Burkitt's Gardening & Home Services

Sometimes it is very difficult to quickly see the difference. Please take a minute to educate yourself and your family! Stay safe!

Alot out there, know the difference.

Great advice for back to school! And remember to have fun!!!!

Good luck to all the kids going back to school today. Think these thoughts by All on the Board are spot on 🙌

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Fiona

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Purpose.

Where did the summer go?

* Last day to Vote! Thank you for all your support!!!*

We are very grateful and humbled to be nominated for the Reader's Choice Awards again this year, especially after a very challenging year personally. Meta won't let me post the link, but please consider going to the Peterborough Examiner's website to drop us a vote. And it would be amazing if you would take a minute to share. Thanks a million!

Struggling with Susan confusion? Back by popular demand, here's a handy graphic courtesy of Healthy Yards to help you identify which Rudbeckia is which!

Crazy amounts of pruning and weeding, and loads of green waste off this property! Sadly, some of the trees are going to have to come out, but it's starting to take shape!

Amazing Baby Bunny nest, in a bit of a heavy rip out. I felt awful! We tucked them all back up though

This gorgeous property continues to make my heart smile

We had the pleasure of starting another clean up on this beautiful property! We are so fortunate to be able to enjoy all this tranquillity ♡

Little clean up for a lovely new client!

By far the roughest reclaim and rescue to date!!!. We had fun!!! I am not sharing before pictures because I choose to share beauty

Still warms my heart ....simple perfection.

More beautiful garden art!

Gorgeous newly cut edges, and mulch.

This is what we Pride ourselves on

Another 2023 flashback of a beautiful transformation!

Another 2023 photo. Have some from 2024, but waiting for the WOW factor ♡

Miss this lovely couple since they moved away!

Flashback to 2023!

Worth the drive

Looking forward to making this property pop even more! Truly another incredibly calming and peaceful place to be

We can't justify cultivating invasive plants by pretending that "It's not invasive in my yard."

Many plants sold at conventional nurseries in Ontario are invasive species. These plants have escaped gardens and are well known to cause harm to local ecosystems, becoming the second biggest threat to biodiversity after habitat loss.

Common invasive plants still sold include vinca, burning bush, barberry, yellow iris, orange day-lilies, and lily of the valley. Even if a gardener believes these plants are not invasive in their yard, they undeniably are.

Invasive plants spread more easily than you'd think, invading wild spaces without gardeners even knowing. Seeds can travel by wind, be eaten and dispersed by birds and animals, or hitch a ride in yard waste. Seeds or pieces of root can unknowingly spread through waterways, soles of your shoes, construction activities or simply by weeding the garden and throwing the waste in the compost pile.

The invasive nature of these plants doesn't change just because a gardener is "careful" with them or "has them contained." If you could contain them, then they wouldn't be classified as invasive!

There are better, and more responsible, plants to grow in your garden without sacrificing beauty. Check out our article on alternatives to invasive plants: https://www.inournature.ca/native-alternatives-to-invasive-plants

Pretty view from the train!

Many perennials benefit from dead heading. Once the blooms are spent, cutting back the bloom stalks can help refresh appearance, and some plants will bloom again. Dead heading also helps to control seed dispersal, and to store energy for next year.

Low growing spring perennials such as phlox subulata and aubrietia need to have a little trim after the blossoms have faded – a little off the top and a little off the sides helps to keep the plant in good shape. The job can easily be done with a pair of shears.

Pictured: Ontario native perennial - Coreopsis lanceolata. Dead heading will encourage re-blooming!