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Perennial gardens are the gift that keeps on giving. Unlike annuals, which need to be replanted each year, perennials return season after season. With cottage gardens and potager gardens becoming...

Skip the digging! The no-dig lasagna gardening method lets you build a thriving garden right over your lawn using layers of cardboard, compost, and organic materials. This easy, low-labor approach...

Preserve your favourite fall leaves with two simple, eco-friendly methods. Add a touch of nature to your home with this quick, sustainable craft idea.

Looking for a creative, eco-friendly way to support pollinators and beautify your community? Try making wildflower seed bombs! The perfect activity for families or community events.

If you have access to fresh or frozen wild blueberries, you have to try this recipe for homemade blueberry preserves, made with wild blueberries, and spiced with vanilla and cardamom....

Elderflowers lend a fragrant and floral flavour to beverages, and a small bottle of elderflower cordial is often priced over $20 in stores. If you forage the flowers fresh around the...

Many native bees nest in cavities in wood, hollow stems, or below ground. Besides growing native plants to support native pollinators, providing nesting habitat is also important. In our newest...

Have you tried DIY rainbow roses? This process also works well with carnations and daisies! Many folks think that these dreamy roses are hand painted, or the result of some...

Cattails are a seriously under appreciated plant. Every part of the plant is either edible or has some great uses for surviving and thriving.

In areas where maple trees can not grow people have turned to making syrup out of birch sap. The sugar content in birch sap is not as high as sugar...

Forcing branches is a very old and time-tested way to experience some spring blooms indoors while you're impatiently waiting for winter to wrap-up. It only requires pruning branches of flowering...

I have done most of my gardening in containers and have learned a lot from my successes and my mistakes. After moving back to an apartment with a small balcony,...