Green Your Space
Discover how to create a beautiful outdoor space or simply look for new inspirations with these resources.
Green Your Space
Winnipeggers have a short green season and we make the most of it! Whether planting and enjoying flowers, creating gorgeous landscapes, or utilizing containers, everyone has their idea of an ideal green space. Explore ideas for your space with the resources below.
If you're looking for inspiration, use your Winnipeg Public Library card and peruse your favorite gardening magazines for ideas.
Beautify - eBooks
Gardening Your Front Yard by Publication Date: 2020Gardening Your Front Yard provides sage advice and step-by-step projects to transform your front yard into a beautiful outdoor living space. (Also in Print collection)
How to Create Your Garden by Publication Date: 2020Learn how to design a garden that reflects your practical needs, lifestyle, budget, personality, soil, and climate. Build it yourself following the clear, uncomplicated, easy-to-understand instructions that show you everything from laying turf to terraces, planting trees or building a raised bed or water feature. (Also in Print collection)
Your Well-Being Garden by Publication Date: 2020This book uniquely explains all the evidence behind why green spaces are good for you, and then shows you how to put that knowledge into practice to optimize your own garden for well-being. (Also in Print collection)
In Bloom by Publication Date: 2019Comprehensive guide to planning, planting, and maintaining a bountiful home flower garden. How to choose your plants, position your patch and grow luxurious flowers· Cultivation tips for annuals, biennials, bulbs, corms, tubers, rhizomes, perennials, shrubs, trees, climbers, foliage and fillers· When and how to harvest--and how to make your flowers last longer. (Also in Print collection)
Field Guide to Urban Gardening by Publication Date: 2019Field Guide to Urban Gardening helps you choose the best methods to match your unique small-space challenges and growing goals, and provides the nuts-and-bolts information you need to participate in any method you choose. (Also in Print collection)
Garden Design for the Short Season Yard; Everything You Need to Know for the Chinook and Canadian Prairie Zones by Publication Date: 2015In this accessible guide, you'll discover the pros' secrets: practical ways to transform your yard using basic design principles. You can create an aesthetically pleasing yard that meets your needs, whether you want stunning curb appeal, privacy, low maintenance, or a lush retreat.
Beautify - Useful Links
- TRCA Home And GardenToronto and Region Conservation Authority information. Browse these many resources for inspiration, information and tools to create naturally beautiful lawns and gardens.
- Manitoba Regional Lily SocietyA Manitoba society whose history began with lily enthusiasts and continues as one who enjoy one of Manitoba's most beautiful garden flowering plants.
- Prairie PollinationResources to help you plan a trip to a prairie preserve, create a pollinator friendly garden or farm, or help students learn about pollination.
- Winnipeg Mayor Brian Bowman’s Million Tree ChallengeWhat’s the challenge? Plant a million new trees in Winnipeg as our city’s population grows toward one million residents over the next 20 years.
"My garden is my most beautiful masterpiece." Claude Monet
Container Gardening - eBooks
Small Garden Style by Publication Date: 2020You'll learn how to design stunning planters and container gardens using succulents, grasses, vibrant-colored pots, and more. Nothing lights up a little garden more than a well-considered planter. (Available in Print collection)
Perfect Pots for Small Spaces by Publication Date: 2019Containers come in all sorts of materials, sizes, and shapes, and can be used to enhance any outdoor space, from a small terrace to a large garden. (Also in Print collection)
Plant Parenting by Publication Date: 2019No matter what kind of plant fan you are, it's easy to make more of your favorite plants--and it can be done for free! Leslie F. Halleck details the basic tools necessary, demystifies seed starting and saving, and shares easy-to-follow instructions for the most practical techniques. (Also in Print collection)
The Indestructible Houseplant by Publication Date: 2015The Indestructible Houseplant is packed with indoor plants that are tough, beautiful, reliable, and virtually impossible to kill. (Also in Print Collection)
Containers - Useful Links
- Canadian Wildlife Federation Container PlantingA how-to guide on converting your balcony or patio to a wildlife-friendly "garden" paradise through the use of container plants.
- Hydroponics for BeginnersThe Spruce.com basic guide to hydroponics.
- Vegetable Container GardeningThe Old Farmer's Almanac provides a detailed look at growing vegetables in containers.
Wildlife - eBooks
The Humane Gardener by Publication Date: 2017A book for gardens of all shapes, sizes, and budgets. Planting for wildlife by choosing native species; providing habitats that shelter baby animals, as well as birds, bees, and butterflies. (Also in Print collection)
Pollinator Friendly Gardening by Publication Date: 2016Want to do your part in helping your local pollinators flourish? Plant selection, hardscape choices, habitat building (both natural and manmade), and growing practices that give pollinators their best chance in the garden are all covered in detail. (Also in Print collection)
Wildlife- Useful Links
- Canadian Wildlife Federation Gardening for WildlifeCWF’s Gardening for Wildlife program encourages Canadians to get outside and transform home, school and community gardens into wildlife-friendly habitat.
- Bee Better ManitobaBee Better Manitoba is a group of like-minded organizations who have come together with a common goal - to inspire and empower Manitobans to protect, conserve and create pollinator-friendly habitat at home and in their communities.
Print Books
Garden DIY by Publication Date: 2020From trellises, garden beds, cold frames, and compost bins to bird baths, sundials, and a hummingbird feeder, clear step-by-step colour photographs guide the reader through each hands-on project. Easy-to-complete projects all feature inexpensive materials and basic techniques.
Outdoor Design by Publication Date: 2019All types of outdoor spaces are covered from a minimalist urban terrace or a verdant courtyard to a suburban family garden or a larger estate.
The Prairie Gardener by Publication Date: 2020The Prairie Garden is a digest-sized, soft-covered book published annually by a volunteer committee consisting of about 12-15 members. The work is organized by the editor and an annual guest editor.An annual publication.
Container Gardener's Handbook by Publication Date: 2019You'll find expert advice here on what to grow, from bonsais, bulbs and bamboos to tumbling and creeping plants and flowers--and learn how to make a living wall, a pond in a metal trough, or even your own homemade containers. Creative ideas and step-by-step instructions with bright and informative photography.
Propagating Plants by Publication Date: 2019Learn how to propagate virtually every type of plant, from fruit trees and ornamental shrubs to exotic orchids and succulents. With hundreds of step-by-step tutorials, this new edition of Propagating Plants is your go-to guide for clear and instructive propagation advice.
Hydroponics for Houseplants by Publication Date: 2018Pick your container, fill it with water, and sit back and watch your plant grow--now in full color! Learn how to utilize this simple, time-tested method in your own home and never worry about over- or under-watering again! In this new repackaged edition, readers will learn about the incredible number of plant varieties (over 150!) that can actually live in water--whether sitting on a windowsill, decorating a wall, or flourishing under artificial light.
Creative Terrariums by Publication Date: 2019Modern apartment dwellers who want to enjoy green growing things often lack the space for a garden. But if you have any room at all you can create a beautiful terrarium! This book shows how to build and maintain unique mini-gardens full of lush, oxygen-boosting plants.
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