Explore year-round gardening

One of the province’s most highly regarded experts on West Coast gardening is coming to the Sunshine Coast next week. Master gardener Linda Gilkeson, author and popular lecturer, will be a guest speaker at a special Gibsons Garden Club event on Tuesday, Feb. 7, at the Heritage Playhouse.

Gardening Map Changes for Global Warming

The Plant Hardiness Zone Map has changed to show as much as a 10-degree increase in some U.S. zones

Huge cabbage puts girl at the head of the class

One of the largest cabbages in the country was grown in a Prairie Village backyard. By a 10-year-old. Madeline Stinson never imagined her gardening skills would be her claim to fame.

Matt the bat drops round for a BBQ

IT is not every day that Matthew Hayden comes around to your home on Australia Day to play backyard cricket and have a barbecue.

Innovative gardening ideas that work

In addition to annuals, many gardeners concentrate on containers of perennials and trees for more permanent plantings. A Burnaby gardener working with a very small, flat space has put dwarf trees in tall planters to add a vertical accent to the rear and centre of his three tiny garden beds.