beamsville

Proper Care of Popular Climbing Vines

Garden Tips, Instructional /

The wild and unruly look of climbing vines adds a certain Secret Garden quality to any landscape. Despite their often unkempt appearance many of the popular vines you will see in store do require some basic care. To ensure a prolific plant here are some tips for the most common climbers. Clematis Soil Clematis prefer moist, well-drained soil that’s neutral to slightly alkaline in pH. Seasonally add compost and a good quality granular fertilizer. There […]

Proper Care of Popular Climbing Vines Read More »

Attracting Beneficial Insects

Garden Tips, Instructional /

Insects get a lot of bad PR but there are all kinds of good bugs crawling around there. The key is attracting these good ones to assist in the organic enhancement of your garden. One of the first and most obvious ways to keep beneficial bugs in your garden is to avoid the use of the chemicals. Another key way is by using specific plants to attract specific bugs. This week we’d like to review

Attracting Beneficial Insects Read More »

Is a Raised Bed the Best Choice for You?

Garden Tips, Instructional /

I think I should preface this entry with a foreword regarding my belief that a raised vegetable garden is not necessarily a large low wooden structure. It can come in the form of an oversized planter, railing planter or even a hanging basket. There are many reasons to raise it up! Personally when I chose to build my large raised bed I was experiencing almost every one of the problems that would inspire this sort

Is a Raised Bed the Best Choice for You? Read More »

Digging a new Garden

Instructional /

Creating a new garden can be a very laborious process but with good planning is always a worthwhile venture. I’ve always been fond of the expression measure twice cut once. This applies to cutting your garden bed as well. Decide where the garden bed will go and draw a plan on paper. Consider the plants you hope to feature and their eventual mature size. This will help you decide how large the bed needs to

Digging a new Garden Read More »

Building depth with Landscape Stone

Instructional /

Is your garden looking little one dimensional? Lacking that je-ne-c’est quoi? One of the most tried and true methods to adding depth to an outdoor space is the incorporation of a landscape stone feature. Stone Pathways Loose stone paths are easily installed a rough or smooth garden path is a great way to divide garden areas, or create direction to a focal feature such as statuary or a bird bath. Rough materials such as crushed

Building depth with Landscape Stone Read More »

Contact Us

Monday to Saturday 8AM to 6PM
Sunday 9AM to 5PM

5677 King Street
Beamsville, ON L3J 1N5

905- 945- 1713
info@ridgeviewgardencentre.com

Shopping Cart
Products
0
Total
$0.00
View Cart
0
Scroll to Top