Gardening with Candy Venning

by Candy Venning 1) Invasive plant species – Although vigorous online debates rage in garden groups with people who truly love their Burning Bush, Barberry or Lily of the valley, these plants escape our gardens and grow across woodlands, ravines, places that are not...

by Candy Venning Last month I shared a list of favourite shade plants and now it’s sunny gardens’ turn. Though many of these plants are large or a bit wild and woolly, adding a low stone wall, a background hedge, structures like obelisks or arbours all create a more...

by Candy Venning I recently gave a ‘Shade Garden’ talk via Zoom to a garden club. As a part of the talk I agreed to provide a list of some of my favourite plants – primarily native. I thought it might be helpful if you’re working on establishing a woodland garden. The...

Submitted by Candy Venning As we continue to collect daylight minutes and hoard seeds, I thought now might be a good time to share a few houseplants tips. Despite never buying a plant, I have somehow collected Aloes, Oranges, Agapanthus, ferns, spider plants and...

By Candy Venning Maybe a bit of a personal question, but just who is your garden for? At this time of year, I really start to dream and plan ahead with my ‘garden goals’. A place for myself in the hammock is high on the list, but I also have other guests on my mind –...

by Candy Venning Hmmmm…. What to get that gardener on your list – or perhaps ‘wanna gardener’ or maybe just thinking about becoming a gardener while collecting houseplants kinda’ gardener? A family Membership to the Royal Botanical Gardens – supporting beautiful...

By Candy Venning Hello there, remember last spring how every time you saw a crocus or snowdrop you smiled and then…wondered why you don’t have any in your yard? Yup! Time to think about spring bulbs – and if you didn’t order in advance from @flowerbulbsRus or a...

By Candy Venning If you aren’t seeing any perennial blooms in the garden right now – you definitely have a shortage of Asters, Hydrangeas, Coneflower, Dahlias, Canna lily, Chrysanthemums and Monkshood / Aconitum. So what’s next? Glad you asked; planting, yes planting...

By Candy Venning Looking back over my 20 years of professional gardening it seems that many of us used to be divided between growing vegetables and fruits (homesteading) vs ‘Pretty gardens’. The pretty garden camp was further divided into perennials vs annuals and now...