Welcome to our website – the most convenient place to find information and advice on gardening in British Columbia. We make it easy! Our staff gardeners have a wealth of practical advice and garden tips based on their experience in their own West Coast gardens. They look forward to sharing these with you on the web, by telephone, or in person on your next visit to one of our neighbourhood garden centres. Click on the “contact us” button on the navigation bar above for contact information or locations of each of our seven garden centres.
At each of our seven garden centres, we have experienced staff gardeners, who are ready to assist you with any and all gardening questions. At this point in the season, we hope that you are enjoying the splendour of your late summer garden and the satisfaction of harvesting fruits & veggies, but inevitably, questions do come up, and we’d be delighted to help answer them! If you have a quick question that might easily be answered via email,
September marks the official retirement of John Zaplatynsky, the President of GardenWorks, responsible for developing and evolving our garden centres into the best in British Columbia over the past 27 years. John is a truly inspiring individual, whose vision and leadership has extended far beyond GardenWorks to include many influential roles within and outside the horticulture industry, including tenures as the President of both the BC Landscape & Nursery Association and the Canadian Nursery Landscape Association. Far from true retirement, John will be able to spend more time on other business interests, as well as enjoy some well deserved travel, and perhaps even spend a bit more time in his own garden! John leaves the garden centres in the hands of 4 remaining partners, who between them share well over 70 years experience with GardenWorks, and more importantly, in the hands of an amazing team of staff & garden experts at each garden centre, who strive to make your experiences at GardenWorks enjoyable and rewarding ones!
At our garden centres, seasonal fall colour is poised to take centre stage. Fall flowering garden mums and asters, ornamental cabbage & kale and pansies that bloom through winter, as well as many interesting perennials are now available, making it easy to add a splashes of colour so you can enjoy your garden through fall and into winter. We also have a selection of fall & winter veggie starts– get these planted early in the month for best results!
As we move through September, our garden centres continue to receive fresh shipments of these plants along with trees and shrubs from local growers. Fall is an ideal time to plant with its cooler days and our usual fall rains complementing the warm soil to create ideal growing conditions for plants to establish healthy root systems. For those who love rich “autumn colours”, visit our garden centres as the month progresses, to enjoy the amazing foliage colours from favourites like burning bush, Japanese maples & sumac, to less well known but spectacular selections, including Enkianthus, Fothergilla, and witch hazel.
An outstanding selection of spring-flowering bulbs is available now in all our garden centres. Our theme this year is “The Promise of Spring” – plant bulbs this fall and enjoy a spectacular display next spring – that is “The Promise of Spring”! Choose from traditional favourites such as tulips, daffodils, crocus and hyacinths, or consider our offering of many other less well-know varieties that will put on a beautiful display of colour in your garden or on your patio next spring. Scanning the displays, several new & exclusive varieties stand out. A soft pink variety of the traditionally blue grape hyacinth, ‘Pink Sunrise’ is new to North America and looks especially captivating. We’ve noticed some excitement amongst gardeners as the bulbs were unpacked and displayed, so visit early to take advantage of our full selection!
Activity in our garden centres really picks up in September, so watch for a variety of promotions and seminars throughout the month. You can subscribe to receive our email newsletters by clicking here. For our September Gardening Tips click here. Email greenthumb@gardenworks.ca to obtain West Coast gardening advice from our resident horticultural expert. Happy September Gardening!
Landscape Design - Fall is for Planting
GardenWorks Landscape Division will donate $20.00 for every House Call consultation ($175.00) and $75.00 for every Landscape Design booked during September to the BC Heart and Stroke Foundation! Read the service descriptions at www.gardenworks.ca, write to design@gardenworks.ca or call 604-629-1419 (mainland) 250-721- (island) to book yours today.Call 604-629-1419 (Lower Mainland) or 250-721-2140 (Island) today! 
