How it all started! Co-founder Oliver Harwood was asked to teach an elementary school class how to carve soapstone. The first class was a hit and grew to 33 classes in the first year. In the last two years they have grown to teach more than 10,000 students in more than 300 schools. They have … Read more
There are a wide variety of wind chimes available on the market. We feel that the Woodstock wind chimes are the best. These chimes are high quality and most importantly sound NICE! We often hear that people don’t like the sound of chimes. The sound grates on their ears. Woodstock wind chimes aren’t like that. … Read more
Ruggid Coast is a company located on Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada. They specialize in the design and manufacture of West coast and First Nations metal artwork. This metal artwork is found in many galleries, and gift shops in North America. All products are 100% made in Canada. Ruggid coast originally … Read more
Pollinators, pollinator gardens, bee houses, bee friendly gardens. These are the BUZZ words these days. But they shouldn’t just be a passing fancy. Bees are very important for our environment. Without their pollinating abilities our grocery store shelves would be almost empty! So how does this relate to bird food? If your bird food is … Read more
Drew Monkman is a retired teacher, author and local naturalist. Drew has written the book “Nature’s Year in the Kawartha’s”, an updated version renamed “Nature’s Year” and co-written another “Big Book of Nature” with Jacob Rodenburg of the Kawartha Environment Centre. On this episode of The Garden Gate we talk about the Great Backyard … Read more
Have you ever wondered how birds stay warm during cold winters? We have had some very cold days and nights this year! Birds need coniferous trees and shrubs to hide in at night and when winds pick up. Trees like Cedar, Spruce, Pine and Yews. Even just a few of these added to your landscape … Read more
Bird watching in the summer is fairly easy. If you go for a walk in the park or hike in the woods you’re pretty much certain to see and hear a few birds! They are plentiful. You’ll find them eating berries, flitting around shrubs and trees and bathing or drinking in a nearby water way. … Read more
A great way to get a wide variety of birds to your bird feeding station is to offer a variety of bird food specific to each bird. For example, Cardinals like safflower seed but not a lot of other birds do. Cardinals are also shy, so it’s nice to have a bird feeder suited to … Read more
CHEX TV airdate: Friday Nov. 10th, 2017 Garden Gate airs bi-weekly on CHEX TV. Fridays at 8am and 5pm, and the following Monday at 12:30pm Local photographer and filmmaker Rodney Fuentes joins me on this episode with a few tips on photographing birds. You need a good SLR camera but nothing extremely complicated or expensive … Read more
CHEX TV airdate: Nov. 2, 2017 Click link to watch this episode online We carry a lot of beautiful Canadian made wall and garden art in the shop. So much, that it can often be difficult to decide what would look best! Maybe you have high cathedral ceilings and a large empty wall going up … Read more