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Cool Your Yard and Cut Your Carbon: Small Shade Trees for Big Impact - Georgina Garden Centre

Cool Your Yard and Cut Your Carbon: Small Shade...

Looking to beat the heat, lower your energy bills, and feel a little better about your carbon footprint? Start with a tree. In Georgina’s growing zone 5, backyard-friendly shade trees...

Cool Your Yard and Cut Your Carbon: Small Shade...

Looking to beat the heat, lower your energy bills, and feel a little better about your carbon footprint? Start with a tree. In Georgina’s growing zone 5, backyard-friendly shade trees...

Healthy Shorelines Start at Home: How to Garden Along Lake Simcoe - Georgina Garden Centre

Healthy Shorelines Start at Home: How to Garden...

Your garden can help protect Lake Simcoe. Swapping lawn for native plants, ditching chemicals, and softening shoreline edges all reduce runoff, support wildlife, and fight erosion. Whether you're on the...

Healthy Shorelines Start at Home: How to Garden...

Your garden can help protect Lake Simcoe. Swapping lawn for native plants, ditching chemicals, and softening shoreline edges all reduce runoff, support wildlife, and fight erosion. Whether you're on the...

A Brief History of Gardening: From Survival Crops to Stylish Yards - Georgina Garden Centre

A Brief History of Gardening: From Survival Cro...

From ancient seed-saving survivalists to today’s garden influencers with perfectly pruned hydrangeas, gardening has come a long way. In this post, we dig into the roots of vegetable gardening, flower...

A Brief History of Gardening: From Survival Cro...

From ancient seed-saving survivalists to today’s garden influencers with perfectly pruned hydrangeas, gardening has come a long way. In this post, we dig into the roots of vegetable gardening, flower...

Get Fruity! Your Guide to Growing Delicious Fruit Trees - Georgina Garden Centre

Get Fruity! Your Guide to Growing Delicious Fru...

There’s nothing sweeter than biting into fruit you grew yourself—especially when that fruit comes from your very own tree. Whether you're dreaming of crisp apples, juicy pears, tart cherries, or...

Get Fruity! Your Guide to Growing Delicious Fru...

There’s nothing sweeter than biting into fruit you grew yourself—especially when that fruit comes from your very own tree. Whether you're dreaming of crisp apples, juicy pears, tart cherries, or...

Top Gardening Questions We Get at GGC (And the Honest Answers You Need) - Georgina Garden Centre

Top Gardening Questions We Get at GGC (And the ...

Got questions? So does everyone else. At Georgina Garden Centre, we hear the same ones all the time — and we’re here for it. From watering and pruning to planting...

Top Gardening Questions We Get at GGC (And the ...

Got questions? So does everyone else. At Georgina Garden Centre, we hear the same ones all the time — and we’re here for it. From watering and pruning to planting...

How Midges Improve Soil and Biodiversity in Your Garden - Georgina Garden Centre

How Midges Improve Soil and Biodiversity in You...

Midges might not be the first creatures that come to mind when thinking about garden health, but these tiny insects play an essential role in improving soil quality and enhancing...

How Midges Improve Soil and Biodiversity in You...

Midges might not be the first creatures that come to mind when thinking about garden health, but these tiny insects play an essential role in improving soil quality and enhancing...