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New National Gardening Magazine in Canada

Canada has been without a national garden magazine, either print or virtual, for a number of years now, but a newly minted quarterly gardening magazine is now available: Canada’s Local Gardener. The first national edition is now in newsstands throughout the country.

Both New and Familiar

Don’t come away with the impression the magazine is being put together by an unexperienced staff, though. The people behind the magazine and notably the mother/daughter team of Dorothy Dobbie, President/Publisher, and Shauna Dobbie, Editor, have been publishing garden magazines in Canada for 23 years now! First Manitoba Gardener, then they added Ontario Gardener and Alberta Gardener to their rosterThe difference is that the new magazine is national in scope, covering all parts of Canada.

I have the pleasure of being on the editorial advisory board with other passionate gardeners from across Canada, so will be putting my own 2 cents in. 

Discoveries to Make

A most surprising garden… around a tree house!

Stories from across Canada are already in the first edition, subjects such as hugelkultur, growing pineapples indoors, planning a fairy garden, growing hot peppers and many others, plus beautiful private gardens from New Brunswick, Ontario, Manitoba and Calgary are featured.

How to Get Your Garden Into Print

Read this to learn how to get your garden into the magazine.

Maybe your garden could be featured in a future edition of the magazine? If it’s in Canada and you figure it’s worthy, send 10 photos to shauna@pegasuspublications.net … although I suggest reading the article above, Looking for Beautiful Gardens, for more details first. 

Subscriptions

You can get the print edition for $35.85 a year or the digital magazine for $15.50 year by clicking here: subscriptions

Put Canada’s Local Gardener on your Christmas list… and give it as a gift yourself: with so many people on COVID-19 lockdown, beautiful garden photos and fascinating gardening articles will make the winter go by so much faster. 

Good reading and good gardening!





Larry Hodgson, aka Laidback Gardener
Proud member of the Editorial Advisory Board
Canada’s Local Gardener

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Garden writer and blogger, author of 65 gardening books, lecturer and communicator, the Laidback Gardener, Larry Hodgson, passed away in October 2022. Known for his great generosity, his thoroughness and his sense of humor, he reached several generations of amateur and professional gardeners over his 40-year career. Thanks to his son, Mathieu Hodgson, and a team of contributors, laidbackgardener.blog will continue its mission of demystifying gardening and making it more accessible to all.

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