HORLINGS BLOG

So what’s the story on BASIL. It’s likely the most hunted for herb amongst our selection, even more so than parsley. In fact, if parsley is the decorative garnish, basil...

Remembering from days of childhood I can still conjure up the smells of a worm discovered in a puddle after a rainstorm...not that refreshing earthy fragrance of a newly washed...

Over the past few years I have been captivated by ‘Field to Vase Dinner Tour’ @americangrownflowers on instagram. Have to admit I am a little overwhelmed and envious of what...

If I randomly asked you ‘Is that lavender’ what would you do. Would you look to see what colour you were wearing, would you sniff the breeze, would you take...

We’re getting better at it but sometimes it’s a hard call whether to ‘watch and nurture’ or ‘isolate and destroy’! I won’t give an extensive list but here’s a few...

In 2015 the ‘Million Pollinator Garden Challenge’ was launched by the National Wildlife Federation to create awareness for the great decline of pollinator populations. By 2018 over 1,000,000 gardens across...

If it takes two toxin devouring plants to create a breath of fresh air in a hundred square feet of enclosed space, it’s definitely worth surrounding yourself both inside and...

Whether you work away from home or are able to putter in your garden plot in all the daylight hours, the gardening season needs to be savoured! This year why...

Succulents and air plants are definitely ‘in’ but I want to give a little space to the hottest plant of the year. No, not all that controversy stuff, I’ll leave...

One almost feels a little guilty and unappreciative regarding the relative ease and instant satisfaction we expect when stocking up on fall garden mums for decorating our fall landscape. It...

One of the best learned lessons of any individual living in a country that anticipates a cold winter climate has got to be remembering to put in place those elements...

This is the personification of AIR PLANTS! They may not be the mystic creatures of a few years back but they still have a surreal aura surrounding them. Initially they...

Without wading too far into the wealth of information available for the crassulae family, of which sempervivum, echeveria, sedum and kalanchoe are part of, I’ll mention a few differences between...

AAS Seed catalogues with their picture perfect displays of flowers and veggies are a temptation of epic proportions for a winter starved gardener come the end of January. And if...

  HIBERNATION has taken on a new meaning for me this winter. It’s not that I really mind the snow but those bone chilling, windy, frigid arctic temperatures I could...

THERAPEUTIC GARDENING...HUH!! You’ve just come inside from slogging away in your garden plot.  You are sticky and sweaty, covered with dust and grime, sporting lower back stiffness not to mention...

Annuals are one of those luxuries that call to us in the spring and we are quickly seduced with their colourful palette after a long cold winter!!  But don’t think...

I was going to include a discussion of impatiens walleriana many and varied names in my previous blog. However I came to the conclusion that I should likely dedicate an entire...

  There’s nothing quite like winter for the gardener to get his or her creative juices flowing.  I know that laying down for a ‘powernap’ enables my otherwise active brain...

My poor dear husband…there are never enough hours in the day or should I say planting season to complete the many projects I randomly think of to put on his...

WHAT TO DO WHEN YOUR PASSION FOR GARDENING DWINDLES Well, I don’t claim to be an expert but there’s been times when I look out the window and plant therapy...

If there’s one discipline in life you can get away with disorganization (or at least without it being too apparent) it’s in the realm of gardening.  Personal style is everything...

  Prior to stepping even one foot into your outdoor garden this year, whether it’s a lowly window box or a full on botanical plot, take a moment to appreciate...

Seems that spring cleaning and container gardening are a match made in heaven. What’s not to love about saving money while adding a personalized WOW factor to your outside decor...

Before you get too set in stone about what’s going in your planters this year give some thought to the beauty of edibles.  You say you want colour we’ve  got...

     I’m guessing every grower on the Altantic Coast this year 2016 is starting their season off with a sigh of relief. What’s not to love about getting yourself...