Gardening in Calgary’s variable short season has its own specific challenges (and benefits!). Below are resources that have been selected for vegetable gardening in our climate. Please contact hellocggs@gmail.com if you have others to add.

Gardening advice:

Calgary Horticultural Society: https://www.calhort.org/resources/

Gardening In Canada (@GardeningInCanada): https://gardeningincanada.net/

University of Saskatchewan: https://gardening.usask.ca/

Mason Jar Soil Test: https://preparednessmama.com/jar-soil-test/

City of Calgary Invasive plants: https://www.calgary.ca/csps/parks/planning-and-operations/pest-management/weeds-and-plants.html

Government of Alberta ‘Pests of Vegetables’ pdf: https://www1.agric.gov.ab.ca/%24Department/deptdocs.nsf/all/ipd14865/%24FILE/BackyardPestMgmt_vegetables.pdf

Alberta Invasive Species Council ‘Grow me Instead’ pdf: https://secureservercdn.net/198.71.233.231/yjc.cc8.myftpupload.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/AISC-GMI-PlantWise-Brochure-web.pdf

Prairie Seed Suppliers (source: Gardening at USask):

Casey’s Heirloom Tomatoes (Alberta): https://caseysheirloomtomatoes.ca

Eagle Creek Seed Potatoes (Alberta): https://seedpotatoes.ca

Garden Seeds (Saskatchewan): https://www.prairiegardenseeds.ca

Lindenberg Seeds (Manitoba): https://www.lindenbergseeds.ca

Mumm’s Sprouting Seeds (Sprouting and Microgreens): https://sprouting.com

Sage Garden (Manitoba): https://sagegarden.ca

Saskatchewan Garlic: https://saskgarlic.ca

T&T Seeds (Manitoba): https://ttseeds.com

Wildrose Heritage Seed Company (Lethbridge): https://www.wildroseheritageseed.com

Heritage Harvest Seed: https://heritageharvestseed.com

A’bunadh Seeds: https://abunadhseeds.ca

Heritage Farm: https://heritagefarm.ca/

For a list of more seed companies, check out Seeds of Diversity Canadian Seed Catalogue Index: https://seeds.ca/diversity/seed-catalogue-index/

Although from a much warmer zone in BC, Westcoast seeds have many short season varieties (less than 70 days to maturity): https://www.westcoastseeds.com