our favorite plant shops.
Japanese beetles can be a large pain in all of our gardens during the summer. These pests can be aggressive and the adults will eat through many of our plants.
You may have thought to yourself before that floral arrangements can be kind of expensive. But in reality there is a lot of hard work involved in creating the perfect floral arrangement.
Weeds can be so obnoxious, they take over our gardens and leave us plucking them all out. However, not all weeds are necessarily bad for our gardens, here is everything you need to know about weeds.
Community gardens are a great way to bring people together and spread the love for gardening. Here are our steps on how you can start a community garden.
Finding a great gift for someone can be really difficult sometimes, which is why we got you covered, with a variety of sustainable and ethical gift ideas.
Coneflowers come in a wide variety of colors, making it a very suitable plant for anyone’s garden. Purple coneflowers are very hardy and they have a long bloom season.
Let’s take a look at 5 exceptional films and documentaries about gardening.
Here are some of our favorite beauty DIYs using natural products from your garden.
Have you ever heard of seed bombs? Learn about this fun and easy initiative to create greener spaces in urban communities.
We all want our beautiful floral arrangements to last longer? We’ve got some of the best tips and tricks to keep your floral arrangement looking beautiful for longer!
All 5 of these homemade fertilizers are a great alternative to inorganic store bought fertilizers.
The first important step to treating plant diseases is to identify which disease your plants are facing. Our list of common plant diseases will make it that much easier!
Taking time out of your day to step away from our technology and enjoy nature is very beneficial to our mental health.
These simple steps will give you homemade compost in six months! It’s great for your plants and garden, but is also a sustainable way to produce less waste.
Certain flowers pair well with different occasions, and this guide will help you choose which flowers to give your loved one.
Lymantria dispar moths are a very invasive species of pests so it is important that you remove them from your garden, and here’s how!
If your boxwoods have been invaded by leafminers and box tree moths, here are our helpful tips to managing these pests.
If your garden gets tons of shade, there are a wide variety of plants to choose from! Here are six of my favorite shade-loving plants.
Picking a tree can be difficult but, hopefully this guide will help you decide which tree works best for you and your home.
There are a few common invasive plant species to beware of so that they don’t overrun your garden.
Repotting a plant and taking care of a newly potted plant can be tricky. During this time the plant is very delicate and needs a little extra love and care.
There are five recommended plants that can go for long periods of time without being watered and are perfect for a hot climate garden.
A cut flower garden is a great way to bring your colorful blooms indoors. Here are five of the easiest cut flowers to grow that will look stunning in your floral arrangements.
Have you ever found yourself standing in front of a box of fertilizer trying to decipher numbers that don’t make sense to you? Our easy tips will help make sense of it all!
Wildflowers can bring a natural beauty to your space. These easy-to-grow flowers will provide a variety of colours, beauty and pollinators to your garden!
These snowdrops blanket the grow making a beautiful natural meadow. Show us the first sighting of spring around you? Do you have some bulbs peeking out yet?
This fresh lavender has us dreaming of spring. We can’t wait to get out in the herb garden. What are you looking forward to this spring?
Bridget is truly an amazing artist. She takes plant material and turns them into masterpieces. What do you think of this flower petal castle?
This is a fun twist for your flower girl. Drying flower petals to use as confetti. Not only is it gorgeous it’s also environmentally friendly. What flowers would you dry?
With spring right around the corner hyacinths will be popping up all over. What flower bulbs do you have in your garden?
This beautiful is a beautiful succulent that needs at least six hours of full sun to fully develop its color. No matter on where you live in the world, the wintertime season can be seen as an depressing time.
Our jaws dropped when we stumbled upon Sammi’s beautifully decorated brownies. These look almost too good to eat! Have you ever seen anything like this?
We really like Camille’s tower of pansies. It’s a great way to add something unique to your garden. Do you live where you have a year round growing season?
Planning a spring flower garden? We like to use beautiful arrangements like Hannah has created to plan what types of flowers we want to plant in the spring!
