7 Plants You Should Never Grow Near Your Tomatoes – And What to Plant Instead By Darrell Smith – DH Garden Centre & DH Landscape Solution, Vancouver, BC If there’s one plant that rules the summer garden, it’s the tomato. At DH Garden Centre in Vancouver, we see tomato seedlings fly off the shelves every […]
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The Secret to a Thriving Organic Garden By Darrell Smith, Owner of DH Garden Centre & DH Landscape Solutions, Vancouver BC There’s a moment every gardener dreads: you walk into your garden, hopeful, only to find your lush greens riddled with holes, your cabbage devoured by worms, or your precious spinach limp and sad-looking. I’ve
What to Plant in April: 7 Vegetables Canadian Gardeners Should Start Now By Darrell Smith – DH Garden Centre & DH Landscape Solution, Vancouver, BC April is the heart of spring, and for Canadian gardeners, it signals the start of something exciting: the return to soil. This is the moment we’ve been waiting for—when the
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Worm Castings: The Secret Ingredient for Thriving Organic Vegetables Hey friends, It’s Darrell here – your neighbourhood plant guy and the proud owner of DH Garden Centre in Kitsilano. Over the years, I’ve seen many gardeners -new and experienced struggle with one big question: Why aren’t my vegetables growing like I imagined? Sometimes the plants
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5 “Annual” Vegetables You Only Need to Plant Once – And They’ll Feed You for Life By Darrell Smith, Owner of DH Garden Centre & DH Landscape Solutions, Vancouver There’s a beautiful moment in every gardener’s journey — that little spark of realization when you look at your thriving plants and think: 💡 “Wait a
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5 Tomato Growing Mistakes I’ll Never Make Again — And You Shouldn’t Either by Darrell Smith, Owner of DH Garden Centre & DH Landscape Solutions, Vancouver 5 Tomato Growing Mistakes I’ll Never Make Again — And You Shouldn’t Either There’s something magical about growing your own tomatoes. Maybe it’s the joy of watching a
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The Secret to Bigger, Earlier Tomatoes: Mastering the Art of Pruning in Vancouver Want Juicier Tomatoes, Faster? Here’s the Secret Most Gardeners Miss. It might sound counterintuitive, but when it comes to growing tomatoes in Vancouver, less is more – especially if you want juicy, flavour-packed fruit and a thriving plant that doesn’t stress you
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Let Me Tell You a Little Story From My Backyard… The other day, a customer named Janet walked into DH Garden Centre, our family-owned garden centre in Vancouver that’s been serving the community for years. She had that unmistakable spark in her eyes that only true gardeners get when spring finally starts to break through
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How to Grow Big, Beautiful Lavender in Canada: Secrets from a Garden Expert Welcome to Lavender Heaven 🌿 Hey plant lovers! Darrell here from DH Garden Centre in Vancouver and owner of DH Landscape Solution. Whether you’re growing herbs for fragrance, pollinators, or beauty, lavender is one of those plants that everyone dreams of growing—but
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How to Plant Aloe Vera from Cuttings (The Right Way!) – Lessons from a Real Gardener’s Experiment The Truth About Aloe Vera Cuttings: A Gardener’s Journey to Discovery Hey friends, Darrell here from DH Garden Centre and DH Landscape Solution in beautiful Kitsilano, Vancouver. I want to share with you something that really hit home
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