West Island Nursery

06/07/2026

Les plantes sont prêtes: salvia, verbena bonariensis, sauge, borage.

Je les attends 🐝🩷🌸

I have spent the morning planting my ‘invitation to bees’ plants:

Borage, Sage, verbena bonariensis, salvia.

I can’t wait to hear the buzz.
🐝🌸🩷

Celebrate World Honey Bee Day
Honoring Our Pollinators
Jun 7
Protect the Bees
Sweet pollinators. Vital for life. Our planet needs them!
Bees are incredible engineers — one hive can visit millions of flowers daily, enabling one-third of the food we eat through their tireless pollination. Their intelligence shines in complex communication dances that map the best nectar sources, while their colonies work with perfect harmony for the greater good.
Save bees, save the planet. Plant flowers. Support local beekeepers.
Every small garden choice helps these golden guardians thrive and keeps our world blooming.

06/02/2026

May I always remain a person who plants seeds with hope, gathers baskets of homegrown food, saves seeds for next season, pauses for sunrises over the garden, listens to birdsong, watches the bees at work, and doesn't mind being a little wild.

06/02/2026

Elles sont proches! Ça prit 10 ans, mais c’est arrivé. Quel beau moment pour moi🥰

It’s taken 10 years but it has happened. The cats are resting together. It warmed my heart to see this.🥰

05/30/2026

Ces chats nous font rire.

These two bring a smile to our face.

Zena usually takes over WINnie’s discoveries.

05/21/2026

Today marks the day our father passed away. 1992. Long time ago, but feels not so long ago.

I have memories rushing into my day already. One that brings comfort is when Tony brought Bruce Springsteen into our house with Born To Run. I played that album incessantly. While sitting at the kitchen table, I heard Pops tapping his foot and humming the tune to Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out. I felt bonded with my family by Bruce.

I miss my dad. I only hope he is proud of how his children have carried themselves, continued his legacy and respected other.
From my observation of others, it is strangely difficult to maintain family unity, but with the teachings of our parents, we have managed and hope to continue growing after the change at the garden centre.

We hope you all feel the connection family can offer you and know it is a deep love that never ends. If we allow it and respect it.

Pops taught us that.

05/21/2026

Aujourd’hui marque l’anniversaire du décès de notre père. 1992. Il me semble pas si loin. Des souvenirs qui me reviennent déjà. L’un d’eux, particulièrement réconfortant, est quand Tony a introduit Bruce Springsteen à la maison avec l’album Born To Run.
J’écoutais cet album en boucle. Assis à la table de cuisine, j’entendais Pops taper du pied et fredonner l’air de ´Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out’. Bruce me rapprochait de ma famille.

Notre père me manque. J’espère seulement qu’il est fier de la façon dont ses enfants se sont comportés, ont perpétué son héritage et ont respecté autrui. D’après ce que j’ai pu observer chez les autres, il est étrangement compliqué de maintenir l’unité familiale, mais grâce aux enseignements de nos parents, nous y sommes parvenus et espérons continuer à nous épanouir après le changement de notre entreprise.

Nous espérons que vous ressentez tous le lien familial et que vous savez que c’est un amour profond et éternel, si on le permette et que l’on le respecte.

Pops nous l’a appris.

05/18/2026

05/18/2026

Bruce, chaque matin, est le plus content chien du monde 🥰

Every morning
He runs happily

05/16/2026

Je le sais vous êtes sûrement en préparation pour vos potager, mais c'est petit oiseau est venu chez moi. Ça m'a ramené dans nôtre allé de vente à suggerer des plantes pour les attirer.

I'm sure you're all getting your vegetable gardens prepped but I got distracted by a visit from these beauties yesterday. It brought me back to the garden centre, looking for plants to add to the feeder area to help them along.

Ils préferent des fleurs en forme de trompette. Voila une liste pour vous aider:

We know they prefer tubular flowers, here's a list if you wish to help them come to you:

Lupinus perennis ( Lupins)
Monarda Fistulosa ( Monarda varieties)
Penstemon
Phlox (pour le printemps)
Physostegia virginiana
Lobelia - annuelles et vivaces
Lobelia cardinalis
Iris versicolor
Agastache varieties
Delphinium
Snapdragons

Lonicera --Chevrefeuilles en vignes - Climbing Honeysuckles
Morning Glory (Glory Morning according to Nonna)
Feves Scarlet Runner beans
Campsis radicans (Trumpet Vines)

Weigela
Buddleia

Si vous me le permettez, je vais continuer ces 'postes', on a plus de plantes, mais on a la passion et l'expérience.
If you would humour me, I will continue writing these posts. We no longer have plants but certainly have the love and experience to share.