JDESIGNs, Garden Design & Service

05/02/2019

April snow brings MAY FLOWERS. Chickadee home and garden and Scottish Gardens, my two go to garden gurus are in the garden again. Feel free to hit us up for some inspiration

03/16/2019

Today is Calgary's Seedy Saturday
Saturday March 16, 2019 10 to 3
Hillhurst Sunnyside Community Association
Calgary, AB

Mark this on your calendar and don't miss out on the most fun day of the year, for everything to do with gardening, healthy yards and seed saving! Please invite your friends!

The event will have displays by:
• Local seed savers, prairie seed companies, native plant collectors, conservation groups, community gardeners, organic growers, permaculture groups

Plus:
• Seed exchange table, refreshments, presenters, kids corner
Today is SDeed
Calgary Seedy Saturday is part of the worldwide Seedy Saturday/Sunday events that celebrate open-pollinated seeds. Calgary Seedy Saturday is keeping the skill of growing from seed to seed alive in Calgary. As large commercial seed companies consolidate and only offer more hybrids and patented varieties, we are increasingly losing the regionally adapted collections that have developed in our unique prairie climate.

Contact: calgaryseedysaturday [at] gmail.com

02/25/2019

Now is the time to Dream, Because "you can use an eraser on the drafting table, or a sledgehammer on the construction site" - Frank Lloyd Wright

02/18/2019

Alberta's winter wonderland is where we are spending our family day.

Very cold, very pretty here.

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02/11/2019

01/17/2019

Let me know what you highly recommend others try to help their garden survive in hard to grow seasons like this one

01/16/2019

It's January, and your favorite veggies are ripe for purchase from your home grown Canadian seed growers! This east coast company is offering a chance to win $100 dollars in product today. Go check it out!

(Glycine max) 75-80 days. Fiskey is the ideal soybean for Canadian gardeners! This variety hails from Northern Sweden and grows well in unpredictable short seasons. It is highly nutritious and very adaptable to a wide variety of soil types. Young pods are yummy steamed, but you can also use Fiskeby....

10/07/2018

It is October. Snowey. And I have eaten through my leads for the summer. What is a business supposed to do on a limited (0) budget to bring in new business? I now have the time to try out internet marketing. Not the best time to be looking for clients in horticulture, but it may be the prime time to build an online presence with housebound gardeners who just may turn into loyal customers when the snow melts in April. [ 460 more words ]

It is October. Snowey. And I have eaten through my leads for the summer. What is a business supposed to do on a limited (0) budget to bring in new business? I now have the time to try out internet …

08/19/2018

Midway through the summer and I realize that this garden business I have begun is too busy to stop and enforce values in the ideal ways that I had laid out during this season at this time. My grand vision of using volunteering to fulfill my mission statement is not going as planned. Instead, the true value of volunteering has presented itself. [ 278 more words ]

Midway through the summer and I realize that this garden business I have begun is too busy to stop and enforce values in the ideal ways that I had laid out during this season at this time. My grand…

08/11/2018

Thank you to the Calgary Zoo and Confederation Park for the in-person inspiration for my Chinese garden. Never having left the country myself, the textures, colors, and placement of landscape elements in these photos are the inspiration for my planting choices going in this week. The gold of Gold Chinez Juniper, Magic Carpet Spirea, BudsGold Dogwood, Tiger eyes sumac. The fern-like look of elders, arctic willow, and False Spirea. [ 45 more words ]

Thank you to the Calgary Zoo and Confederation Park for the in-person inspiration for my Chinese garden. Never having left the country myself, the textures, colors, and placement of landscape eleme…