Articles – Cultivate Garden & Gift

October 9, 2021

Buy one, get one FREE!

Vegetables ~ Garlic ~ Herbs ~ BUY ONE GET ONE FREE (of equal or lesser value)!!!

September 14, 2021

Fall flower bulbs are in!

Shop now for best selection! Daffodils, tulips, crocus, allium, and more! Plus seed garlic can be planted now and we have lots of bulk to choose from!

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July 28, 2021

Covid policies. Please read before you visit!

If you feel ill in any way, have travelled out of the country in the last 14 days, or have knowingly been in contact with someone with COVID-19,...

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August 1, 2020

Gift Cards

Yes, we have gift cards! Yes, we can mail them to your friend, family, or to you! You can also come by to pick it up! You can purchase them through...

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August 1, 2020

Softubs ~ at Cultivate!

** Update** Due to huge demand and supplier shortages we are not taking Softub orders at this time. Our supplier is currently backed up by a minimum...

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August 1, 2020

Cultivate Club

Join the Cultivate Club and enjoy these many benefits… A 10% discount on all regular priced items and percentage sale items (example: Roses...

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December 2, 2019

Tree Decorating Phases

Years ago, my daughter (age 14 at the time) asked me if we had to put all of the handmade ornaments on the tree that her and her younger brother (then...

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January 5, 2019

Composting

Black gold. That is what gardeners call the dark, rich stuff that comes out of the compost bin once it has done its job. Partners who share a garden...

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June 14, 2017

A Rose Between Many Thorns

Roses are high maintenance. I love the perfume and the flower itself but can’t quite see myself having a typical rose garden. I’ve...

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February 14, 2016

Ladybug – The Ultimate Party Crasher

Soon we’ll be heading into some warm weather but with that brings some unwanted visitors to the garden. Namely aphids. Those little suckers...

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November 8, 2015

How to Kill a Plant

The quickest way to kill a plant…let me count the ways. You spend a few hours, happily wandering around the garden centre, oohing and ahhing over...

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August 5, 2015

Fall & Winter Vegetables

With summer in full swing I am already planning for winter and for next spring at the garden centre, putting final numbers together for Christmas...

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June 16, 2015

Deer, oh Deer

“What don’t the deer eat?” It’s still the number one question we get asked at the garden centre and we still can’t give you a...

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May 20, 2015

Growing Potatoes in Pots

Grow potatoes in a pot? Sure, why not! If you are cramped for space in the garden or live in a condo with only a balcony that doesn’t mean you have...

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March 19, 2015

Spring Lawn Care

It is not necessarily greener on the other side but if it is then it usually means that your neighbour is looking after their lawn and you’re not. ...

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October 10, 2014

Those Big Purple Flowers

“What are those big purple lollipop flowers and do you have any?” is a question we get quite a bit in late spring when people see these flowers...

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October 10, 2014

Fall Cover Crops

Leave a patch of ground bare and Mother Nature will soon fill it with something and, more often than not, with something you don’t want (like...

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July 19, 2014

Shady Shrubs

Sunny days are here again and with that sun comes the “it’s too hot, I need to find some shade to sit in!” Well, you’re not the...

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May 30, 2014

Spotty Leaves

This is the time of year customers arrive at the garden centre with their little bags of plant problems, one of which is spots on leaves. Usually...

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April 29, 2014

Majestic Magnolias

Some of the best things this time of year are the flowering trees. While ornamental cherries are popular they’re susceptible to problems so I tend...

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