Whether you’re a well-versed gardener or just discovering your green thumb, having the right tools on hand can make or break your gardening experience. With the frost (finally) thawing and temperatures heating up, it’s time for Canadians gardeners to stock up on spring gardening essentials, including soil, seeds, planters and fertilizer.
If you’re looking for Canadian alternatives to American greenhouse, nursery and garden supplies this spring and summer, you don’t have to look too hard. There are a ton of homegrown businesses that sell made-in-Canada gardening and landscaping essentials, including several popular brands that you may not have known were Canadian.
If you’re a Canadian gardener looking to buy locally, keep scrolling for tariff-free gardening supplies and a reminder of what constitutes a Canadian product.
In this guide: Where to buy Canadian gardening supplies | Best Canadian gardening brands | “Made in Canada” vs. “Product of Canada”
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*Home Hardware has created a “Canadian Made” section on its site to make buying Canadian even easier. It includes made-in-Canada and product-of-Canada lawn & garden supplies, home essentials and more.
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Home Essentials
Product of Canada
What is it? Garden hoses, work gloves, potting mix and more
Where you can buy it: Home Hardware
Home Hardware
Home Essentials sells tools like multi-purpose scissors, wheelbarrows, top soil and more.
Shop at Home HardwareVeradek
Designed in Toronto and made in Ontario
What is it? Outdoor planters and privacy screens
Where you can buy it: Amazon, Simons, Walmart, Wayfair
Veradek
This grooved planter is all-weather resistant to cracks, scratches, UV and fading. Shop it in five colours.
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Made in Canada
What is it? Lawn fertilizer, lawn food
Where you can buy it: Home Hardware
Home Hardware
ACTI-SOL
Made in Canada
What is it? Natural fertilizers
Where you can buy it: Home Hardware
Home Hardware
Home Gardener
Made in Canada
What is it? Herbicides, planters, grass seed and accessories
Where you can buy it: Home Hardware
Home Hardware
All Treat Farms
Product of Canada
What is it? Potting soil, garden stones, garden mulch and more.
Where you can buy it: Home Hardware, Walmart
Home Hardware
Tierra Verde
Product of Canada
What is it? Self-watering planters
Where you can buy it: Home Hardware, TSC
Home Hardware
Quali Grow
Product of Canada
What is it? Garden soil, cattle manure and more
Where you can buy it: Home Hardware
Home Hardware
Garant
Made in Canada
What is it? Shovels, garden spades, rakes and more
Where you can buy it: Home Hardware
Home Hardware
PureLife Soil
PureLife Soil
Shop worm castings to promote plant growth and root structure.
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Made in Canada
What is it? Garden hooks, flower cages, garden trellis’ and more
Where you can buy it: Home Hardware
Home Hardware
DCN
Home Hardware
Altwin
Product of Canada
What is it? Garden stones, play sand
Where you can buy it: Home Hardware
Home Hardware
Pefferlaw Farms
Canadian-owned and operated
What is it? Organic earth, stone and mulch
Where you can buy it: Pefferlaw Farms, select retail partners
Pefferlaw Farms
Speare Seeds
Made in Canada with domestic and imported materials
What is it? Seed blend for new lawns and overseeding
Where you can buy it: Home Hardware
Home Hardware
“Made in Canada” vs. “Product of Canada” vs. “Canadian owned” vs. “Based in Canada”
Unlike at the grocery store, where “made in Canada” labelling is made clear, the origins of fashion, beauty, personal care and home brands can be difficult to decipher. Is “made in Canada” the same as “based in Canada?” What about a Canadian brand no longer 100 per cent Canadian-owned, like Hudson’s Bay and Tim Hortons?
To satisfy a “Product of Canada” claim, Canada’s Competition Bureau requires non-food products to meet a “higher threshold of Canadian content” (98 per cent). “Made in Canada” claims are subject to a 51 per cent threshold of Canadian content “but should be accompanied by a qualifying statement indicating that the product contains imported content.”
When a brand is based in Canada or owned/designed by Canadians, that doesn’t automatically mean it’s made in Canada. Shoppers still choose to support a Canadian-owned or founded business, but its manufacturing may occur overseas. That said, buying from online and brick-and-mortar Canadian retailers can help support Canadian workers, too. Roots, for example, is no longer completely Canadian-owned, but its leather goods are still hand-crafted in Toronto, Ont.
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