Welcome to Andrea’s Path to Plants 🌿
Calgary gardening, herbal DIY, and the slow, green good life
Hi there! I’m so glad you found your way here. Whether you stumbled across this blog from a search about Zone 3 gardening, a friend’s recommendation, or some corner of Instagram — welcome. You’re in the right place.
This blog is my little corner of the internet for everything plants. I’m a Calgary-based gardener learning (and sometimes failing) my way through our short but spectacular Zone 3 growing season. I grow vegetables, herbs, and flowers in my backyard, keep way too many houseplants indoors, and dabble in herbal remedies and DIY projects. If any of that sounds like your kind of thing, pull up a garden chair and stay awhile.
What You’ll Find Here
🌱 Outdoor Gardening
Practical guides for growing vegetables, flowers, and herbs in Calgary’s Zone 3 climate. Seed starting, soil prep, dealing with hail, and making the most of our short season.
Good places to start:
Spring Garden Planning in Calgary (Zone 3)
Must-Haves for Seed Starting Indoors
Dirt. It’s a Whole Thing.
🪴 Indoor Plants
Calgary winters are long. Houseplants help. From easy flowering plants for beginners to spring repotting guides, I cover everything you need to keep things green indoors year-round.
Good places to start:
Easy Flowering Plants for Your Home
Give Your Houseplants a Spring Refresh
🌿 Herbs & DIY Remedies
Growing medicinal and culinary herbs, then actually doing something with them. Salves, fire cider, herbal preparations — this is where the witchy side of the garden comes alive.
Good places to start:
How to Make an Easy Calendula Salve
How to Make Your Own Fire Cider
🌻 Garden Basics
New to gardening? Start here. I cover the fundamentals — fertilizers, soil, hardening off plants, planning your space — in plain language, no green thumb required.
Good places to start:
What Do These Three Numbers Mean? A Fertilizer Rundown
“I Just Want Something I Can’t Kill.”
A Bit About Me
I’m a Calgary-based gardener who started with a neglected front bed and a lot of enthusiasm (and not much else). Over the years I’ve learned the hard way what survives a Zone 3 winter, what our soil actually needs, and how to stretch a short growing season as far as it will go.
My garden has evolved into a mix of vegetables, cut flowers, native pollinator plants, and a rather ambitious herb patch. Indoors, I’ve become that person with plants in every room. I make my own herbal remedies, prep for cold and flu season with things I’ve grown, and find enormous joy in the whole slow, seasonal rhythm of it all.
Everything I write here is grounded in real experience — what actually works in a Zone 3 Calgary garden, not just what sounds good in theory. I hope you find something useful, inspiring, or at least entertaining. 🌿
Stay Connected
The best way to keep up with new posts is to follow the blog — you’ll get an email whenever something new goes up. No spam, just plants.
You can also find me on Instagram where I share garden updates, plant hauls, and the occasional mishap in real time.
Thanks for being here. Now go check out the blog — there’s a lot to explore. 🌱
Andrea’s Path to Plants 