What sparks joy for you in the garden? Do you anxiously await the first sun-warmed, homegrown tomato? Do you adore growing flowers to fill vases? Do you want to invite wildlife into your garden for backyard birding?

Everyone gardens for unique reasons, and the process should bring you joy. If you’re new to gardening — or even if you’ve been gardening for years, but need a burst of joy — take a peek at these simple, easy-to-apply recommendations from the good folks at the National Garden Bureau ( ngb.org ), tweaked for Niagara gardens, to help you create a more joyful gardening life.

Grow something for early colour

No matter where you garden, daffodils provide extraordinary joy early in the gardening season. They’re vole-proof, deer-proof and bloom for years. And, with a little plannin

See Full Page