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That's right, Gardener's Kit is hitting the road again, this time we are heading to Salt Spring Island at the end of the month to do a pop-up with our friends at Rhubarb Designs on Salt Spring Island. When: Sat. July 27 + Sun. July 28, 10-4 both days Rhubarb Designs is run by Lorraine Hamilton, a landscape designer, gardener, plantsperson, creative, and Gardener's Kit regular. Also a major fan of Sneeboer and Niwaki garden tools. She's been making beautiful gardens for an impressive 40 years!   Since 2015, she's been running a delightful shop called Rhubarb (surprise!) that sells a wonderful variety of unique, handcrafted homewares, art,...

May and June are typically the best months to trim boxwood topiary and hedges here on the West Coast, while new spring growth is still soft. Which, according to Jake at Niwaki, is how you get that amazing, super smooth finish we all marvel over when we see it on instagram! It's best to avoid wet weather because of the risk of spreading boxwood blight*, but you also want to do it before the weather gets too hot and dry so the newly-cut foliage doesn't burn. And make sure that your cutting tools are super sharp to prevent cuts that...

It’s RHS Chelsea Flower Show week and as I look at all sorts of great pictures of gardens and displays on instagram, I’m wishing I had made the trip! You too? I’ve been once before, in 2016, and it was amazing and huge and overwhelming and crazily packed with massive throngs of people. There are so many inspiring garden design ideas, so much planting excellence, and such a vast array of plant material, garden structures, tools, and arts and crafts. So much great stuff that we never see here in Canada! Two of our main suppliers have booths every year...

That’s right.. our Victoria Showroom is now open 6 days a week! We know how much fun it is to come check out our showroom in person, now there’s even more time in the week to come by and say hi 👋!Find us in Vic West in the lower Bay Bridge Complex at 169 Langford St.Open Monday to Friday, 12 to 5pm and Saturday, 12 - 4pm.*closed statutory holidays and long weekends 😉 interested in working part-time at our victoria showroom? send us an email! office@gardenerskit.com  

In this era of climate change, environmental degradation and biodiversity loss we think that organic gardening practices are more important than ever. As part of our quest to encourage organic gardening, we are now carrying a selection of excellent products from the Organic Gardener's Pantry. They include organic fertilisers, mycorrhizal fungi and soil inoculants. I have used these products in my gardening business for many years and can recommend them highly. We're also offering a wonderfully approachable (and slim) book called "The Essence Of Organic Gardening" that explains the basics. Throughout the year, we'll be discussing various others ways that you can incorporate...