Our Experts

Timely, seasonal and professional advice by our gardening experts Mark Cullen, Albert Mondor and Owen Reeves.

Pizza Patch – Get Kids Growing by Mark Cullen

A child’s existing passions provides one of your best opportunities to get them involved in the garden. Love to cook? Plant a pizza garden of…

Seed Starting – Get Kids Growing by Mark Cullen

Enjoying a great looking garden this summer requires that you either start your own seeds in late winter/early spring or purchase transplants from a garden…

Tips For Growing Vegetables On Your Roof by Albert Mondor

With 85% of Canadians living in an urban environment, large lots are increasingly rare and space is becoming very limited in cities. Practicing horticulture in…

Soil: Where Food Begins – by Mark Cullen

2015 the International Year of Soils. If this comes as a surprise to you, no worries, you are not alone. It seems that most of…

Beets with striking colours! – by Albert Mondor

For centuries, beets have undergone a slow metamorphosis which has lead to the plant we know today, with its sweet, swollen root. Other than the…

Growing your eggplants in containers – By Albert Mondor

The eggplant (Solanum melongena) is a vegetable of tropical origin. It is rather capricious and requires a lot of heat and sustained fertilization. However, those…

Natural Weed Control Solutions – My Top 4 Secrets – by Mark Cullen

Do you ever meet people who are totally into what they are into and believe that the rest of the world should be into the…

Perfect Mother’s Day Gift by Owen Reeves

One of the classic gifts for Mothers’ Day is a beautiful plant. Whether it’s an indoor or outdoor plant, I love it when my mum…

Dahlias and Begonias – by Mark Cullen

Generally gardeners have up until mid April to enjoy some ‘time off’ from gardening activity. It is our dress rehearsal for the busy season ahead….

The Soil Foundation – by Owen Reeves

When constructing a home, the first step is the same every time – build a strong foundation. When it comes to gardening, the same is…

Top 10 Steps to Prepare Your Garden for Winter – by Mark Cullen

Perhaps you are just glad that the weeding, watering and nurturing is behind you for another season and you can finally settle onto the couch…

Stay Cool Gardening – By Mark Cullen

Each year Canadian gardeners concern them selves that we are going to experience a long hot summer. The burning question is, “How can I enjoy…

A vegetable garden on your balcony! by Albert Mondor

You wish to grow tomatoes or cucumbers, but think it is not possible as the only space you have is your little balcony or the…

Alaskan Ice Preventer with Owen Reeves

Attracting Pollinators – by Mark Cullen

My goal is to provide as compelling an argument as I can for you to invest in the future of your garden this spring –…

Permanent Food Crops – Eat What You Grow- by Mark Cullen

As you venture out into your garden this weekend you may contemplate where you will plant some edibles like veggies, herbs, fruiting bushes and the…

Attracting Hummingbirds & Butterflies – by Mark Cullen

As you prepare your shopping list for the garden centre this year include plants which will attract wildlife to your garden. I am talking about…

Miracle of Mulch – with Mark Cullen

Mark explains the benefit of mulch and how it protects your gardens during the summer months.

Durable Houseplants for the Black Thumbs by Albert Mondor

In spite of all your efforts, your house plants keep dying one after the other… You have perhaps even thought about buying plastic plants! Before…

The secret to a successful garden by Mark Cullen (French subtitles)

How to start great looking summer-flowering bulbs – by Mark Cullen

Many summer-flowering bulbs and corms need to be protected from freezing temperatures. They are stored indoors from the first fall frost until the following spring….

Getting the garden ready for winter by Owen Reeves

I hate to burst your bubble, especially after such a hot summer in the GTA, but it’s time to start getting your garden ready for…

Purify the air with house plants by Albert Mondor

The atmosphere of the building where we live and work is loaded with several chemical compounds that are harmful to our health. In some places,…

Fertilizing Edibles by Owen Reeves

The trend in growing edibles has been very popular. More people are choosing to dedicate their outdoor spaces, or significant portions of it, to edible…

The Best Tomatoes on the Block – Eat What You Grow by Mark Cullen

Tomatoes are the most popular garden vegetable in Canada by far. They are easy to grow just about anywhere there is heat and sun. There…

Eat flowers!- by Albert Mondor

Although we mostly create them to be ornamental, our gardens contain various species of flowers that are completely edible. Here are some mouth-watering examples. With…

Benefits of Composting by Owen Reeves

There is nothing better in the summer than fresh produce from your garden! The key to growing quality produce starts below the ground with the…

The best lawn on the Block – Lawn Care Tips by Mark Cullen

As Canada emerges from the deep freeze we tend to get pretty antsy to get out of doors. Everyone, it seems, wants to have a…

Wonderful compost – by Albert Mondor

When the soil in a flower bed is left to itself, it degrades and compacts, making the cultivation of ornamental plants more difficult. To counter…

Indestructible plants that grow in deep shade – by Albert Mondor

Have you been trying to grow perennials under dense spruces or tall, mature maples, but to no success? One after the other, the hostas and…

3 Steps to a lush lawn – with Mark Cullen

Canada’s Gardening Guru” Mark Cullen shares how to get a lush green lawn in only 3 steps.

Seedlings – by Albert Mondor

Reading seed catalogues is a familiar ritual for gardeners. In addition to the pleasure afforded by this activity, creating seedlings is an economical way to…

Benefits of PRO-MIX Soils with Mark Cullen

Gardening expert, Mark Cullens, tells us the benefits of using PRO-MIX soils.