Your Garden Valet

04/19/2026

Finally this puzzle is done✅

04/15/2026

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Viburnum carlesii — Korean spice shrub

If you’re choosing shrubs for your garden, this is one that truly earns its place. Grown as much for its fragrance as its beauty, the blooms release a rich, spicy-sweet scent that carries through the garden in spring.

Soft clusters of blush-to-white flowers add to its charm, but it’s the experience of walking past and catching that incredible perfume that makes this plant unforgettable.

A perfect example of why we should plant for more than just looks—this one brings the senses to life. ✨

03/18/2026

Time to tell council and mayor of Langley No!
This is a much needed business for the horticulture industry

133 signatures are still needed! Support the rezoning initiative for West Creek Farms

02/24/2026

Great information

🛑‼️because we ❤️🐝🦋🐞

What NOT to do right now: The urge to get out there and do something in the garden is understandable, but I would like to put in a plea for overwintering pollinators, aphid predators, caterpillar parasitic wasps, butterflies and the myriad of other insects we depend on for healthy gardens and functioning ecosystems.

🐝Leave the garden cleanup at least until you see bumblebees and hover flies visiting spring flowers. Many bees and beneficial insects are overwintering in old stalks, surface mulches, clumps of dead plant material under hedges and edges. Give them a chance to complete their life cycle: In fact, the longer you delay the cleanup, the better!

( an excerpt from a Linda Gilkeson winter post )