The Growing Season

"AND ITS ALL ABOUT THAT RAKE, 'BOUT THAT RAKE, NO SHOVEL!!!"

It's autumn, the leaves are changing colour and falling from their lofty perches.  It happens every year and every year we marvel at its ma…

For us Canadians, the holiday season kicks off now...

The Growing Season discusses Thanksgiving and its horticultural intersects on this week's episode of the show. 

Jack, Lynne and Matt McFarland bre…

You're telling me they let these people occupy the airwaves for 4 WHOLE YEARS!?

You know it!

Jack, Lynne and Matt McFarland chat about what they've learned over the last year and how that dovetails in…

Is it a blessing? Is it a curse?

It’s a…it’s a… corner lot!

One of the most challenging properties to design and beautify is the dreaded corner lot. Visible on all sides, the corner lot has to be desi…

THERE'S MORE???

The Growing Season dives into the plant materials that give you not ONE but TWO blooming cycles per season. 

Let's get this straight - there are plants that will bloom more than once? …

That looks like a lot of labor!

On this weeks episode of The Growing Season, the McFarland’s chat about the most labour intensive parts of both landscaping and gardening.

What are some of their most ha…

Orange you glad you tuned in?

We know, it’s an eye-rollingly terrible joke BUT it’s super topical.

Jack, Lynne and Matt McFarland discuss the colour orange in horticultural terms on this week’s episod…

It’s all about the style! 

Jack, Lynne and Matt McFarland set sail on a new series for The Growing Season, entitled “Being Stylish.”

Focusing on various styles of landscape design and and install  th…

Soooo...uhhhh... what if it doesn't flower?  Is there another option that can provide colour and interest that isn't flower based?

Ohhhh yeah.   

Jack, Lynne and Matt McFarland chat about spots, stripe…

NOT THESE BUGS AGAIN!

The McFarlands guide The Growing Season into another entry of their BUGSENSE series.  This week Jack, Matt and Lynne chat about the critters that BUG you when you're out in the g…

"I'm sorry Kate, but there are going to be times in your garden where green is going to be the only colour..."

Why?   Why does this have to be the way that it is?  Kate! Get a second opinion.

Jack, Lyn…

Schools out for the summer! 

How do you tend to those lovely gardens when you’re at the cottage? 

What do you plant at the cottage when you’re only there infrequently? 

Jack, Lynne and Matt McFarland…

You sunk my Battleship!

Well, in this case, you planted it.

The sister program to our Aircraft Carriers show, Battleships chats about large evergreen trees - the ones the size of a Battleship.

Pine, Spr…

STOP! 

That’s what many of us think when we see the colour red.

In fact, that’s precisely what the colour does in your gardens.

Jack, Lynne and Matt McFarland discuss the wonders of the colour red on…

Take an aircraft carrier and stand it up, end to end, on your property. 

That's what we're chatting about.  AIRCRAFT CARRIER sized leafers.  BIG, BIIIGGG TREES!

Jack, Lynne and Matt McFarland chat abo…

It’s that time of year! 

Flowers in bloom, birds chirping and speeches from your aunt Trudy about how you covered yourself in peanut butter and rolled around on her white couches as a kid.

IT’S WEDDI…

NOW WE'RE TALKING!!!

For the McFarlands, rock is akin to religion and makes up most of the dinner table conversation.  The McFarland boys LOVE working with rock.

The Growing Season radio show discusses…

WOW!   That's a long title. 

If you thought that was a lot, wait till you see how much info is packed into 53 minutes!

Jack, Lynne and Matt McFarland follow up last week's chat about annuals with a ch…