Gardening season is finally here! These are some great places that provide more than just flowers. Just walking through these garden centres will inspire you to create a paradise in your own backyard
It was a long cold winter but it’s finally time to start thinking about my garden! Each year is like a clean slate in my garden and I can’t wait to start planning for this summer. My neighbour and I have decided to do a shared vegetable garden that we can each contribute to and help maintain – and enjoy the results!
We are so lucky in Niagara to be surrounded with farmland, vineyards, orchards and greenhouses. There are some amazing garden centres that can help make your garden spectacular this year.
Niagara-on-the-Lake
Mori Gardens Design and Garden Centre – 1709 Niagara Stone Rd
Monday to Saturday 9 to 5pm
Sunday 10 to 4pm
Mori Gardens began in 1974 when Rob Mori recognized the need for a garden centre to serve the local community. Over the years Mori Garden’s popularity grew and soon people were travelling to Niagara on the Lake to visit Mori Gardens for unique and hard to find trees and plants, a huge selection of annuals and perennials as well as great gardening and design advice.
In 2006, after the passing of her husband Rob, Tonie took over as the Manager of Mori Gardens. With lots of support from her two children Anisa and Miguel, friends and loyal customers,Tonie has positioned Mori Gardens as a destination for garden lovers everywhere and continues to be a leader in new and innovative garden and landscaping trends.
Mori Gardens is a full service garden centre where you can get everything you need in one stop. With a huge selection of trees, shrubs, annuals and perennials, you are sure to find something to make your garden spectacular.
Mori also offers seminars and workshops with professional gardening experts to help plan and maintain your perfect garden. Sign up today!
Sunshine Express Garden Centre – 18 Carlton Street East
Monday-Saturday 8 am- 6 pm Closed Sundays for “Family Day”
Sunshine Express Garden Centre has been a family owned and operated business since 1988. Open from mid March to Christmas Eve; Sunshine Express takes pride in providing you with the highest quality of plants which are 95% grown in their own greenhouses to ensure freshness and reasonable prices.
Regal Florist and Garden Centre – 1616 Niagara Stone Road
Monday to Friday 9:00am to 5:00pm
Saturday 9:00am to 5:00pm
Closed on Sunday
Regal offers a wide range of products from fresh cut flowers to plants and garden décor and even jewellry and accessories.
They offer services such as wedding and special occasion flowers and décor as well as floral arrangements, tropical plants as well as patio furniture.
Visit Regal today for inspiration for your home or next special event.
Seaway Farms and Greenhouses – Lakeshore Road at Corner of Stewart Road
Monday – Saturday 8am – 6pm Sunday 8am – 5pm
Seaway Farms and Greenhouses is a producer of fruits and tree nursery stock, which are for sale at their roadside stop in Niagara-on-the-Lake. Visitors are welcome to come by the market stands and pick up fresh and in-season local fruits and vegetables daily during the summer months. Visitors can also pick up landscaping plants and trees from the nursery retail section of Seaway Farms.
Niagara College Greenhouse Nursery – 135 Taylor Road
Everything is grown by the horticultural students at Niagara College and money raised from sales of plants is used to support educational programs at the college
St. Catharines
Brookwood Gardens Nursery and Garden Centre – 450 Lakeshore Rd
Specializing in perennials, shrubs and small trees, Brookwood can advise on how you can add colour, texture and dimension to help you create a special, magical place year after year.
Home Hardware – 1380 Fourth Ave and Hartzel Rd
For everything gardening from tools to décor to a wide variety of plants and small trees.
Fonthill
Bloomin’ Crazy Garden Centre – 230 RR 20 (Highway 20 East)
Monday through Sunday 9am – 8pm
At Bloomin’ Crazy Greenhouse and Garden Centre in Fonthill Ontario, it’s all in the family. As fourth generation growers they know plants. You can count on experience, knowledge and expertise to help you select from a wide variety of annual and perennial flowers as well as shrubs, trees and everything in between.
Welland
Vermeers Garden Centre & Flower Shop – 684 South Pelham Rd
Monday – Saturday 9am – 5:30pm
Stop into the greenhouse today for a little bit of spring therapy.
Big blooming hyacinths, tulips and daffodils,
fresh green ferns and shamrocks &
beautiful bouquets of spring inspiration
are waiting here for you!
Paul’s Garden Centre – 103 Shaw Street
Monday – Saturday 9am – 6pm Sundays 10 am – 4pm
Fully stocked with quality bird feed and feeders, potting soil and pots, seeds and seed starter kits, indoor plant fertilixer and supplies, one of a kind gifts, driveway salt and so much more!
Pauls’ also provides services such as planting instructions, daily deliveries throughout Niagara, tree planting, custom planters and concrete care and maintenance tips.
Rice Road Greenhouses and Garden Centre – 1361 Rice Road RR # 2
Monday – Friday 8-6 Saturday 8-5 Closed Sundays
Talk about one stop shopping! They've got it all! Soil, stone, fertilizer, pest control, trees and shrubs, tropical plants, fresh fruit, ponds and accessories, and even raw dog food. It is worth a trip in to see all of the great stuff they offer.
Beamsville
Ridgeview Fruit Market & Garden Centre – 5699 King Street West
Monday-Friday 9am – 5pm
A great place to visit for landscape design, flower shop, farm market and art centre. If you ccan't make it in you can do all of your shopping online. Check out the amazing statuary, gift ware and wall art right from home!
Grimsby
Cole's Florist and Garen Centre – 147 Main St. E
After 100 years in business and tons of expansion, Cole's is a staple in Niagara for all of your gardening needs.
Besides creating beautiful floral arrangements for any occassion, Cole's also specializes in landscape coaching. Their coaches offer a garden inspection service, garden design consult, full master plan landscape design, in-store sketch/design consults and planting service and softscaping.
If you are looking for gardening experts you will find them here!
Winona Gardens is a third generation, family-owned garden centre located in the heart of Winona, Ontario – midway between Stoney Creek/Hamilton and Grimsby.
They’ve been offering quality products for your garden, plus seasonal items like pumpkins, straw bales & Christmas trees, with friendly, small-town service Since 1953.
There are some great workshops coming up this spring so watch the calendar!
Niagara Falls
Allen's Landscape Supply Depot & Garden Centre – 2625 Stanley Avenue
Monday – Saturday 8am – 5pm Sunday 10am – 5pm
Allen’s Landscape Supply Depot Inc. will now be known as Allen’s Landscape Supply Depot & Garden Centre. We have expanded our indoor and outdoor space. Every landscaping idea you have is fulfilled in our new 8,000 square foot indoor showroom. Then look through our outdoor Garden Centre tent. Visit Allen’s Landscape Supply Depot & Garden Centre as your one-stop shopping depot for all of your home and garden needs
Country Basket – 10008 Lundy's Lane
Monday – Friday 9am – 5pm Sundays 10am – 4pm
The Country Basket Garden Centre grows and sells thousands of kinds of plants. They specialize in plants that thrive here in the Niagara Penninsula and provide the very best quality possible. With 10 greenhouses on site, they offer a wide assortment of annuals, perennials, herbs, roses, vegetables, garden mums, Easter lilies, poinsettias, trees and shrubs.
They also have a full service Flower Boutique that specializes in vintage weddings, sympathy work and Just Because flowers.
