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An update on ordering and pick-ups in 2020

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Transitioning to online sales this year with curbside pickup has been a journey, and a very positive one. We’re delighted to find our customers so receptive to this method of operating, and we thank all of you who have purchased from us so far this season.

Order online for all of your gardening needs

Order online at shop.carpgardencentre.ca and we’ll arrange curbside pickup

After a short experiment with drop-in visits earlier this weekend, we’ve decided that the most responsible and effective way that we can serve you this season is through continuing to take your orders online and by phone, with contactless curbside pickup.

Going forward, our opening hours (found here and on our Google Business listing), will indicate when we are open for pre-arranged curbside pickup only.

We will continue to work to make this as easy as possible for you, with inventory updated daily, announcements about new inventory, and clear information about timing and details for picking up your orders.

We’re so excited about this gardening season too, and we want to be sure we can be here for you throughout the whole season.

Thank you for your support and understanding, and please know that we’re here to make the 2020 gardening season a productive and beautiful one.

Best wishes,

Jonathan & Tori and the Carp Garden Centre team

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Carp Garden Centre update for spring 2020

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As we get further into the gardening season, we will continue to accept online orders and phone orders with safe curbside pick up and contact-free payment methods.

We will be posting lists of all our products as they become available, including:

  • vegetable seedlings
  • annuals
  • hanging baskets
  • perennials
  • shrubs
  • trees
  • soils
  • mulches
  • other gardening products

Please watch for more information as this month progresses; we want to be sure you are feeling ready and well stocked for this gardening season!

Order your vegetable seeds for this season!

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We recently received our vegetable and herb seeds and we know that our customers are excited to get seeds and get planting.

We have a quick list here of all varieties available; most packs are $1.99 each.

Carp Garden Centre is offering curbside pickup and contactless payment methods on all seed orders.

3 Ways to Order Your Seeds

  1. Use the quick order form at the bottom of this page
  2. Call us at 613 839 4359
  3. Email us at info@carpgardencentre.ca

Vegetable Seed Varieties

Updated April 15th: please note that quite a few varieties have already sold out! Noted like this in our original list: Imperator.

Peas
Homesteader or Lincoln
Little Marvel

Snow Peas
Sugar Snap Vine
Oregon Sugar Pod II

Swiss Chard
Fordhook Giant
Bright Lights
Rhubarb Chard

Spinach
Bloomsdale Long Standing

Lettuce
Prizehead
Grand Rapids
Iceberg
Buttercrunch
Salad Bowl

Romaine Lettuce
Paris White Cos

Mesclun Mixture
Salad Greens

Endive
Broad Leaved Batavian
Early Green Moss Curled

Kale
Dwarf Curled Scotch

Radish
Sparkler White Tip
Scarlet Globe
Cherry Belle
French Breakfast

Squash
Table Queen or Acorn
Spaghetti
Waltham Butternut
Burgess Buttercup

Zucchini Squash
Dark Green

Carrot
Imperator
Rainbow Blend
Chantenay Red
Nantes Coreless

Parsnip
Hollow Crown Improved

Beet
Detroit Dark Red
Cylindra

Sweet Corn
Peaches & Cream Early
Golden Bantam
Sunnyvee

Pepper
Hungarian Yellow Sweet Banana
Early Calwonder
Long Red Cayenne
Hungarian Yellow Wax (Hot)

Bean
Tendergreen
Pencil Pod Black Wax
Royal Burgundy
Brittlewax
Golden Wax
Slenderette

Pole Bean
Kentucky Wonder Green

Onion
Sweet Spanish Utah
Southport White Globe

Leek
Large Musselburg
White Vienna

Pumpkin
Small Sugar or Pie
Connecticut Field
Jack O’Lantern

Gourds
Ornamental Mix

Cabbage
Golden Acre
Danish Ballhead

Cantaloupe
Delicious
Half’s Best

Brussels Sprouts
Long Island Improved

Cauliflower
Super Snowball Self Blanching

Broccoli
Green Sprouting

Tomato
Beefsteak
Bunny Best Improved
Roma VF
Sweetie

Herbs
Basil – Genovese
Cilantro – Coriander
Thyme
Chives
Sweet Morjoram
Root Parsely – Hamburg
Summer Savory
Parsley – Forest Green
Dill
Sweet Basil
Arugula

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End of the Season

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The 2019 gardening season has come to an end and the garden centre will be closing its gates until late November for Christmas trees sales.

