Ideas & How To's
Made in the Shade: How to Create a Cool and Colourful Backyard Retreat
On a hot summer afternoon, a shady corner of the garden can feel like a welcome escape from the heat. Whether created naturally by mature trees or intentionally through thoughtful landscape design, shade gardens offer beauty, comfort and environmental benefits that can be enjoyed throughout the growing season.
Garden to Vase: How to Grow, Cut and Arrange Beautiful Flowers From Your Garden
In June, one of the most common questions we hear is, "What's eating my plants?" While some insects can cause damage, many others are actually helping your garden thrive.
Knowing the difference between a garden pest and a beneficial insect can save you time, money and frustration throughout the growing season.
The Best Things Dad Grows Aren't Always in the Garden
When I think about my dad, Francis Ferragine, I don't think about business first. I think about his tomatoes.
Every summer, Dad took great pride in growing the biggest, tastiest tomatoes he could. He was always checking on them, watering them, and making sure they had everything they needed to thrive.
Friend or Foe? 5 Garden Pests and 3 Beneficial Bugs Every Gardener Should Know
In June, one of the most common questions we hear is, "What's eating my plants?" While some insects can cause damage, many others are actually helping your garden thrive.
Knowing the difference between a garden pest and a beneficial insect can save you time, money and frustration throughout the growing season.
Plants That Give You More Than Just Flowers
The best plants in the garden do more than simply bloom. Some attract butterflies and hummingbirds. Others help pollinators thrive, tolerate heat and drought, save time with low maintenance care, or even support important causes in the community.
Garden to Table: 5 Ways to Grow Fresh Food Right from Your Garden to Your Table
There’s nothing quite like harvesting food from your own garden.
Fresh herbs clipped for dinner, tomatoes picked warm from the vine, crisp lettuce for summer salads, growing your own food is rewarding, delicious, and easier than many people think.
Patio Ready: 5 Things to Get Your Patio Ready for Summer 2026
As temperatures warm and we spend more time outdoors, patios become extensions of our homes places to relax, entertain, dine, and enjoy summer.
The good news? Creating a beautiful patio space doesn’t require a complete redesign. A few intentional choices can completely transform how your outdoor space looks and feels.
5 Things to Do Before the Victoria Day Long Weekend
For many Ontario gardeners, the Victoria Day long weekend marks the true start of the gardening season. Before the long weekend arrives, here are five smart ways to get your home and garden ready for the season ahead.
Bradford Greenhouses Limited retains Best Managed Companies Platinum Club designation for 2025
Bradford Greenhouses Limited was recognized for its industry-leading performance, its global business practices, and its sustained growth by again receiving the prestigious 2025 Canada’s Best Managed Companies Platinum Member award. By winning the Best Managed designation for nine consecutive years, they have achieved Platinum Club status with the Canada’s Best Managed Companies program for another year.
5 Things to Do in Your Garden This Week (Ontario – Week of May 3)
Early May in Ontario is all about getting a head start with cool-season crops like lettuce, peas, and radishes while prepping your beds for the season ahead. Clean up perennials, give your lawn some early care, and hold off on tender plants until nights warm up. Add a pop of colour with pansies or violas to brighten things up while you wait for true planting weather.
It’s Time for a Spring Lawn Check-Up
As the snow melts away, you may be surprised to find that your once, lush green lawn is less vibrant. The accumulative effect of salt, snow, wind, and frosty weather can cause damage to both the roots and tips of your grass. But that’s not all, winter may have been hiding some unexpected surprises, including mould and root damage from voles.
5 Spring Tips to Dress up your Doorway
Our front door and entranceway is the space that welcomes and invites us into our home. It is an opportunity to express a bit of our personality as we change up our outdoor décor to match the evolving seasons.
