Shopping York Region

 

 

 

 

Home

 

Garden Services
Who We Are
Shopping York Region
Outside My Window
Gardening Classes
Articles, Tips & Advice
Rethinking the Front Lawn
Drought Tolerant Gardens
The Bookstore

 

  
a selection of articles from our newsletter emailed monthly. Click here to be added to our mailing list!

Shrub Pruning Tips

Black Walnut allelopathy
and the toxin Juglone

 
Winter Garden Protection

Seed starting 

Correct planting of 
new trees & shrubs

Increasing Drought Tolerance.

Coping with the 
dastardly Lily beetle.

"Low"maintenance gardening?

Got a gardening question?
email anytime!  
Click here to Contact Us

 

 

 

York Region is home to many independent garden businesses, from small outdoor contractors building quality decks, porches, and fences, or specialty perennial plant growers, to custom ironwork craftspeople, organic garden consultants, or garden ornament artists. 

To help you find that service you're hunting for we've collected names and business cards where ever we go and listed them here.  Feedback on other quality home and garden services or your favourite places to shop is always welcome.  No need for a web site - we're looking for independent specialty businesses that may not have anything more than a small greenhouse or workshop, a telephone, and a welcome mat.   
                                                                       Cheers!, Evelyn

 

ACORN TO OAK TREE SERVICES,  Jeff Marrin.  Holland Landing, (Newmarket) Ont.  Outdoor contracting services since 2000.  Tree removal, landscaping stonework, decks, etc.  905 836-6877.  JeffMarrin@AcornToOak.ca  www.AcornToOak.ca  ACORUS RESTORATION 519-586-2603, 
722 6th Concession Rd., Walsingham, Ont.   Native Plant nursery & farm, where you can tour 95 acres of large and small scale ecological restoration projects.  www.ecologyart.com 
ADDISON CUSTOM IRON, 86 Ringwood Dr. #29, Stouffville, 905-642-7072.  Ironware, glassware, candles, baskets, iron gates, railings, garden accessories, etc.   YOUR BUSINESS HERE, 123 Home and Garden Way, York Region. Looking for a permanent spot where home owners throughout York Region can find you?  Send me some basic info and I'll post your business here.  Free Service.  email Evelyn.
AMHERST GREENHOUSES INC., Uxbridge. 1720 Concession #8, (416) 213-5623.  Plant rentals, tropical & native, for special events, trade shows, stage backdrops, whatever!  www.amherstgreenhouses.com  AURORA HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.  
Click here for current contact information.
The BACKYARD BIRDER, 228 Main St. S, Newmarket.  905 898-2329.  Bird Feeders, seed, books, gifts, etc.  ALPINE TROUGH, Pefferlaw / Sutton 905 722-6035.  Alpine troughs, Bird Baths.  Alpine plants, custom made troughs or make-your-own workshops.  alpinetrough@rogers.com 
ATMOSPHERE, Visual Event Makers  905 713-2650 or shannon@atmospherefx.com  Decor, Floral, Prop Design/Build, plant rental, interior plant maintenance.   www.atmospherefx.com  BLOSSOM HILL SERVICES, Delphinium Hybridizers & Growers   blossomh@pipcom.com  www.blossomhillnursery.com  Cook family, RR2, 681 Fife's Bay Road, Peterborough 705 742-9923 
BLUE WILLOW GARDEN & LANDSCAPE CTR.  905 722-5849 Hwy #48, Baldwin (S. of Sutton).  Full range garden center plus design/ landscaping service.  Also, Butterfly Conservatory tours spring thru fall.  www.BlueWillowGarden.com  BLACK FOREST GARDEN CENTER 1544 King City (s. of St. John's SdRd.)  Full range garden center and landscaping service, plus garden ornament and more. Plus plantings to tour  Specialize in spectacular hanging baskets. 
CATHY'S CRAWLY COMPOSTER'S, Cathy Nesbitt 1-888-775-9495.  Vermicomposting bins and Red Wiggler worms.  Sales, workshops, and seminars. www.CathysComposters.com  CEDAR LANE GARDEN, 705 887-3086, Fenelon Falls.  Linda & Craig McLeod.  138 Cedartree Rd. (off Country Rd. 121).  Native plants and specialty perennials. lgmcleod@sympatico.ca 
DREAMRIDGE ORGANIC SOILS, Stouffville, 905-888-0517.  Fine Organic Soils.  Also carry DriWater, a gelled product used to release water as needed to roots, made from 98% water and 2% food quality gum as the gelling agent. DRY STONE WALL ASSOC.  Based in Southern Ontario, this is a developing network of amateurs and professionals devoted to the art of building stone walls, arches and dykes.   www.jboyweb.com/drystonewall 
