Getting your gardens ready for next year

As the temperatures get cooler and the days get shorter, it’s time to prepare our gardens for winter. Join the City of Kitchener and local gardening experts for a fall workshop on how to prepare your garden for winter and how to plan for next year’s gardening season.

The City’s Kitchener in Bloom Program is offering a free gardening workshop on Tuesday, October 3 from 7 – 8:30 p.m. at the Kitchener Public Library (Central Branch). Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Registration is required.

We will be joined by gardening experts who will offer advice, tips for cleaning up and winterizing your garden and answer your questions:

• Mary Ann Gilhuly, Waterloo Region Master Gardeners

• David Hobson, Grand Gardeners, Author, Gardener, Columnist
• Zoe Miller, Certified Horticulturist

City staff will also be available to share information about the Love My Hood Matching Grant to support neighbourhood greening projects.

Each year, the city recognizes residents who help to make our community a more vibrant place to live. Kitchener in Bloom acknowledges the incredible work residents put into their gardens while helping to grow community pride. This year 785 gardens, of all types, were recognized through the city’s Kitchener in Bloom program.