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Earth Angel Gardening I am a passionate gardener who loves creating and maintaining garden paradises for my clients.

Why have Earth Angel Gardening plant your annuals? I keep a spreadsheet of what we plant in your planters every year. Fo...
09/16/2026

Why have Earth Angel Gardening plant your annuals?

I keep a spreadsheet of what we plant in your planters every year. For my maintenance clients, whom I see on a regular basis, I take pictures throughout the season so see how your planters perform. For those I don't see regularly, I ask for feedback. And every year we are tweaking selections to optimize your planters.

Some things we look at:

🏵 Was the lighting what we predicted? Did the plants perform as they should? Or was there more or less light and we need to adjust?

🏵 Did some things get overtaken? Were there too many plants or not enough?

🏵 If a plant failed was it due to bad weather conditions (like our very wet early season), pests, or was it the wrong plant for the space?

🏵 Were there plants blooming or providing interest throughout the season?

🏵 Any other client feedback or observations.

For the next few days I'll post some of our planters throughout the season and the tweaks that we will make next year.

These planters mostly performed well this year. They were brand new this year. The petunias ended pretty early so a few are a little bare now. And we can probably do with a few less plants in some. We loved the tradescantia in the planter. And while caladium overall did not do well in planters this year due to our wet spring, it did amazing in this one planter. So maybe worth a try again. Angelonia didn't add much so I would skip it next year. The coleus overall didn't perform as good as I would expect but would be worth another try. Our predictions on lighting seemed accurate.

So these are the types of notes I keep for the next year.

I hear from clients often that they have landscapers do a yard makeover then it's hard to find someone who can maintain ...
09/04/2026

I hear from clients often that they have landscapers do a yard makeover then it's hard to find someone who can maintain it. This was one of those yards. It went a long time before a good clean up.

So 3 days with 5 of us, a ton of pruning, and 77 yard waste bags later... this is the result.

I don't think I want to see another false spirea for as long as I live! Pulling those out is brutal!

We will help to maintain the yard going forward to keep things in check.

This yard is huge and we've been plugging away on projects all summer. Today was a planting day with more clean up along...
09/03/2026

This yard is huge and we've been plugging away on projects all summer. Today was a planting day with more clean up along the way. We're getting there!

We planted nest spruce, spreading juniper, white snowberries and a mugo pine. All deer resistant.

Check out our wheelbarrow of branches. There were several today hauled to the compost pile!

Have some empty planters you just didn't get around to planting? It's not too late! Lacoste Garden Centre grows large mi...
08/15/2026

Have some empty planters you just didn't get around to planting?

It's not too late! Lacoste Garden Centre grows large mid season annuals and they have some nice sale stuff left too!

These are being planted Monday and should last into fall. Every yard deserves a pop of colour to add some joy! Even if it's just for a few months.

I'll post these guys planted up on Monday. Stay tuned!

This project was a bed that was taken over by grass, vetch and other weeds. This was 4.5 hours of work with 5 of us. We ...
08/14/2026

This project was a bed that was taken over by grass, vetch and other weeds. This was 4.5 hours of work with 5 of us.

We use a fork to loosen the soil then dig all the roots out by hand. We also split and moved a few things in the bed. Next step is 4 inches of rough mulch to help keep the weeds at bay.

These are always satisfying transformations for us and the owner.

Meet the 2026 Earth Angel Gardening team!Pictured left to right: Allison, Angie, Maks, me, Nicolai and Matthew. Not pict...
08/13/2026

Meet the 2026 Earth Angel Gardening team!

Pictured left to right: Allison, Angie, Maks, me, Nicolai and Matthew. Not pictured is Monique.

This is the first (and maybe only summer) that all 3 of my kids have worked for me. I'm enjoying it while it lasts!

As my week of holidays wraps up I'm enjoying making some arrangements with flowers from my cut garden. Quick tip...makin...
08/09/2026

As my week of holidays wraps up I'm enjoying making some arrangements with flowers from my cut garden.

Quick tip...making a grid with clear florist tape over the top of your vase makes arranging much easier.

Blooms of the week in my yard...Picked the first batch of beans. 3 different varieties are starting to produce.Not pictu...
07/26/2026

Blooms of the week in my yard...

Picked the first batch of beans. 3 different varieties are starting to produce.

Not pictured are the zucchini. We have had several already.

The raspberries trying producing a few weeks ago. It's not much but considering I moved them in the fall, I'm happy.

I've also been cutting flowers from my cut flower garden for several weeks now. It's so nice to have fresh bouquets! I had to add morr support for the scabiosa. So tall!

Then my daylilies are starting. My collection used to be all together but I'm liking them spread out now. The raspberries took their place.

All in all the garden is doing great! Can't wait for my tomatoes to start!

Today was a big project! A complete front yard makeover. The job included removing sod with a sod cutting machine, remov...
07/24/2026

Today was a big project! A complete front yard makeover.

The job included removing sod with a sod cutting machine, removing the large ninebark and all the false spirea. We also had to remove surprise landscape fabric. That took a while with all the crazy roots from the false spirea and grasses.

Finally we added a yard of soil, lots of new perennials and shrubs and then finally mulch. It was a challenging day with downpours then heat but we made it through.

The homeowners are so happy with all the sun that now comes in their front window. And I think this house is too cute to hide. Now it gets to shine!

We do spaces of all sizes! Here is a small native prairie garden. It was planted several years ago but had grown in too ...
07/24/2026

We do spaces of all sizes!

Here is a small native prairie garden. It was planted several years ago but had grown in too much.

We came in and started with weeding. Then we dug out most of the plants, sorted through them and replanted. We planted taller things along the outside edges and made sure to have a clear path through the garden.

A little water and time and these plants should settle back in nicely. It will need a top up of the mulch as well as it has broken down over time.

Bonus was that we found monarch caterpillars as we worked!

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