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Try something different and create a Biedermeier-type arrangement.
Country Crossroads

Enjoy peony season while it lasts

The large scented blooms can be admired in the garden or used as cut flowers in floral arrangements

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Most rural properties have peony bushes and the owners of these properties eagerly look forward to peony season every year. Nothing can match the wonderful sight and perfume of the bright-red, pink and white blooms. These can be enjoyed in the outdoor garden to their full potential if the plants have been staked so that
Dennis Wiens, of Portage la Prairie, was the adult category People’s Choice winner this year at the Arden Crocus Festival.
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Crocus photo contest winners named

Amateur photographers from across the province once again put their best photo forward

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Adult and youth competitors have once again flooded the village of Arden with crocus photographs. The 2017 Wild Prairie Crocus photo contest attracted more than 100 photos, and 13 photographers from eight different towns and cities throughout the province captured prizes totalling $600. The tiny village, 160 km northwest of Winnipeg, is home to about
A group of crocus blooms show the first signs of spring life near Arden, Manitoba.
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Fresh crocus photos to get prizes at Arden

Entry deadline is closing in for the annual spring photography contest

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It’s time to sort through your spring photos and pick the best crocus shot. The village of Arden is once again organizing its spring crocus photo contest and the entry deadline is midnight, Saturday, April 29. More than $500 in prize money is up for grabs, as well as the honour of capturing one of
Tulip fields in the Netherlands. (CIA.gov)
Crops, Markets

African growers threaten Dutch flower power

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Aalsmeer, Netherlands | Reuters — The Netherlands is fighting to retain its crown as the world’s top auction house for flowers as growers in Africa and elsewhere increasingly sell directly to buyers. The country grew wealthy selling tulip bulbs in the 17th century during the so-called Dutch Golden Age and remains the second largest agricultural
Academic Andrew West celebrated his recent move to Manitoba to join the College of Rehabilitation Sciences at the University of Manitoba by winning the People’s Choice award for adult participants with this shot of a dog taking a moment to stop and smell the flowers.
Local news

Crocus photo contest celebrates spring

The juried photo contest distributed about $600 in prizes to the winning entrants

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Ten Manitoba photographers have taken home about $600 in prize money from the 2016 Wild Prairie Crocus photography contest. The contest is in conjunction with the annual Arden Crocus Festival, hosted every spring by the small village of 150, approximately 160 km northwest of Winnipeg. Arden has held the photo contest for eight years, encouraging
A mass planting of canna “Tropicana” provides vivid color. As some blooms fade, others are produced all summer to replace them.
Country Crossroads

Time to get those canna tubers out of storage

If you want to get the most out of them this summer, they should be started in early April

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It’s time! If you are going to get the most out of your cannas this growing season, you should be getting them out of storage and planted in damp soilless mix to ensure that they are a good size by planting-out time. If the tubers have been stored in a cool, dark place for the
This photo by Terry Roberts of Brandon was winner of the Adult People’s Choice award and Crocus Cluster in Arden Crocus Festival photo contest in 2015.
Local news

Arden festival’s crocus photo contest returns for 2016

Capturing a stunning portrait of a Prairie crocus could earn you a few dollars in prize money

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It’s time to grab your camera and head to the old crocus patch. Manitoba’s provincial flower is about to have its moment in the sun and if you capture them in all their glory, you may wind up sharing in $500 in prize money, to be awarded at the Arden Crocus Festival on May 7.
Which flowers can you eat?
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Which flowers can you eat?

Prairie Fare: A recipe for Veggie Dip

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The blooming flowers at this time of the year look good enough to eat. Some actually are. Many flower varieties are edible, but before you munch on the centrepiece, you need to do your homework. Some flower varieties are poisonous, or at least could cause allergic reactions or stomach upset. For example, apple blossoms should
African violet houseplant.
Country Crossroads

Need a quick pick-me-up?

This can provide continuous indoor bloom while you wait to garden outdoors

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March can be one of the hardest months for an avid gardener to endure. It is still winter, not much can be accomplished yet in the outdoor garden, and we are tired of the same old, same old in the house. At this time of year, I look around for inexpensive and quick fixes to
Lisa Maendel took this photo of crocus buds.
Country Crossroads

Crocus blooms late — but on time for May 4 festival

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This is the latest spring showing of the crocus anyone around here can recall, say festival organizers

The star of the show at Arden’s Crocus Festival was late this year — April 27 — the latest anyone recalls for that first appearance of crocus around here. The good news was they were blooming in abundance on the actual day of an annual festival — May 4 — to celebrate their arrival. Normally,

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