My Nordic Garden

04/11/2026

April is a season of quiet becoming. 🌱

After the stillness of winter, both nature and our bodies begin to awaken - gently, slowly, in their own time.

You may feel it as a shift in energy, a spark of curiosity, or a soft pull toward change.

Just like in the garden, you don’t need to bloom all at once.
Emergence is already enough.

Step outside. Notice what’s stirring - around you and within you.

✨ Comment APRIL and we’ll send you a few simple, nature-based practices to reconnect this season.

04/10/2026

Our April Garden Notes just made their way into your inboxes 🌿

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Take a peek at what our monthly letters hold - seasonal guidance, mindful garden rhythms, and gentle inspiration: April Garden Notes https://wix.to/ZOAikxg

Subscribe by Monday and we’ll send the April edition your way 💚
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A Gentle Return, Seeds to Start & Workshop Launch

04/09/2026

🌷Spring appears to be struggling this year to establish itself in our region. Nevertheless, we can still begin our garden if we approach it correctly. The first step is selecting the RIGHT PLANTS for the task at hand. Each season has specific plants that flourish under the given conditions. In April, we experience a cool season - frost and snow are still possible, but most days are mild, and the ground has thawed on the surface. If your garden beds have thawed to a depth of at least 6 inches, you can start directly sowing your cool-season crops.
🥕Carrots, beets, lettuce, arugula, and many others will sprout and grow quickly. To give your tiny seeds a boost, consider providing them with some SHELTER. Adding a row cover, cold frame, or low tunnel over your beds will encourage your seeds to sprout in no time. Gardening in Canada during early spring may seem challenging, but it’s all about making the right plant choices and offering some protection.
👉Would you like more insights on what to grow in your area? Check out our BLOG and book 📌Link in BIO!

04/05/2026

Easter Sunday arrives with the quiet promise of spring. The air still carries a hint of winter, and yet everywhere, life is beginning to stir.🌿

Today, as you head outside for your Easter egg hunt, take a moment to slow down and look a little closer.

Among the hidden eggs, nature is offering her own treasures - tiny green shoots pushing through the soil, buds swelling on branches, birds returning with their cheerful songs. Invite your children to search not only for chocolate, but for these gentle signs of the season.

🌸What is the first flower you can find?
🐦Can you hear the different birds calling?
❄Where is the snow melting, and what’s revealed beneath?

Let this be a different kind of hunt - one that awakens curiosity, wonder, and connection.

After a long winter, this is our chance to step back into the living world, to notice, to breathe, and to celebrate the quiet magic of spring returning.

Wishing you a beautiful, nature-filled Easter Sunday 🌿🐣

04/04/2026

🌿Have you ever noticed how simply being around plants can shift your mood?

A quiet moment in the garden…
The scent of herbs on your hands…
Watching something grow, slowly and steadily…

There’s a reason for that:

It’s called 🌿 Therapeutic Horticulture 🌿 a gentle, nature-based approach that supports our mental, emotional, and physical well-being.

And the beautiful part?
You don’t need a big garden or special tools to experience it.

We’ve created a free downloadable guide to introduce you to this powerful practice and to help you bring it into your everyday life.

Inside, you’ll discover:
🌱 What Therapeutic Horticulture really is
🌱 How it’s used in healing and wellness settings
🌱 Who can benefit (hint: everyone!)
🌱 3 simple, meaningful activities you can do at home:
– for stress relief
– to support fine motor skills
– to nurture children’s connection to nature

If you’ve been craving a deeper connection to nature after this long winter… this is your invitation 💚

✨ Download your free guide through the link in our bio / on our website www.mynordicgarden.ca
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Avez-vous déjà remarqué à quel point le simple fait d’être entouré de plantes peut transformer votre état d’esprit ?🌿

Un moment de calme au jardin…
Le parfum des herbes sur vos mains…
Observer quelque chose grandir, doucement…

Ce n’est pas un hasard:

Cela s’appelle 🌿 l’horticulture thérapeutique 🌿 une approche douce, basée sur la nature, qui soutient notre bien-être mental, émotionnel et physique.
Nous avons créé un guide gratuit à télécharger pour vous faire découvrir cette pratique - et vous aider à l’intégrer facilement dans votre quotidien.

À l’intérieur, vous trouverez :
🌱 Ce qu’est réellement l’horticulture thérapeutique
🌱 Comment elle est utilisée en contexte de soin et de mieux-être
🌱 Qui peut en bénéficier (indice : tout le monde !)
🌱 3 activités simples et accessibles à faire à la maison :
– pour réduire le stress
– pour travailler la motricité fine
– pour renforcer le lien des enfants avec la nature

✨ Téléchargez votre guide gratuit via le lien en bio / sur notre site web
www.mynordicgarden.ca

04/02/2026

April arrives softly, almost hesitantly. 🌿
The snow still lingers in quiet corners, the soil is only just beginning to loosen, and yet - life is returning. Tiny green shoots push through the cold earth, birds fill the morning with song, and the light feels different again. After a long winter, this is our invitation to step back outside… and gently reconnect.

This month, instead of rushing into the garden, we slow down and meet it where it is.

🌳We begin with a simple walk. Not to do, but to notice. The first signs of life are easy to miss if we move too quickly - the unfurling of a leaf, the swelling of buds, the quiet presence of early spring bulbs. When we pause, breathe, and truly look, we start to see again.

☀As the snow melts, the garden begins to reveal its secrets. Water flows in familiar and unfamiliar ways, pooling here, draining there. Observing this natural rhythm connects us more deeply to the land and helps us understand how to support it in the months ahead.

🌿When the soil begins to thaw, we are invited to touch the earth again. Cold, damp, full of potential. This small moment grounds us. It reminds us that we are part of this cycle, not separate from it.