Baking for the holidays? Try adding some fresh herbs and vegetables to your loaf to craft an amazing piece of art that will taste delicious!
Living in a city or small space doesn’t mean you can’t garden! Check out Karin’s balcony of colors! This spot is perfect for a morning coffee or a nice lunch break.
Versatile and prolific in the garden, mint can be a great addition to a variety of wonderfully simple and delicious recipes.
Incredible tutorial by Carla! We love the idea of being able to make your own version of the types of products you use most often, so her lavender moisturizer is fantastic!
Great information from Marie! Saffron is such a fantastic seasoning to use. Have you tried growing your own saffron?
This Japanese Maple is jaw dropping! Autumn colors are in peek around the world. Where is your favorite spot for some leaf peeping?
This picture of Floret Flowers Dahlias is a bright cheerful spot in our hearts during these cool fall days. With winter quickly approaching which late blooming flowers do you have left in your garden?
Looking to impress the gardeners and houseplant parents in your life this holiday season? This holiday gift guide for gardeners has 50-plus special gift ideas that are sure to delight plant lovers of all stripes.
What a beautiful gesture by Jay! She opened up her garden so her friends and neighbors could come cut some flowers to have their own bouquets in their home!
Explore some of the most impressive gardens this world has to offer and gain some inspiration!
This striking watercolor painting of a banana yucca by Kelsey has us in love! Beautiful details.
The way these bright red blooms contrast with the dark leaves of these canna lilies is just plain beautiful. These flowers are definitely on my wishlist for next year!
Discover the beautifying power of your garden, and use simple ingredients for lavish spa-like treatments, right at home.
Roses, rows, and rows of roses. That is what you’re often met with when entering any flower shop or floral department. Roses are one of the most popular cut flowers in the entire floral industry.
Farmstandrevival shares some great facts about the beneficial nature of some popular garden blooms in smarterbynature’s garden!
Gorgeous gardens make yardwork so much more enjoyable, and we have to say we adore Marcus’s hat he’s wearing while maintaining his yard and gardens!
Wow! What a difference adding some more gardens has made in Sarah’s yard! Especially making the sidewalk “sandwiched” between gardens! We’re also loving that Halloween decor.
Learn how to attract songbirds to your garden by creating an environment that fosters their needs.
We love these fall dahlias in dreamygardener2000’s garden. Blooms that linger through seasonal transitions are absolutely amazing.
Taking misused land and turning it into something beautiful, Guerilla Gardening is a creative gardener’s expression of rebellion against a lack of greenery in urban and industrial landscapes.
A cottage garden is purposely designed to appear structureless, creating a care-free and romantic space where different types of greenery are closely interplanted both in-ground and in pots.
What a stunning sunset over Jay’s garden. It feels like a little evening paradise!
What a beautiful cake made by mustloveherbs! We’re loving the incorporation of red clover, which can be a great easily forageable food as well. The blossoms are great in a little home made jam, too!
We absolutely love this photo by Bill. Even more so, we adore the fact that he brought in the beauty of these wildflowers to his home for a little self care! It’s fantastic when you know you need to give yourself a little extra love.
Creating a butterfly conservation garden is both an easy and enjoyable experience. And the reward? Beautiful butterflies to admire!
Check out this super cute candle Stephanie made! We’re loving the incorporation of herbs and flowers in it!
Incorporating English Lavender into baked goods creates an easy and charmingly different take on some of our most favorite treats. Here are three Lavender-infused recipes that are sure to delight.
Check out how this purple butterfly bush hangs low here in dreamygarden200’s garden! A shrub like this creates color both high and low.
What an incredible cake by Julie! We love the little scene she created with these flowers! And the real magic trick behind being able to use inedible flowers and remove them easily, was a very thinly iced piece of parchment paper on top the iced cake!
Herbal Medicine is a fascinating science that’s been around for a heck of a long time. And, although becoming an expert in this field can take years, any green thumb with an open mind for learning, can get started with a few basics to build off of.
There’s just something magical about the way this garden by dreamygarden2000 flows like beautiful billowing clouds of flowers! We’re especially fond of these petunias along the border.
