How to Plant a Lawn From Seed
A healthy, green lawn starts with the right care and maintenance. This guide will walk you through prepping your soil, how to sow your grass seed, and tips for overseeing as well as feeding.
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Custom Planting Service
Pam Bongers (the owner) and staff are our custom planting architects! They'll work with you to custom design your dream planters or container gardens that fit your budget and the style of your Niagara garden.
Niagara's Most Popular Bulbs
Springtime flowering bulbs get a lot of attention, but there are bulbs that bloom in summer and autumn, too. Here are a few of the most popular.
A Guide to Growing Strawberries
One of the most exciting fruits in your garden has to be strawberries; they fruit quite early, and give you the first true taste of summer! Here, we’ve put together a quick guide to help you grow your own strawberries at home.
On Growing Roses
Roses are the flowers of poetry; fragrant and lovely amidst the thorns that guard them. There are many varieties of roses for gardeners of all different experience levels.
Creating a Picture-Perfect Landscape
You want your landscape to be interesting and beautiful in all seasons. This can seem difficult here in Niagara, but you can accomplish it by choosing plants that have features that are pleasing in each season.
Planting Beautiful Perennial Beds
In today's blog post, the Country Basket Garden Centre team offers up some tips and advice for planting beautiful, hardy perennial gardens in Niagara.
Annuals: Five Steps to Fantastic Color
Though annual flowers must be planted new every year, they provide a blast of colour all season long that's truly worth the effort.
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