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Bearing Fruit
Photo courtesy prairiehardy.ca “The best time to plant a tree is twenty years ago, the second-best time is today” Chinese Proverb If you ever want to have an interesting conversation, talk to someone in horticulture, viticulture, or botany, about finding the right thing to plant and where to plant it. In the wine business, grapes are a perfect example of a predominantly single species, yet there are thousands of cultivars, all with different flavour profiles, tolerances
Tom Firth
May 65 min read


Alberta entrepreneurs bring innovation and grit (no, not dirt) to gardening in small spaces
Ryan and Tessa Agrey with the Eden Tower indoor vertical garden system Tessa and Ryan Agrey are a determined pair. The brother and sister team behind Hope Innovations (which makes the Eden Tower indoor vertical garden system) are a two-person whirlwind of production and marketing of an innovative vegetable growing system that is finding success with new and established gardeners alike. And they’re doing it in tough economic times, to boot. But, the thirty-somethings who grew
Lucy Haines
Apr 21, 20255 min read
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