
Donna’s life long gardening journey
Introducing our new series, “gardenstead spotlight.” Where we highlight people like Donna, whose gardening passion travelled with her from Guyana, South America to Canada.
Tips, guides, and inspiration from our community of gardeners and horticultural experts.

Introducing our new series, “gardenstead spotlight.” Where we highlight people like Donna, whose gardening passion travelled with her from Guyana, South America to Canada.

Pearl is an extremely knowledgeable, delightful and positive member of our Vegetable Garden group on Facebook who gardens in a small town in Northern Illinois, USA.

This month we’re featuring a community member who ventured into vertically growing watermelon! Meet Pilar Cutler and discover her amazing pantyhose hanging watermelon that she lovingly grows in a small town in Virginia, USA.

Marion is an inspiration in the garden. I love seeing what she harvests and getting quick video tours of her garden.

Andreina, originally from Ecuador, is an urban gardener in Virginia, USA. She makes an amazing mojito with mint straight from her garden, shares produce with friends and neighbors and offers help to new gardeners.

After Alex (@theEnglishgardener) has spent some considerable time admiring his garden and learning about his remarkable efforts via Instagram, we reached out to him to ask him to share his story.

Aaron Deacon was frustrated by the scarcity of natural solutions for feeding plants and supplementing soil. Thinking there had to be a better way to feed his plants, Aaron started to search for a solution.

As gardeners who are fond of the occasional soak in the tub, when we read the words ‘botanical’ alongside ‘bath’, we can’t help it, we’re going to be curious.

We’re well into a new year, and as gardeners we find ourselves in the same dilemma as always, it seems — which seeds to sow this season, and when?
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