BING CHERRIES!
Washington Bing cherries are the hands-down best. No California, B.C. or local cherry can hold a torch to the sweetness and crunchiness of these gems. These are a gigantic size 9. $4.99/lb starting Thursday July 5th!
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Strawberry Mango Sangria
This Strawberry Mango Sangria combines so many summer favorites in one delicious drink! Perfect for parties, ladies’ nights, or lazy summer weekends, this sangria is destined to become your new go-to drink. Ingredients 1 bottle sweet white wine 1 cup mango juice 1 cup coconut rum 1 mango cut 2 containers of strawberries Method It
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Happy Canada Day
Just a reminder that we are OPEN Sunday July 1st from 9 am – 6 pm and CLOSED Monday July 2nd!
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Happy 90th Birthday Doreen!
This Sunday marks Doreen’s 90th Birthday, and I just wanted to write a little note about it. It was my VERY GREAT PLEASURE to work closely with Doreen in our business until she retired in her mid 80’s. Throughout that 25 years we had just an abundance of fun as we experienced the adventure which
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VG BACKYARD SUMMER BBQ
Now is the time to enjoy the outdoors and this beautiful Canadian weather. We want to officially kick off summer with an evening of BBQ, fresh ingredients, our favorite summertime must-haves and of course…great company. We invite you to do just that! Sip and savour the flavours of summer, enjoy the servings from the grill,
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Unionville Festival
This weekend is the Unionville Festival and we will be serving up some Grilled Sirloin and Portabello Panini. We grill thickcut steaks in the kitchen and then handcarve them in our café, alongside slices of organic portabello mushroom, crispy onion straws and head lettuce in soft paninis with a roasted garlic aioli. I had one
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What’s Happening Outside?
So……lots to report here! Firstly, the Flower area will be open Monday, and the forecast is good. There is a full truck of Mandevilla today, mostly pinks and reds. These are prolific climbers that flower right till the frost. We are short on Sunshine ferns, so get them quick, small ones are coming tomorrow. Arriving
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What’s Happening Outside?
Firstly, we’re just at this moment unloading a shipment of the most beautiful Tropical Bougainvillea in many colours and styles. These are for indoor at the moment, but shortly for the outdoors during summer. Arriving are thousands of smaller pots for planting containers and patio pots, Mother Geraniums, Begonias in many styles, Gardenia bushes and
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Flowers, Flowers and more Flowers!
Our sidewalk is starting to fill, just how we like it! What is here now are a good assortment of pansy, the most beautiful Ranunculus, which is a container or solarium plant, Ivy, the very first Geraniums, Hens and Chicks, a selection of Hostas which are a part-shade perennial, Astilbe, an assortment of Hydrangeas (standards
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National Prime Rib Day!
Friday April 27th is National Prime Rib Day and we are VERY EXCITED. Years and years ago when my mother, Cathy, was a young lass she told me that her mother would prepare a Prime Rib nearly every Sunday for dinner. As the cost of beef has grown exponentially in the decades since, the king
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