What Kind of Pond is Best for Your Garden
What kind of pond is best for your garden? Gord Nickel and Aaron Wing of Shibusa Pond and Landscape Services provide a breakdown of different types of ponds, in order to help you choose the perfect pond for your garden.
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How to Choose a Water Pump for Your Garden
Wondering what kind of pump you need to accommodate water features in your garden? Gord Nickel teaches you everything you need to know about selecting the right water pump for your gardening needs.
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How to Incorporate a Pond in Your Garden
Learn how to make the most of your garden's water features by growing plants that live in the water itself. Gord Nickel and Aaron Wing take you on a tour of a Japanese-style water garden and show you how to create a rich, lush garden.
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How to Design a Pond for Your Garden
Gord Nickel and Aaron Wing of Shibusa Pond and Landscape Services discuss what you should take into account when designing a pond for your garden.
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How to Divide and Re-Pot Water Lilies
Water lilies are probably the most popular aquatic plant. To grow successfully they require calm, still water away from disturbance by waterfalls, fountains or pumps and a sunny position. Gord Nickel walks you through the wonderful world of water lil
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What Kind of Water Filter is Best for Your Pond
Filtering is crucial to any water feature in your garden. Wondering what kind of water filtering system you need for your pond? Gord Nickel discusses water filter installation options to help you discover which filter is the best match for your pond.
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What Pump to Use in Your Garden
Pond pumps are the very heart of any fish or plant pond. Even if you are not planning to have fountains or waterfalls, pond pumps are essential for oxygenating your pond. Gord Nickel shows you what requirements you should keep in mind.
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How to Grow Clematis
Planting Clematis involves a different process than with most other plants. When choosing what variety of clematis you want to grow you must consider the size of the area you have to grow in.
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How to Grow Paperwhites
Learn how to grow and care for paperwhite bulbs. Here Gord Nickel shows you how to plant paperwhite bulbs and how to use alcohol in order to control the length of their stems.
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How to Grow Roses to Bloom
Learn how to care for different types of roses and maintain their growth all year long in your garden. Carolyn Herriot shows you how to care for a variety of roses using compost and organic rose food to ensure a long and fragrant blooming period.
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How to Add a Pond to Your Garden
Many people dream of adding a unique water feature to their garden. Gord Nickel and Aaron Wing show you what you need to know before planning your new pond, and what you'll need in order to create a pond in your garden.
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How to Grow Star Jasmine
Star jasmine is a tough, easy to grow evergreen vine. The flowers release wonderful fragrance on spring and summer evenings. Gord Nickel shows you how to grow and care for this wonderful, fragrant plant - a terrific addition to any garden!
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How to Prune Different Kinds of Plants
Learn when and how to properly prune different types of plants: spring bloomers, summer bloomers and repeat bloomers. Gord Nickel shows you different groups of plants and explains when and how you should prune them.
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How to Propagate Clematis
Clematis can be propagated using several methods, and are normally propagated from cuttings, seed or layering. Here Gord Nickel shows you how to grow your own beautiful climbers, by taking cuttings of your best clematis vines.
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How to Grow Japanese Weeping Cherry Trees
The Japanese Weeping Cherry tree has a drooping habit and lovely blossoms, making it a spectacular landscaping accent for any garden. Gord Nickel tells you all you need to know about growing and caring for a Japanese Weeping Cherry.
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How to Choose Plants for Your Pond
With so many great aquatic plants to choose from, it can be hard to decide which plants are right for your pond. Gord Nickel takes you on a tour of different aquatic plants in order to help you choose the best floating plants for your garden.
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How to Grow Maypole Crabapple Trees
Crabapple trees are available in nearly 35 varieties, with flowers and fruit that vary in color and size. Gord Nickel shows you the dazzling Maypole Crabapple, a vigorous tree that grows quickly and produces stunning amounts of blossoms.
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How to Build a Rock Garden
Rock gardens can be an attractive, practical landscaping solution, and are a great way to add color and texture to your lawn. Gord Nickel explains how to build and design a rock garden in your yard with little seedums and a variety of pots.
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How to Care for Alpine Desert Plants
Creating an alpine bed is an ideal project for a small garden.Most alpines grow natural in difficult areas such as on alpine mountains and alpine meadows. To get the best out of your plants you will need to recreate the same conditions.
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