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Sigrie Kendrick

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Grasses that grab attention

Grasses that grab attention

In an era of increasing water consciousness and changing climate, gardeners are discovering the remarkable beauty and resilience of xeric ornamental...

11.09.2025 3

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Sigrie Kendrick

Head start on winter garden

Head start on winter garden

In the world of gardening, we often focus on the fleeting glory of flowers with their vibrant colours and sweet fragrances that mark the peak of a...

28.08.2025 3

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Careful garden choices

“Everything in its place” is a saying that ought to be applied when determining which plants you put into your landscape. A client recently...

14.08.2025 5

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How to kill your lawn

As I sat down to write this column I looked across to a gift that had been given to me by one of the Okanagan Xeriscape Association directors—a...

31.07.2025 4

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Turf that thirsty lawn

I have had the pleasure of visiting many beautiful gardens recently. While attending the FlowerPower Garden tour, and as a judge for Communities in...

17.07.2025 4

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Deer-proofing your garden

Living in the beautiful Okanagan Valley comes with many perks, but for gardeners, there is one persistent challenge that stands out. Whether I am...

03.07.2025 3

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Low maintenance gardening

Would you like to spend less time maintaining your garden and more time enjoying it? Flowering shrubs are the workhorses of the garden, offering...

19.06.2025 20

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Perennial plants of the year

Interested in starting your xeriscape journey—or carrying it on? Between garden renovations and enthusiastic propagation by volunteers, OXA still...

05.06.2025 3

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Not all bugs are bad

A majority of the insects you see in your garden don’t harm plants and are, in fact, “beneficials” because they benefit your garden by improving...

22.05.2025 10

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Importance of water

Our stunning Okanagan Valley, with its sparkling lakes and semi-arid climate, faces an increasingly-precarious water future. Despite being surrounded...

08.05.2025 10

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Put your garden in the red

We all have favourite colours, even though all colours are favourites in garden flowers and they all “go together” like nowhere else. One of my...

24.04.2025 10

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Made in the shade

Finding plants that thrive in dry shade is one of gardening's most formidable challenges. These difficult spots are often located beneath mature trees...

10.04.2025 20

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Start to spring in the garden

The Okanagan Xeriscape Association celebrated the official start to spring with the first Dig with Sig volunteer event recently in the greenhouse, as...

27.03.2025 10

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Adding up signs of spring

It may not officially begin until March 20, but I’m already delighting in the unofficial signs of spring, starting with the snowdrops that have...

14.03.2025 10

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