Tips for Forcing Branches Indoors
Forcing branches indoors can be an extremely satisfying and rewarding endeavour. Follow these steps to make sure your branches grow into healthy, happy shrubs!
Spring Gardening Tips & Advice
4 Seasons Urn Club
Let us help you celebrate the start of each season by becoming part of Country Basket Garden Centre's Urn Club!
Jamie Durie Video: Front Door Container Gardens
In this video from Proven Winners, Jamie Durie shows us how to create a great first impressions with beautiful container gardens for your entry way.
How, Why & When to Prune Shrubs
Here at Country Basket Garden Centre, we're often asked when the best time of year is to prune shrubs. Here, we'll answer your most burning questions about shrub pruning for your Niagara garden!
10 Tips for Healthy Shrubs & Vines
At Country Basket Garden Centre in Niagara, we’re committed to your gardening success. We’ve created this list of our Top 10 Tips Healthy Shrubs & Vines that will preform for years.
2-Year Warranty on Trees & Shrubs
At the Country Basket, we know that our Niagara customers don't buy plants with the intention of killing them! Sometimes things just go wrong, and so we offer a generous 2-year warranty on all hardy trees, shrubs and perennial climbing vines.
Tips for Growing Cucumbers in Containers
Cucumbers are both fun and quite easy to grown in containers. With the proper care, your cucumber plants will produce high yields, keeping you in salads and cucumber and cream cheese sandwiches all summer long!
Can I Grow Vegetables in Containers?
With the price of fruits and vegetables higher than ever at the grocery store, many people are starting to consider growing their own at home. For those of us not fortunate enough to have acres of land on which to grow vegetables, container gardening is a great option!
Tips for Starting Seeds Indoors
Starting your own seeds indoors can be an extremely satisfying and rewarding endeavor. Follow these steps to make sure your seeds grow into healthy, happy plants!
Custom Planting Service
Pam Bongers (the owner) and staff are our custom planting architects! They'll work with you to custom design your dream planters or container gardens that fit your budget and the style of your Niagara garden.
Niagara's Most Popular Bulbs
Springtime flowering bulbs get a lot of attention, but there are bulbs that bloom in summer and autumn, too. Here are a few of the most popular.
Your Bulbs vs. Squirrels
Squirrels, as cute as they are, can be a bit of a pest concerning bulbs – especially with tulips.
A Guide to Growing Strawberries
One of the most exciting fruits in your garden has to be strawberries; they fruit quite early, and give you the first true taste of summer! Here, we’ve put together a quick guide to help you grow your own strawberries at home.
Vegetables You Can Plant in Early Spring
As soon as the final snows of winter have melted away, the avid gardeners among us (you know who you are!) are immediately rarin' to start digging away in their gardens. Here are some veggies you can plant in early spring that can handle the cold!
On Growing Roses
Roses are the flowers of poetry; fragrant and lovely amidst the thorns that guard them. There are many varieties of roses for gardeners of all different experience levels.
Creating a Picture-Perfect Landscape
You want your landscape to be interesting and beautiful in all seasons. This can seem difficult here in Niagara, but you can accomplish it by choosing plants that have features that are pleasing in each season.
Planting Beautiful Perennial Beds
In today's blog post, the Country Basket Garden Centre team offers up some tips and advice for planting beautiful, hardy perennial gardens in Niagara.
Annuals: Five Steps to Fantastic Color
Though annual flowers must be planted new every year, they provide a blast of colour all season long that's truly worth the effort.
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