Sustainable gardening practices and organic foods make a great combo! Come to the Toronto Botanical Garden, 777 Lawrence Avenue East, every Thursday between 2:00 and 7:00 to ask gardening questions at the free Toronto Master Gardeners Advice Clinic, meet organic…

On Saturday, February 17, from 10am to 4pm, Toronto Master Gardeners will be on hand to answer your gardening questions at Get the Jump on Spring, the Toronto Botanical Garden’s annual Horticultural Open House. In addition to advice, demonstrations and…

Although we’ve had a few rainy nights recently, most Toronto gardens are still very dry, which means that it’s not a good idea to apply fall fertilizers yet.  Dig down 6-10 inches to see if you can feel some moisture…

Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (OMAFRA) has posted a notice advising that at this time of year, the white waxy covering that female Introduced Beech scale (Cryptococcus fagisugae) produce to protect their eggs is easier to see  …

Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (OMAFRA) has posted a notice advising homeowners to lightly shear boxwood and cedars now to reduce populations of leafminer larvae that would normally persist into 2018. They note that annual summer sheering…

Planting a bright orange milkweed in your garden? Make sure it’s not tropical milkweed. Asclepias curassavica has many common names including tropical milkweed, bloodflower, Mexican butterfly weed and wild ipecacuanha. It does not winter over in Ontario but has been…

Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (OMAFRA) has posted a notice about Gypsy Moths reaching a new stage in their life cycle, making them no longer susceptible to control using the biocontrol Bacillus thuringiensis. Now that the larvae…