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•February 2, 2022•

Creating a Pet-Friendly Garden

Gardens can be wonderful, stimulating spaces for our pets, but they can also contain hazards.  The team at The Veterinary House have put together some useful guidelines for gardening with your pets in mind. Secure Fencing.  Ensure sure that your fences or walls have no holes or gaps that your pet can fit through or...
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•February 2, 2022•

Carex Oshimensis Evergold

BOTANICAL NAME: Carex Oshimensis ‘Evergold’ COMMON NAME:  Variegated Sedge An evergreen grass that adds a soft texture and contrasting colour to gardens   DESCRIPTION: Carex Oshimensis ‘Evergold’ is an evergreen sedge grass that grows in low tufty clumps up to 30cm high and approximately as wide.  The slender grass leaves have a prominent central creamy...
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•February 2, 2022•

Portulaca oleracea

BOTANICAL NAME:  Portulaca oleracea COMMON NAME:  Purslane Succulent groundcover with brightly coloured flowers for hot, dry areas. Easy to grow.  Long lasting.   DESCRIPTION: A wide-spreading succulent groundcover with rounded, flat leaves on fleshy stems.  They usually last a few years in warmer areas, but are frosted in colder climates, where they are treated as...
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•December 29, 2021•

Veggie Gardening with Pets in Mind

Are you wanting to start a vegetable or fruit garden and wondering if any fruits and veggies may be toxic to your pets?  The team at Veterinary House have put together a list of plants that are safe to grow if you are concerned that your fluffy friend will wander into the veggie patch and...
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