Happy 2022 to all our wonderful customers and friends! I’m hoping that you are well and ‘weathering the storm’ as we move through these tough times together.

I really hope that you are looking forward to another year in one of your favourite places – Your Garden! It’s time to start dreaming and planning your summer sanctuary… Think sun and heat and colour and fresh tomatoes! I know you can picture it if you try really hard! I thought I’d drop you a note to tempt you with a few new plant goodies for 2022 and help chase away the February blahs.

Here at the farm, we have been planning for the 2022 season since last July and are anxious to get growing later this month…I can’t wait for the day really soon when I walk into my favourite greenhouse, “Cuba” to start seeding this year’s flowers and veggies.

We have an employment opening for a Greenhouse Worker to assist in growing and selling our plants at our farm in Glencairn. If you love people and plants and are looking for a fun, seasonal job to keep you busy and fit this spring then why not turn your passion into a job with us?

Applicants must be available to work full days, varying from 2 to 5 days a week from late February to mid June, including weekends. The successful applicant will be physically fit and energetic with outstanding customer service skills. Gardening experience an asset, however positivity and passion for learning is more important.

To find out more, please contact Katie.

Cake Pops are a brand new line of drought tolerant Verbena from my favourite plant breeder, Proven Winners. Clusters of lovely delicate light pink blossoms are produced all summer long, attracting a range of pollinators.

Plants are more upright than the well known trailing varieties, but will still spread beautifully, making them a great mounding filler in combinations and giving them presence when planted in the ground. Cake Pops Pink is tough, durable and drought tolerant and doesn’t stop blooming, even in extreme heat.

Commonly known as False Indigo, varieties are usually blue. However, Pink Lemonade is a little different! Unique bicoloured flowers start out soft yellow and age to raspberry pink and mauve lavender. WOW!

Blooming late spring to early summer, flower stems are sturdy and held above upright, full and bushy blue-green foliage. Plants will grow to over 3 feet, so great for the back or middle of a bed. If left untrimmed, the plant forms interesting seedpods that turn charcoal black in the fall and persist into winter. Baptisia will attract scores of butterflies and hummingbirds. Easy to grow and long lived in full sun.

I’ve been searching for a really good cocktail or campari type tomato to add to our tomato collection for a while now. I think I’ve found it! Mountain Magic has exceptional sweet flavour, crack resistance and vigorous foliage.

Expect high yields of 2 oz red fruits, formed in clusters of 7-8. Great news for gardeners who have the misfortune to suffer with late blight - Mountain Magic has excellent resistance to both late blight and early blight, making it sure to find its way into my own garden this summer!

Are you spending time this winter browsing through seed catalogues, wishing that you could grow them all? Starting seeds at home is fun and an option for some, but not everyone has the space and environment for the plants to grow well. So, maybe we can turn your seed catalogue dreams into reality with our custom seed growing service.

Each year, we have a small custom seed growing department. Just order your seeds from your favourite supplier, bring them to us by the end of February and we will grow them for you. Pick up your transplants at the end of May, ready to plant outside. Please contact me to discuss pricing and arrange.

Thank you to all who trusted us with their container designs last year. We hope your plants performed well and brought you JOY! This year, Kelly French is again running our ever popular custom container department. Kelly has been part of our team for 7 years. With a great eye for design and knowledge of all our plants, Kelly will work with you to design combinations that meet your taste and needs. She has already been in touch with existing custom container customers so if that is you, please continue planning with her. If you or a friend would like more information about our Custom Containers, please contact us.