Gardening Tips

10 Tips for Creating a Pollinator Garden Creating a pollinator garden is a fantastic way to keep the local ecosystem healthy. Attract bees, butterflies, and beneficial insects to your garden...

Vegetable Gardening on PEI: What to Plant in Mid to Late June At last — the long, warm days have arrived here on PEI! The risk of frost is behind...

Tree-Planting Time: Know Your Maple Trees May and June are the best months to plant trees before the heat of summer hits. Island Pride has a variety of trees to...

Beauty and Benefits of Crabapple Trees Crabapples are a great way to add a burst of colour to your yard. The flowers of the crabapple emerge in June and are...

A Garden For The Birds Creating a garden for birds can bring great personal enjoyment while at the same time helping native species that are in decline. A bird garden...

Autumn Colours: Tips for Fall Gardening At Island Pride Garden Co in Wood Islands, we are preparing for Fall. As the days become cooler it is a great time to...

The 101 of Tree Planting If you are on PEI, you know we need to plant trees. It might be that you have a lot of open space due to...

What Can Property Owners Do About Shoreline Erosion? Coastal erosion is an issue affecting many regions around the world, including Prince Edward Island. This phenomenon is caused by a combination...

The Beauty of May Gardening May is a lovely month. The days are longer, you can feel the sun on your face and the birds are all chirping away. It...

How to Limit Mosquitos in Your Yard Nothing ruins a perfect summer afternoon in the garden like a swarm of pesky mosquitos. But did you know you can actually use...

What We’re Doing to Help the Environment Each of us can do a little bit every day to reduce our carbon footprint. Whether it is reducing our use of the...

Bring Colour Into Your Life With Cold Hardy Planters   Early May is still pretty cold in PEI with occasional sunny days, giving us some warmth. If we are putting...

Fruit Trees – What Should You Plant For Success? Is your home a fruit producer? PEI is a good fruit growing region. So what fruit trees grow for the region....

Edible Gardening: How To Get Started This Year With Your Vegetable Garden So you have decided it is time to feed yourself. You have a little time on your hands...