Demo: Urban Vegetable Gardening – Steeles Library

Want to enjoy vegetables you’ve grown yourself in your own backyard or on your balcony in a container garden? No space is too small to grow vegetables sustainably! A Toronto Master Gardener will lead a demonstration on growing vegetables from…

Demo: Urban Vegetable Gardening – Jane Sheppard Library

Want to enjoy vegetables you’ve grown yourself in your own backyard or on your balcony in a container garden? No space is too small to grow vegetables sustainably! A Toronto Master Gardener will lead a demonstration on growing vegetables from…

Demo: Urban Vegetable Gardening – Spadina Road Library

Want to enjoy vegetables you’ve grown yourself in your own backyard or on your balcony in a container garden? No space is too small to grow vegetables sustainably! A Toronto Master Gardener will lead a demonstration on growing vegetables from…

Container gardening for all seasons in Toronto winters

Best plants for growing in containers on balconies facing west with a lot of sun which will survive Toronto winters, zone 5/6. Balcony is on the 4th floor, one with roof , the other without. What type of planters are…

North west balcony suggestions pls

Hi ! I am new to gardening and while reading about gardening I came across Toronto master gardeners website and it has been very helpful to understand some basics, do’s and don’ts. So thank you for that. I am looking…

Container gardening in downtown high rise

I live in a high rise downtown and have a few containers with soil on a small balcony with full sun. I would like to plan anything, preferably colourful. Ordinarily, I would visit a gardening store like Sheridan on Yonge…

Balcony garden while there is still a balcony

Hello Yoda of the Gardening world, I live in central Etobicoke (Islington and Eglinton) in a 4th floor of an 8 storey apartment building. My unit faces north west, gets morning shade, afternoon sun (the trees next to my balcony…

Starting a balcony garden – no previous experience

Hi there, good afternoon! I would like to add some plants to my balcony (87 sqf; ~13ft by 6.7ft), with the objective of adding privacy (building nearby) and adding some green! See floor plan attached. I live in the 11th…

Drought Tolerant Annuals: A Toronto Master Gardeners Guide

As annual plants complete their lifecycle in a single season the concept of drought tolerance is a bit moot. Unlike perennials that can become drought tolerant after they are well established, our Southern Ontario short growing season means that annuals…