All You Need For The Garden
The time has come to start preparing your vegetable garden. At Centre de Jardin Floréal, we’ve got everything you need to create the most beautiful vegetable garden you’ll ever grow. We’ve got planting soil, compost, fertilizer, vegetable garden seeds, gardening tools, and more! Our in-store specialists are always on hand to help you make informed choices and answer any questions you may have. After your visit, you’ll have all the materials you need to get started, and vegetable gardening will hold no secrets for you.
What are the main benefits of a vegetable garden?
There are nothing but advantages to vegetable gardening. By choosing what you plant, you’ll be able to harvest several varieties of vegetables to your liking, thus avoiding waste. It’s also good for your wallet: you’ll grow quality vegetables for a fraction of the cost of buying them at the grocery store. What could be better than having beautiful, fresh, organic vegetables on hand at all times? Working in the vegetable garden is also an excellent source of relaxation and pleasure and a great way to enjoy time outdoors. Nothing could be more rewarding!
Centre de Jardin Floréal has the perfect recipe for a successful vegetable garden!
Preparing the soil: What is the best soil to use for a vegetable garden?
For a soil-based vegetable garden, it’s best to use a planting soil that contains compost and is rich in minerals. Our garden center offers several garden soil mixes enriched with compost and organic matter. Nutrient-poor soil should be avoided if you want healthy, strong, productive plants.
For container or raised vegetable gardens, it’s important to use a soil specially designed for this type of gardening. In store, we have potting soils that contain sphagnum peat moss, coconut fiber, compost, and slow-release organic fertilizers. They are lighter, less compact, and retain more water, which is essential since container soil dries out more quickly than open-ground garden soil.
Tip: Adding mulch will keep the soil moist longer and prevent weeds from growing in your containers.
Planting vegetables in containers is a smart choice when you’re short of outdoor space. To find out more about this technique, read our article The container garden: what and how?
Choosing the best compost and fertilizers for vegetables
At Centre de Jardin Floréal, we sell a variety of high-quality composts and fertilizers. Our sea compost stimulates plant growth with its numerous nutrients. It also provides calcium to form stronger, more resilient plants and improves plant water retention. Our forest compost creates a less compact soil that facilitates root growth and provides a complete nutrient supply for vegetable plants. Our vegetable fertilizers are rich in NPK, trace elements, and minerals to provide the essential nutrients your plants need to thrive. You’ll never have such an abundant garden!
Tip:
Stimulate the growth of your vegetable plants at the start of the season with a nitrogen-rich fertilizer such as 5-3-2. From July onwards, use a potassium-rich fertilizer such as 4-6-8. This is an excellent way to help your vegetables grow to maturity and produce a bountiful harvest.
Get the best vegetable garden soil, the finest compost, and quality fertilizer at Centre de Jardin Floréal!
Choosing the garden seeds
Our garden center offers an impressive variety of seeds to satisfy all our customers’ tastes. Our selection includes organic and heirloom seeds. Heirloom seeds are pollinated entirely naturally by insects, birds, or the wind. They are passed down from generation to generation and have never been cross-bred or genetically modified. All our vegetable seeds are of the highest quality and will provide you with a healthy, fruitful, and satisfying harvest. Whatever your preferences, we’re sure to have what you’re looking for. From tomato seeds to pepper seeds, broccoli seeds to carrot seeds, we’ve got what you need to get the most out of your garden!
Need help choosing your seeds?
The following table will help you make your choice according to your level of expertise.
Very easy-to-grow vegetables
- Peas
- Carrots
- Basil
- Beets
- Swiss chard
- Radishes
- Spinach
- Lettuce
- Turnips
- Chives
- Rosemary
- Parsley
- Oregano
Easy-to-grow vegetables
- Beans
- Onions
- Tomatoes
- Cucumbers
- Zucchini
- Garlic
- Celery
Vegetables requiring special care
- Cauliflower
- Cabbage
- Leeks
- Peppers
Prepare your vegetable garden with the best gardening tools and accessories
For the best gardening experience, you need quality tools. We stock a huge selection of tools and accessories, plus a range of professional gardening tools, so you can create a unique and remarkable vegetable garden.
Our experts have prepared a list of essentials to have on hand:
- Rock sweeper
- Multi-surface weeder
- Seven-tooth levelling rake
- Five-tooth hand cultivator
- Garden hoe
- Pruning shears
- Shovel
- Watering can
- Wheelbarrow
- Garden hose with spray gun or lance
- Transplanter
- Stake and trellis
Tip:
Installing fences or barriers around your garden can protect your plants from certain small animals. See our article Protecting your garden from birds and rodents for some useful tips.
Create your own vegetable garden in four steps
Create your own vegetable garden in four steps
So, you don’t have a vegetable garden on your property yet, but you’d like to try your hand at gardening? Centre de Jardin Floréal is here to help! Here’s what you need to do to create a beautiful garden:
- Choose the best location: Set up your vegetable garden in a place where the soil is flat and sunny. The warmth of the sun will provide an ideal environment for your plants to thrive.
- Prepare the soil: Depending on the desired surface area, remove the lawn, then spread a 30-centimeter layer of vegetable garden soil. This thickness will allow the roots to sink deep into the garden soil.
- Create small mounds: To make it easier to move around your vegetable garden, it’s a good idea to create raised paths (small mounds) where you plant the seeds. This will drain excess water and prevent your plants from being trampled.
- Start planting: When the soil warms up and there’s no longer any risk of frost (near the end of May to the beginning of June), it’s time to sow your garden. Follow the instructions on your seed packets, and don’t forget to water generously.
Our article Planning a vegetable garden for 4 people will give you a good idea of the ideal quantity of vegetables to plant for a family.
All you have to do is nurture your garden on a weekly basis by removing weeds, watering your plants regularly, and harvesting your vegetables when they’re ready! You’ll then be able to enjoy healthy, colorful vegetables all summer long.
Centre de Jardin Floréal is your partner of choice for a flourishing vegetable garden!
