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Advertisers: Know Your Market! *
There's a radio ad on the air these days and every time I hear it, I burst out laughing. And it isn't meant to be funny, either. . .
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Alchemy Works Seeds & Herbs ****
Focuses on seeds, herbs, and plant resins traditionally used in Earth-based spirituality and magick.
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Baker Creek Heirloom Seed Co. & Rareseeds.Com ****
Heirloom Vegetables, Flowers, Berry Plants And Herb Seed.
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Dominion Seed House **** 1/2
One of Canada's foremost and most reputable seed houses.
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evalu8.org 2003 VanDusen Flower & Garden Show rules & regs *
Sorry...contest finished
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Fork & Spade ****
The website for garden lovers! Fork & Spade offers a quality selection bareroot roses and fruit trees, flowering bulbs, unique garden accents, and practical garden tools. Free catalogue.
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Garber Gastronomic: Ordering Seeds online -- Planning your herb and veggie garden, Part 2 *
Choosing and ordering seeds, and how to decide what to plant!
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Garber Gastronomic: Planning your herb and veggie garden - Part 1 *
First feature of a three-parter on seeds -- and getting ready for your 2005 garden!
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Garber Gastronomic: Shopping for herb plants *
If you've left your victory garden until now, never fear: There are many ways to recoup the season and get your summer garden into instant shape. Local sources, internet and mail order sources and ways to improve and enhance your "little Eden" are all outlined here. First in a series by Anne Garber.
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Garden Solutions ****
Great selection of weathervanes, cupolas and unique gazebos.
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Garden Stuff: Fiskars Garden tool set (Garber review) ****
An excellent, heavy-duty set of hand-gardening tools, this one has the advantage of soft-grip handles, which are of paramount importance to relieve baby-boomer hand fatigue; they make gripping easy.
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Garden Web *
A very extensive site for green-thumbers.
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Gardener's Hand Cream **** 1/2
Know a gardener? Try this recipe for Gardener's Hand cream...
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Gardens Alive! *
Environmentally Friendly Products that Work. Gardens Alive! is the premier supplier of environmentally friendly products for the home, lawn, garden and orchard.
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Gempler's Online Gardening Tools **** 1/2
Commercial-grade horticultural tools and supplies for the serious gardener
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Green Earth Ethnobotanicals ****
Note: Amanita comes from Washington State. Canadians will not be allowed to import it.
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Haute Gardens ****
Haute Gardens offers upscale, unique garden decor items, from elegant to whimsical. Birdhouses to weathervanes, each item has been carefully selected for quality, beauty, and functionality.
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Hermit Medlars Walk ****
Irises -- all winter-hardy (they are located in Massachusetts)
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Holland Wildflower Farm ***
They carry seed of over 70 native and naturalized wildflowers in North America.
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Kremlin's decree sows seed of discontent *
Scientists fear rare plant species won't survive move to new location
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L'Atelier Vert ****
L'Atelier Vert is devoted to everything (about) French gardening.
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Leong's Nursery *****
7487 Meadow Street, Burnaby, BC
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Martha and Sears tie the knot *
Stewart moves past legal problems in United States, break with Zellers
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Martha Stewart *
Marthastewart.com is an upscale direct-to-consumer merchandising business that focuses on cooking and entertaining, gardening, crafts, holidays, home, keeping, weddings, baby and kids, stationery and cards, travel and totes, and books and music.
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McConnell catalogue *
The McConnell catalogue is administered by McKenzie Seeds in Canada.
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McKenzie Seeds ****
As they say: "We want to keep it simple for gardeners by offering only proven winners for the Canadian climate."
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My favourite suggestion for Mom for a last-minute Mother's Day Gift: Take her to the nursery *
Stumped for a last-minute gift for Mother's Day? Do what I did, and take your mother to the local plant nursery or garden shop to choose her own gift.
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Orvis *
Orvis - Since 1856. Providing distinctive clothing, gear, luggage & home goods inspired by our Sporting Traditions. America's oldest mail order company offering the best guarantee in the business.
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RareSeeds.com ****
Please see listing under Baker Creek Heirloom Seed Co.
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Richters Herb Specialists *****
Simply the best source of herbs on the 'net!
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Rose Peddler Antique Roses ****
Specializing in heritage roses. Note: Suitable only for greenhouse or sheltered garden situations in Pacific Northwest.
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Stokes Seeds **** 1/2
An old family-run operation, Stokes is one of the finest seed companies in the world today.
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T & T Seeds *
Manitoba-based T & T Seeds are quite good...
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VanDusen 2004 Garden Show *
On now...Vancouver, BC
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Vesey's Seeds ****
I'm quite fond of Vesey's Seeds (York, Charlotteown, PEI)
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Wildseed Farms ****
A Texas company -- the largest in the U.S. -- that raises wildflowers and markets the seeds.
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Yardiac.com ****
Lookin' for Laaf Gnomes in all the wrong places? Try here...
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2002 VANDUSEN FLOWER & GARDEN SHOW *
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2003 VanDusen Flower & Garden Show contest *
Sorry...contest finished
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BC Home & Garden Show 2003 *
Vancouver, BC, February 19-23, 2003
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McFayden catalogue *
McKenzie Seeds distributes the popular McFayden catalogue in Canada.
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Seedy Saturday *
Born in Vancouver, this super event takes place at VanDusen Botanical Gardens, Saturday, February 22, 2003.
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Strathcona & Cottonwood Community Gardens Annual PLANT SALE *
Free admission, great inexpensive plants, workshops, live music, garden tours, master gardeners, and more: Vancouver, BC, Sunday, July 10th, 2005
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VanDusen Flower & Garden Show 2002 (details) *
Times, dates, cost and address. Everything you need to know to find this year's Flower & Garden Show.
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VanDusen Seeds of Curiousity *
Saturday, February 22, 2003, Vancouver, BC. Admission by donation.
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