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Want to know how you can help songbirds, pollinators, beneficial insects and other wild animals right in your own backyard? Hint: your garden is just the spot to get started.

Discover the climate-friendly techniques the farm uses, learn about the harmonious ways they work with nature, and get some friendly advice about how to start growing – even a small space will do.

The gardenstead team hit the floor running at the return of AmericanHort’s (usually) annual event, and we have lots to share — from some nifty sustainable products to the state of the green-collar industry to women in STEM and more.

How did you get into gardening? For Emily, it all started with a cactus named Tim and a hoya cutting from her dad. Now, she has a splendid urban vegetable garden (plus cactus and hoya, of course).

Is there something you can do to help birds, insects and other animals in this era of climate change? Yes, there is, and it starts right in your very own garden.

Visit the backyard garden of Toronto-based psychiatrist Dr. Nate Charach with us. Learn about his permaculture food forest, and get his views about reconnecting to the earth to find balance in life.

Alex Lyneel, @theenglishgardener returns! This time, Alex shares his sage advice about how to create the whimsical, inviting charm of a cottage garden in your garden space.

In this episode of our podcast, Katie has a broad-ranging conversation with Dr. Nate Charach, a Toronto-based psychiatrist who shares how being out in nature can help us all.

It’s getting to be peak harvest time for many of us, and when we ran a photo contest asking for people to send in images of their garden bounty — they really (really) came through.