Your garden doesn’t end at the edges of your backyard. We know that an appreciation for nature can inspire every aspect of your life, from healthy dining to home decorating. That’s why our team has been working together to create the Oakridge Lifestyle blog: covering everything from gardening and fashion trends, to home decor and spring planting – a little of everything to leave you feeling inspired.
Come Celebrate the beauty of Manitoba in Summer! The Friends of Gardens Tour is coming to Steinbach this Saturday, July 9th, running from 10am-4pm. Pick up your tickets for $20 at Oakridge and visit 8 beautiful gardens in the Steinbach area! You will visit gardens that exhibit unusual and unique plantings, water features, a rose pavilion, a formal garden, as well
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Fill up your vehicle and flower beds! All of our annual flowers and vegetables are 30% off! Plus 3.5″ vegetables are buy 1 get 1 free! Time to empty out…I can’t believe it. Every year the time flies by and we’re happy to say it has been a great season so far!
The lily is a hardy perennial that we love. These tough perennials perform year after year providing beautiful blooms and fragrances. Lily, the genus lilium, are herbaceous flowering plants that are usually grown from bulbs and can be planted either in spring or fall, depending on the variety. They are great for cutting and create a beautiful show of
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Father’s Day is right around the corner and when you think of Father’s day gifts your mind probably doesn’t immediately go to a greenhouse and garden centre. You start with the idea of power tools, or sports tickets and paraphenelia or carwash gift certificates. Now that I’ve given you ideas of what you can’t get at Oakridge,
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Marianne excitedly told me about one her favorite perennials yesterday, the filipendula rubra. She quickly went on about how it’s a showstopper with its cotton candy like blooms that are a sea of pink clouds in your garden. It’s a very sturdy upright perennial and multiples well, growing 4′-6′ tall and spreading up to 2′. It’s large
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Annual flowers are among gardeners favorites. I think it’s because they flower all summer long and that you can start fresh every year. At least that’s why they’re my favorite. Or maybe it’s because I still consider myself an amateur, and that my perennials and shrubs are still developing in our yard. Confession time – I’ve spent
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Ninebarks are large, deciduous shrubs that are native to North America and a gardening staple due to their hardiness. Ninebarks get their name from the characteristically vertical exfoliating bark which has fostered a garden legend that the shrub has “nine lives”. This exfoliating bark peels away one layer at a time, revealing a new slightly
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A classy tree to add to your landscape is the Colorado Blue Spruce. A magnificent sight of silver, blue-green, the blue spruce is a hardy tree, tolerant of many growing conditions, albeit prefering dry soil. It’s mature size is usually between 50-65′ tall and approximately 25′ wide. Smaller spruce trees usually come in a potted format
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Itoh peonies are a hybrid of a tree peony and a herbaceous (garden) peony, and is one of our favorite perennials at Oakridge. A Japanese breeder, Toichi Itoh, took the best qualities from each “parent” plant and it has produced exceptional results. The tree peony is a woody plant that can grow several feet tall and
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Flip-Flop Event Follow-up: The ladies flip-flop event was a great success! Everyone got pampered and enjoyed their evening out. There was lots of laughter and beautiful toes! A shout out to Tracey for organizing the event and we’re pleased to let you know that if you missed this one and would like to plan a girls’ night
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