Trial Garden

Trial garden manager Rodger Tschanz leads a tour of the Milton site.
Sep 15, 2017

New plants on display at annual open house

Guided tours of sites at GTI and LO give industry a look at new and exciting plants.
‘Look-A-Likes Phloxy Baby’ is a different and attractive shrub rose in the trial gardens.
Jul 15, 2017

Trial Garden update and open house information

A look ahead at the roses, shrubs, perennials and annuals in this year's Trial Gardens.
Oct 31, 2016

New rose garden at LO site
Open house visitors tour the many changes made to the Milton site earlier this year.
Oct 23, 2016

Trial garden open house

New and exciting plants on display at LO home office and Guelph sites.
University of Guelph students Leigh Cogar and Will MacKenzie planting the hydrangea trial at LO.
Jul 15, 2016

Trial garden site features new plants and expansion

Visitors to this year’s trial garden will see dramatic changes on site.
Jan 15, 2016

Trial Garden continues to evolve

Landscape Ontario site includes many varieties also planted in Guelph.
The highlight of this year’s Trial Garden Open House was a tour of the beautiful setting led by garden manager Rodger Tschanz.
Oct 15, 2015

Attendance is best ever at ninth annual trial garden open house

The 2015 Trial Gardens Open House had one of the best attendance records ever in the nine-year history of the event.
Over 2,400 containers were on display at Sawaya trial garden tour on July 22 -23.
Sep 15, 2015

Sawaya trial gardens attract industry and writers

Trial gardens are, unfortunately, one of the green industry’s best kept secrets in Ontario.
Trial Garden manager Rodger Tschanz prepares to plant the vast selection of new annuals this year.
Jul 15, 2015

Trial Garden open house set for Aug. 20, 2015

The 2015 Trial Garden at Landscape Ontario is planted and will be at its peak in late July and August.
Cardoon (Cynara cardunculus) was the show stopper in the trial gardens in 2014.
Jan 15, 2015

Poor summer provides great conditions at Trial Garden

Last summer was the summer that barely happened, or so it seemed to the many of us growing warm season plants in our gardens.
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