🐦The birds return before anything else feels certain. Their songs fill the spaces that winter left quiet. Taking a few minutes to simply sit and listen, brings us back into relationship with the natural world in the gentlest way.

🍂As the garden slowly wakes, we may feel the urge to tidy, to clear, to prepare. But April asks us to do this mindfully. To notice what lives beneath the leaves.

🌱Indoors, the rhythm continues as we begin sowing seeds. This, too, can be a quiet ritual. Holding each seed, placing it into the soil, covering it with care. We plant intention, hope, and connection.

📝Keeping a journal during this time helps us anchor these moments. The first leaf, the first insect, the shifting weather. Over time, these observations become your story with the land.

🎴And at the end of the day, as the sun sets a little later than it did before, we step outside once more. To feel gratitude for the return of warmth, light, and life.

April doesn’t ask much of us. It simply invites us to come back - to the garden, to the rhythms of nature, and to ourselves. 🌱

Are you looking to re-connect yourself with the land around you? From GARDEN DESIGN to THERAPEUTIC HORTICULTURE PROGRAMS - reach out and start your journey back to nature with us.
📌www.mynordicgarden.ca

03/26/2026

🌱 Waiting for Spring…Can't wait for it to show up?

Lately, we’ve really been feeling it, that longing for spring.

After months of winter - of slowing down, turning inward, and embracing the quiet - something is beginning to shift inside us. We find ourselves craving the warmth of the sun, the smell of fresh soil, and that first soft green emerging from the earth.

And yet, winter is still holding on here. Just a little longer.

This in-between time can feel a bit heavy. We notice it in our mood, in our energy — that mix of restlessness and anticipation. And the more we work with therapeutic horticulture, the more we see how deeply connected we are to these natural rhythms.

So instead of pushing through it, we’ve been asking ourselves:
How can we gently support this transition?

For us, it’s about bringing small moments of growth indoors - little reminders that the seasons are shifting, even if it’s not fully visible outside yet. 🌿

These days, you’ll find us…

For a quick lift:
🌱 starting cress or mustard greens on the windowsill - something green, spicy and alive within just a few days (perfect to prepare now for Easter!)
🌿 bringing in branches of birch or maple, placing them in a vase, and watching them slowly awaken
🐣 and yes… decorating them a little, as a quiet nod to the season ahead

And for the slower, more patient moments:
🌷 forcing bulbs and waiting for that first bloom
🌱 starting seeds for the garden - tiny beginnings full of possibility

These small acts feel like more than just gardening right now. They ground us, lift our mood, and reconnect us to something steady and reassuring. A gentle reminder that spring is on its way.

And until then… we’re growing a little bit of it inside. 💚

What about you - are you feeling this pull toward spring too?

03/21/2026

🌿 Happy Spring Equinox! ☀

Today always carries a message for us - a message older than humankind itself. It whispers that nature is stirring, ready to awaken, and that life will soon burst forth again.

After a long winter - where many of us, ourselves included, spent time in quiet hibernation - we find ourselves filled with hope: hope for longer, warmer days, for the first spring flowers breaking through the snow, and for fresh green buds unfurling all around us.

This past season, we spent much time looking inward, reflecting, and reorienting both our lives and our work. At the heart of everything we do lies a deep connection to the land we live and work upon. The land that has shaped us, nourished us, and seen so much long before us.

Today, we want to share our Living Land Acknowledgment with you. It is a reminder of the gratitude and respect we carry for the living systems that surround us - soils, trees, rivers, and all the creatures who call this place home. We hope it resonates with you as deeply as it does with us.

💚 Let us know your thoughts and reflections.
Here’s to new beginnings, growth, and the magic of the season.

03/17/2026

There are places that change you… and then there are places that quietly plant a seed 🌿🇮🇪

Not long after we met, we found ourselves living in West Cork on a small dairy farm. One of our shared tasks was to create a large vegetable garden and begin shaping a food forest. At the time, we didn’t fully realize what was unfolding - we were simply living, learning, tending.

But Ireland has a way of speaking to you.

The lush green landscape, the rhythm of the rain (lots of rain!!!), the wild beauty all around us… it softened something, opened something. We both began to experience nature not just as a place, but as a partner - a quiet, steady presence that heals, grounds, and guides.

Looking back now, it feels so clear: that was where our path began.

Days spent in places like Glengarriff Nature Reserve and Gougane Barra weren’t just beautiful moments, they were turning points. Nature was showing us something. Inviting us into something deeper.

And today, we find ourselves continuing that story… creating gardens that nourish, restore, and reconnect - for ourselves and for others.

We feel incredibly grateful for that chapter. For the land, the people, and the quiet knowing that took root there.

Happy St. Patrick’s Day 💚
May you find the places that speak to your soul and the courage to follow where they lead.

03/14/2026

Creating beautiful gardens full of flowers, herbs and vegetables is our passion. If we'd buy all the seedlings year after year, it would get pretty expensive. Thats why we rarely buy plants at the garden center, because we start what we can ourselves. One of our favorite technique, because it's so simple and deeply aligned with nature's ways is ❄️ WINTER SOWING ❄️

We admit, the false spring event last week got us thinking that we had missed the call for winter sowing this year. But no! To the advantage of all still somewhat hibernating gardeners out there, there's still the chance to start some of the hardy seeds working with nature's cycle.
Winter's grip is strong this year and allows for some decent seed stratification outdoors.

🌱Our favorite seeds to start through winter sowing are:

Arugula
Lettuce
Mustard
Kale
Broccoli
Spinach
Echinacea
Liatris
Calendula
Chamomile
Yarrow
Malva
Coreopsis
Snapdragon
Milkweed ..and more, you can practically try all seeds that require seed stratification or are cool/cold season crops

Which seeds do you love to start this way?