FREE GARDENING GUIDANCE FOR CANADIAN GROWERS
A better garden starts with better information.
Practical growing guides, clear advice, and tools to help you learn from every season.
EXPLORE THE GARDEN
What would you like to grow?
Start with the question in front of you. Our public growing guides are free to read, with no account needed.
Plan your season
Use frost patterns and local conditions to build a planting plan.
Start healthy plants
Work backward from your transplant window for stronger seedlings.
Learn as you grow
Find out what is worth recording and which gardening tools help.
SEASONAL GARDENING DECISIONS
What does your garden need this fall?
Warm afternoons and cold nights can make fall timing uncertain. Choose the decision you are facing, then check the conditions in your own garden.
- Is it time to plant garlic in Ontario? Consider soil conditions and newer Ontario planting research.
- When should you plant tulips and daffodils? Check whether the ground is ready for spring-flowering bulbs.
- What should stay in your garden over winter? Balance plant health, habitat and soil protection.
- What should you harvest before frost? Decide which crops to pick, protect or leave.
GARDENING BEYOND THE BACKYARD
Where gardeners meet, learn and grow together.
Discover Ontario seed exchanges, gardening clubs, fairs and giant-vegetable competitions. Meet people who share what they grow and what they’ve learned.
Find an Ontario gardening event
Explore confirmed 2027 Seedy Saturdays, seed swaps and gardening communities.
Inside Ontario’s giant-vegetable weigh-offs
See the 2026 Port Elgin results and learn where to follow Ontario’s competitive growers.
GROW WITH CONFIDENCE
Your garden has its own calendar.
A planting date is only a starting point. Frost, soil, sunlight and a plant’s stage all change what makes sense in your garden.
Our guides help you use reliable sources while paying attention to the conditions in your own space.
TAKE WHAT YOU LEARN INTO NEXT SEASON
The growing season ends. What you learn stays.
A useful garden record helps you remember what you planted, when you started and what worked. GrowRite also has a separate app for exploring personal garden records.
The public guides remain free and independent of the app.
A SIMPLE WAY TO BEGIN
Keep a record of what matters.
01. What you planted and where.
02. When you sowed or transplanted.
03. What changed and what you tried.
04. What you would do differently.
ADVICE YOU CAN CHECK
Clear information. Real growing conditions.
Our resources link to established agricultural and university guidance, including Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s climate normals and University of Saskatchewan’s gardening advice. Local weather and your own observations still matter.
READY TO GET GROWING?
Start with one good question.
Find an answer you can use today, and build a better plan for tomorrow.