British Columbia’s capital is at our southern tip, we have an endless supply of breathtaking beaches, old growth forests and jaw dropping waterfalls.
Just because you don’t live in the tropics, doesn’t mean that you can’t create a garden inspired by it. By selecting the right plants, and drawing upon your imagination, you can bring the tropics to you.
Check out these gorgeous hot pink phlox Owen has growing! He hit the nail on the head. These are wonderfully resilient plants with the prettiest little bloom clusters! What are your go-to “tough-to-kill” flowers?
With an estimated drop of nearly 40% in North American bee colonies in 2018 alone, the impacts of our environmental footprint cannot be denied. Read on to discover more about these vital creatures, and how we can help them.
Wowza! We just cannot get over how gorgeous and unique these four-o-clocks are that Jenni is growing this year! They make us feel like celebrating.
The strategic use of color within our gardens can affect how we feel and can evoke an array of different ambiances. By using color psychology, you can create a space that is just right for your needs. So, what vibe do you want your garden to give? Let’s find out together.
Gazanias have the most diverse blooms! Jenni hit the nail on the head with this one, they can be tricky waiting for them to bloom, but are so worth it! What plants do you have that are so awesomely worth the wait?
Wow! We are enamored with this crepe myrtle Mandy captured after a Florida summer rain. It looks like it’s glowing! What is your favorite part about a summertime rain?
These Trillium that Melanie encountered on a late April walk are beautiful! Do you ever go for a hike or walk to admire the spring time blooms? What wildflowers around you are your favorites?
Wonderful contrast in this photo by Taylor! That dark foliage with the gentle pink flower has us in love! What are your favorite dark foliage plants? Let us know below!
Sunflowers are special flowers. They are visually striking, great pollinators and it’s a fact that if you stare at a sunflower for 28 seconds or more, you will smile. Ok, ok, so we completely made that last fact up, but we’d like to think it’s the truth.
Whether you’re just entering the gardening world, or shopping for a gardener in your life (or for yourself!), I would like to share my suggestion regarding a 10pcs gardening set I purchased this year from Amazon.
Creating a decorative winter container is a creative process that will provide you with a beautiful piece that will last on your walkway, steps or balcony well into March… just in time for spring.
Watch this video to learn the importance of flower food (a make-up of sugar, acid, and bleach) and the effect it has on cut flowers.
Step-by-step floral arranging tutorial to create your own stunning floral arrangements bursting with texture, color and pizzazz.
DIY tutorial to learn the thriller, spiller, filler method to arranging spring containers.
Top three reasons I grow blooms alongside my veggies and some flower recommendations to get you started.
Zinnias never fail to impress in any garden because of their gorgeous colors and striking appearance. And they’re shockingly easy to grow from seed!
If creating an aromatic container flower garden that’s bursting with color and texture is on your “To-Do” list this summer – we’ll help you scratch it off.
If you’re thinking of getting a grow light for your plants, I can tell you that our experience has been terrific. We did some research before we bought ours, and I strongly recommend you do the same.
Vertical gardening is having a moment right now. If you’re on the fence about going vertical with your gardening, we did a little digging for some great reasons to give it a try.
Need a few more reasons (other than that it’s the dark season) to give flowers? To empower with petals? Bloom with blossoms? No problem.
Have you ever tried planting some of your seeds in the fall? Planting your seeds in the fall can give you a head start on your annual beds.
Here is how to grow your spring bulbs, and some tips and tricks to ensure you will have a perfect bloom.
Once your beautiful floral arrangement has dried up you may think that it is time to throw it out. However, there are many things you can do with old floral arrangements.
There are so many fresh teas you can make using herbs and plants from your garden. Here’s a list of homegrown herbs and plants that make fresh and delicious tea.
There are so many wonderful plant and gardening businesses to support across Canada and the United States. We have curated a list of our favorite plant shops.
Japanese beetles can be a large pain in all of our gardens during the summer. These pests can be aggressive and the adults will eat through many of our plants.