Until then, we are happy to meet by appointment: please reach out if you’d like to meet to discuss a garden project.

info@carpgardencentre.ca | 613-839-4359

Thank you all for an incredible season!

Please stay tuned for some of the new items and plant varieties you can expect to find at the garden centre next season.

It’s our annual Labour Day weekend sale!

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It’s that time of the year! Our end of season clearance sale takes place this weekend!

Take 40% off Perennials, Trees & Shrubs and get a chance to preview our new fall annual stock – come check out the beautiful annual planters and cheerful fall mums.

Make it an afternoon or a day out with a visit to the Carp Farmers’ Market on Saturday (8 to 1), a meal at Alice’s Village Cafe, a trip to the Diefenbunker with the kids or visitors, or a walk or ride in the area.

Fri, 30 August – Monday, 2 September 2019

Sale Opening Hours: Fri & Sat: 9-5pm | Sunday & Monday 10-4pm

Come for the garlic festival, visit the garden centre!

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As the season begins to wind down and we reach late summer, we vegetable gardeners are enjoying the fruits of our labours. The tomatoes are ripening, the cucumbers are ready to pickle, and most anticipated of all, the garlic is ready to harvest!

Many Carp locals know that nowhere celebrates this bountiful time better than the Carp Farmers’ Market. The annual Garlic Festival will be held at the Carp Fairground this coming weekend.

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Delphiniums for Days!

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Delphiniums are the stars of the early summer perennial border, popular for their massive, showy flower spikes that come in various shades of blue, purple, white, and pink. They add a vertical element to the garden and are sought after for their stunning blue colour which is often difficult to find in other perennial species.

Another benefit, the bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds love them!

Plant in full sun for the sturdiest stems, and dead heading will encourage re-blooming.

At the garden centre we are carrying a great selection of delphiniums in shades of intense blue, soft purple, and our favorite, a hard to find pink variety!

 

 

 

 

Raymond Evison Clematis

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We just love flowers that make our customers go WOW! Raymond Evison Clematis is no exception, vines covered in blooms the size of your palm in gorgeous colours such as vibrant red, intense blue, and soft pink .

Raymond Evison started his horticultural career at the age of 15 and has spend the last 60 years breeding and developing award winning clematis.

This season we are carrying five varieties of his spectacular clematis including ‘Charmaine’, ‘Crystal Fountain’, ‘Empress’, ‘Josephine’, and ‘Rebecca’.

Spring 2019

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It has been a slow start but spring has finally decided to arrive. Boy it is good to get out in the garden again!

This year at the garden centre we have expanded our annual program and are proud to offer not only a wider variety of annual plants and baskets, but we are also offering a small selection of Proven Winners annuals.

Those familiar with the Proven Winners line know that the goals of Proven Winners are to introduce the best, most unique, and high performing plants and we are thrilled to be able to offer a selection of their annuals with the hope of expending the selection in the years to come.

Some of the varieties we have include: Coleus ColorBlaze® Sedona Sunset™, Coleus ColorBlaze® Golden Dreams™, Petunia Supertunia® Picasso in Purple®, Euphorbia Diamond Frost®

The 2019 garden season is almost here

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Get ready for it! Yes, spring is on its way after this long winter.

We’ll be opening our doors for the season on May 1st. We’ll be open Wednesday to Saturday from 9am to 5pm, and on Sundays from 10am to 4pm.

Please come out to welcome the season at Ottawa’s Carp Garden Centre and to choose the gardening supplies and accessories, seeds, plants, shrubs and trees that you need for your garden. We are here to help you select the right plants for your particular garden and vision.

Carp Garden Centre and the 2019 season