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The changing temperatures that a new season brings us is what a Calgary Gardener has to contend with. We should all as Calgary Gardeners make the most that each season has to offer.

Passion is a word that could define a Calgary Gardener

It always seems like summer goes by so fast and there is not a lot of time to truly enjoy Gardens in Calgary. As a Gardener myself, in the Calgary area, I like to spend as much time in my garden as possible, weather permitting.

Calgary is know more long, but mild winters, so one should pay attention to the ambitions and plan for your garden. Reflection is what winter time is for.

Spring is a time to enjoy your Calgary Garden.

The warm smell of lilacs permeating many Calgary Gardens on a nice spring day is what I look forward to every year. A passing bee loves to stop from flower to flower collecting nectar from a favorite Calgary garden.

A Gardener only needs a small amount of garden plants to feel the vibrancy that plant life has to offer.

Your pets suddenly have more energy as you let them outside to play around the garden, on a warm spring day in Calgary.

Oh yes, spring. It is a wonderful thing.

I am convinced that Mother Winter has one purpose; to allow Calgary Gardeners to plan for the next season.

The Gardening season in Calgary is usually about half the year. When winter finally takes her icy grasp, gardeners have taken accustom to a weather pattern called a Chinook.

Chinooks are good in the sense they save the people of Calgary really cold winters, but they are bad for Calgary Gardens. Plants in a typical Calgary Garden will get tricked into thinking that it is summer before being hit by really cold spells. This can be no good for plants in any Calgary Garden.

As well, with all of this, Chinooks cause plants to dry out. The warm blowing air quickly can remove an insulating blanket of snow and dry things out pretty quickly.

Cedars are one particular Calgary garden plant that should be wrapped with burlap if you want any hope whatsoever of survival.

After all these precautions, spring arrives once again completing yet another cycle.

The cycle is complete, and we move into yet another year.

Oh how the time flies!

I have been Gardening in Calgary for many years and have learned to love all the weather has to offer. This even includes winter and her damaging Chinook.

Calgary Gardeners rejoice and have a good winter to relax, reconnect and enjoy planning your garden space for next summer.

As well, you may want to invest in some plants for the indoors to help with your inspirations

Happy Gardening!

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Custom Stone and Waterscapes
3829 Parkhill Place Southwest, Calgary, AB T2S 2W6
(403)870-1142

Calgary Gardens, Calgary Ponds, Calgary Landscapes, Calgary Landscape Design