It’s been an exciting week here at Bloomfield Garden Centre – our resident peacocks hatched a total of 5 eggs, and now we’re the proud adoptive parents (or pearents) of peachicks! We’re hoping that eventually we will be able to
Proud as Peacocks
Making time for the garden centre cats
If you’ve visited us here at Bloomfield Garden Centre, you know we’re a bit soft about our cats. There were 14 of them at last count – most of them have been spayed (or is it neutered for cats?), apart from one
Container gardening for a colourful spring
It might seem like spring’s a long way off, but now is a great time plant up your containers and hanging baskets. Whether you’re seeding your own bedding plants, or buying them at the garden centre, you can use your creativity
5 Must-Haves for Successful Seeding
This morning we awoke to rain, and that’s a wonderful sign that spring is here! There’s still a ways to go before we can actually start planting in the garden, but if you’re anxious to get going, why not start
A big-budget garden centre makeover (not!)
We’re tree farmers … and landscapers … and gardeners … and lots of other horticulture-y things, but we never expected to be garden centre owners! When we bought this property – Greenview Nurseries, as it then was – we planned to
The Birth of A New Garden Centre
When my husband and I bought Greenview Nurseries last spring we had no idea where it would take us. As tree farmers and landscapers we planned to use the property for our existing businesses, but taking on some existing greenhouse