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Garden and plant wisdom comes with years of learning and trying new ideas, tricks and tips and overcoming challenges.

This section offers expert speakers, articles and video tutorials across a wide range of subjects that cater to all skill levels.

Build your experience and knowledge of plants, pollinators and ecology through contributions from EHS members, master gardeners and experts.

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How to Collect and Store Seeds

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Frequently Asked Questions about Invasive Plants

Informative website on Canadian Invasive Plant Species For information regarding newly identified and common Invasive Plant Species in Ontario/Canada along with Best Management Practices, please visit: https://www.invasivesp

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Canadian Source for Invasive Species Information

Ontario Flora Native Plant Nursery Hello from Ontario Flora Native Plant Nursery! To those looking to purchase plants with us this year, for your convenience, we are pleased to offer a new e-commerce website!  Plea

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Great Source for Native Plants

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Winter Gardening for Pollinators

Vendor List This section features local retailers who provide discounts to the members of the Etobicoke Horticultural Society. For a discount at store level, please ensure you show your EHS Membership Card at time of purchase. Help s

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Retailers providing discounts to EHS members

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Using Nature Cues to Grow Your Garden

Taping into the study of Phenology to guide your garden planting schedules.

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24 Flowers for Hummingbirds

Include a few of these annuals, perennials, shrubs and vines in your garden.

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No-Dig Gardening

Try this method to save your back, feed the soil and watch your plants grow.

Do you want to grow native plants but not sure where to source them? Have you tried growing native plants from seed but they didn't take? Then this webinar, offered by the local Kensington Conservancy is for you. Clean North's Abby Oben

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Growing Native Plants through Winter Sowing

Top 5 things to Do (and Avoid doing) To help our Pollinators this Fall This is the first of a series of articles written by an EHS member, Sarah Joy Bennett. As gardeners, it is easy for us to notice the amazing work done by

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Five things to Do to help our Pollinators this Fall

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Growing Fruit in an Urban Garden

Get the most from your tree investment — for you and the world around you. Drought, bugs and environmental damage can undo years of growth and seriously affect our canopy. In this article, Mark and Ben Cullen offer the top 4 tips for tre

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Nurture your Tree Investment

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Invasive Plants

There are several sources for Native plants and the list continues to grow. We will do our best to stay up-to-date with information on local sources including: One source of natives is www.nanps.org .  This is the website for No

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Where to buy Native Plants

Joanna Bechtold, a longstanding EHS member, shares 10 reasons why you should consider the benefits of leaving the natural debris on garden beds.

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This Spring, don’t clean up your garden!

Our longstanding member Odile shares this wonderful video: Brian at Next Level Gardening presents the complete growing guide and special tips for improving the tomato yield of your plants. You don’t want to miss this, with secret tips at

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The Secret to growing LOTS of tomatoes, not leaves

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Pruning 101

What to prune in your garden for the healthiest plants..

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Composting to Feed your Garden

Helpful tips on how you can reduce your waste and feed your garden.

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Plant and Garden Resources

This is your go-to section to find information and links for seeds, plants and garden related products.