David Hobson's GARDEN HUMOUR    Lots of fun reading, interesting facts and useful links from the garden columnist for the Kitchener Waterloo Record. www.gardenhumour.com THE FOUNTAIN FORGE, 9004 Woodbine Ave., Gormley (416) 921-7993.  fountain and waterfall structures.
Your favourite shopping spot here.  Just email me their name and why you like them, and I'll take it from there.  Evelyn GARDENS PLUS,  Extensive listing of Hosta & Daylilies.  Info. on seasonal events and free plant listing on website.  Mail order or visit anytime at 136 County Rd.#4/Parkhill Rd., 2 min. east of Peterborough, or www.gardensplus.ca
GOODWOOD GARDENS GREENHOUSES, Hwy #47, (1km E. of Goodwood) 905 640-4852.  www.goodwoodgardens.com Houseplants, gifts, perennials, shrubs, roses, and hardy vines.  "The usual and the unusual".  Open year round. THE GARDENER'S ART, Marilyn Ruddies, Residential Garden Design Consultant. 905 898-7445.  From one hour consultations to full layout and construction  plans.  
GREAT GARDENS COMPOST, Aurora Rd. just E. of Woodbine Ave.  905-726-4200.  All natural, fully decomposed & odourless - an ideal top dressing for lawns & gardens. Delivery or pickup (A division of King Cole Ducks Ltd.). www.hollandvalley.ca HANDLEBAR HOSTA FARM,  675 Wagg Rd., Uxbridge. mail@handlebarhostas.ca 905 852-7024  www.handlebarhostas.ca  160+ varieties of Hosta plus other shade lovers.  Tour wooded gardens, and purchase the ones of your choice.
HOLLAND VALLEY NURSERY, Queensville Sdrd. west of concession #2, and on Yonge St. Newmarket.  Full range garden center and home landscaping services serving Newmarket, Aurora, Keswick and wider York Region gardens. HOSTA FEVER,  Hosta Fever is a family owned business in Barrie, an hour's drive north of Toronto, that specializes in - you guessed it - Hosta!  Over 500 varieties and growing!  Will ship anywhere in Canada.  Visit www.HostaFever.com for list. 705 725-5771 (Cindy) / hostas@hostafever.com / 38 Summerset Dr., Barrie 
KATE'S GARDEN on the SW corner of Hwy #7 & McCowan Rd. 905 475-7674. www.katesgarden.ca A wide selection of garden accents, obelisks, arbours, trellises, sculpture, fountains, plaques, pillars, sundials,...  KETTLEBY HERB FARMS 15495 Weston Rd., Kettleby 905 727-8344, 2km south of Aurora/Lloydtown SdRd.  Medicinal, culinary and aromatic herbs.  Also, lectures & workshops. www.kettlebyherbfarms.com
LAKE SIMCOE SOUTH SHORE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.  Serving Keswick to Sutton area gardeners.  Click here for current contact information.  THE LILY POOL 3324 Pollock Rd., R.R.#2, Keswick 905 476-7574.  Complete line of products and services for the water gardener.
MADSEN'S GREENHOUSES, Newmarket 905 853-5628, Bayview Pkwy N. of Davis Dr.  Tropical plants, garden ornament & furniture, organic gardening products, florist ... , and greenhouse/banquet room rentals. www.Madsens.ca MERLIN'S HOLLOW, Aurora 905 727-8979 .  Designed by David Tomlinson as a series of garden "rooms" on 3/4 acre.  Tour dates, rain or shine - 2nd Sat. in May; 1st Sat. in July & Sunday of the following week.
MOW-TION PROPERTY SERVICE, Newmarket, Sharon, Queensville, Mt. Albert,  Holland Landing, Keswick, Georgina. Gary Baldwin 705 437-1306 or 416 303-3720 Mow-tion@rogers.com. Organic lawn and garden maintenance for home or office.    MOUNT ALBERT GARDEN & HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.  Meets at 7:30pm, 3rd Tuesday. February to November, at Mount Albert Community Center on 53 Main St. Click here for current contact information.
MILLER COMPOST, S.W. corner of Bloomington & Leslie Sts, Richmond Hill. Serving York Region and GTA.  Wide assortment of mulch and natural soil amendments for lawn and garden.  Pick Up or delivery. 1-866-887-6457 or 905 773-9876   NATURE'S RAINBOW.   Aurora.  Heirloom vegetable plants and seeds.  Tomatoes, Melons, Greens, Squash, etc.  A rainbow of colours, shapes, and sizes, all sold along with historical and nutritional information.  Mail order or visit us at the Aurora Farmer's Market. www.Nature'sRainbow.info
NEWMARKET HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. Meets at 8:00 at Newmarket Community Center on the 3rd Tues. of every month. New members always welcome.  More info -  www.nhs.usethis.com .    
NEW AGE SEED 57 River Dr., Holland Landing 905 895-8833 www.newageseed.com Thousands of exotic and unusual seeds and herbs. NEWMARKET COMMUNITY GARDENS.  For information call, Nancy Wood 905 841-6287
NORTH SHEDS 20473 Hwy 48, at Queensville Rd.  905-473-5895 badams@ils.net www.northsheds.ca ORCHIDS IN OUR TROPICS 15 Wilmac, Gormly 905 727-3319 www.orchidsinourtropics.com Orchid experts Doug & Terry Kennedy offer a large selection of exotic orchids with plenty of helpful advice.
PATHWAYS TO PERENNIALS  Full service landscape design/construction firm, plus garden boutique, www.agardenboutique.com .  4681 Lloydtown-Aurora Rd, RR#2 Kettleby 939-8680 or 800-551-0355 www.pathwaystoperennials.com  THE PERENNIAL PLACE 3236 St. John's SdRd. (between Kennedy & Warden)  Over 200 perennials available throughout spring & summer, focusing on what's in bloom at the time.  See the gardens then buy the plants.
PERENNIAL PETALS 3332 Stouffville Rd., 905 887-5151 (9km north of Hwy #7 between Kennedy & Warden).  Pick your own flowers for drying, or purchase finished dried flowers. Workshops held throughout summer. THORNHILL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
 Click here for current contact information.
RICHMOND HILL GARDEN & HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.  Click here for current contact information. SILOAM ORCHARDS 905 852-9418, 7300 3rd Conc., Uxbridge.  Fruit trees & bushes, tried and true for our zone.  Over 100 varieties of apples to pick and a maple festival March - mid April. www.siloamorchards.com for more information.
SMUDGEWORKS Native Plant Consulting www.smudgeworks.ca Botanist & naturalist with 20 yrs experience.  Services from taking a native plant inventory of your grounds to new garden design. 905-836-7469  Eva  emda@rogers.com  VAN BAKEL GREENHOUSE & GARDEN CENTER 905 478-8063 vanbakegreenhousel@yahoo.ca Mount Albert Rd. east of Woodbine on the north side.  Annuals, perennials, shrubs, and  hanging baskets. www.vanbakelgreenhouse.ca
WILD CANADA, Scott Martin, Ecologist. 705 429-4936 www.wildcanada.ca.  Native plants of central and southern Ontario.  Plant sales, retail & wholesale and ecological consulting services. WILD GINGER NATIVE PLANT NURSERY, R.R.#1 Port Hope, Ont. www.wildgingernursery.ca 705-740-2276,  Emony Nicholls.  A wide and growing list of plants native to our Ontario region.
WILDFLOWER FARM 905 859-4809, Pick your own annuals, perennials and herbs.  Showroom of wreaths, baskets, and floral arrangements.  Also, wildflower / native plant landscaping services featuring Eco-lawn. www.wildflowerfarm.com  WOODSIDE FORGE, Schomberg.  Custom Ironwork.  woodsideforge@yahoo.com
YIELD OF DREAMS HYDROPONICS Newmarket. 559 Stevencourt, Unit 12.  1-877-778-7960.  Complete Hydroponics information, classes and products.  www.hydroponics.com   YORKSHIRE GARDEN SERVICES, Lindsay Drake Nightingale H.L.T.   Garden Care, Potscaping, Design and Bulb Planting.  Servicing gardens throughout York Region.  416-804-2212
www.yorkshiregardenservices.com
Evelyn Wolf, Freelance Garden Writer.   Plant Catalogue copy;  gardening articles & consumer how-to; web site promotion; newsletters;  magazine articles, etc.  Many samples on this web site.  evelyn@gardenpossibilities.com ZEPHYR PEAT LAND HARVESTING  Mount Albert 905 473-5244.  Verified natural soils and mulch.  Enviro-Mix compost blend is weed & disease free; free of residual pesticides, and rich in nutrients. Great for lawns & gardens. 
WATER FOR TOMORROW free spring gardening seminars, and a web site loaded with info. on reducing the water we use in our gardens.  Start watching their web site in January for spring seminars and register early - they fill quickly. www.WaterForTomorrow.com  

Huge native fern  (4' tall & wide by now) transplanted at the Wolf family cottage 25+ years ago to a 100% shade position.  Native plants are often a good answer for difficult gardening situations.   

 

 

Home ] Garden Services ] Who We Are ] [ Shopping York Region ] Outside My Window ] Gardening Classes ] Articles, Tips & Advice ] Rethinking the Front Lawn ] Drought Tolerant Gardens ] The Bookstore ]

garden consultations - perennial garden design & planting - shrub pruning renovation - gardening classes - seminar speaker.
Over 25 year's experience designing, creating, tending, talking, and writing about perennial gardens.

Email: Contact Us

GARDEN POSSIBILITIES,  PERENNIAL GARDENING SERVICES
18825 Leslie St. 
( just 2 kms north of Green Lane, Newmarket, on the east side). 

(by appointment only please)    
Sharon, Ontario, L0G 1V0
905 478-7915

All articles © Evelyn Wolf, Garden Possibilities!  
Call or email for permission to use any of the articles here for use in your
community newspaper, newsletter or web site.