Introducing Niki Jabbour - Eastern Canada Garden Guru

Hello from the East Coast of Canada! My name is Niki Jabbour and I’m a freelance writer, the author of the upcoming book The Year Round Vegetable Gardener and the host of The Weekend Gardener radio show from Halifax, Nova Scotia. Besides lobster and lighthouses, Nova Scotia is famous for its unpredictable weather, which can make gardening a challenge! My garden has endured hurricanes with driving winds that knocked over my fence and all my trellises (vines still attached!), blizzards that dumped three-feet of snow in just a few hours, plus everything in between. I also battle deer on a daily basis and can pick a bucketful of slugs in mere minutes! Yet, Atlantic Canada is a great place to be a gardener. In my zone 5b garden, I can grow a wide variety of ornamental and edible plants and am always on the lookout for new and exciting introductions that will add pizzazz to my plantings, yet be hardy enough to endure whatever Mother Nature throws our way.  

In my search for outstanding plants, I’ve come to rely on Proven Winners. I know that when I see the Proven Winners logo on a container at my local garden center, I’ve found a superior plant that will really perform. In recent years, I’ve become a bit obsessed (ok, a LOT obsessed!) with hydrangea and have fallen in love with the whole Proven Winners line, including ‘Limelight’, ‘Little Lamb’ and Pinky Winky^™.

I also enjoy container gardening and the challenge of creating miniature masterpieces in a limited space. With my discovery of Proven Winners container plants, I now have the tools I need to create amazing potted gardens year after year. Plus, I can find inspiration on the Proven Winners website with their hundreds of ‘container recipes’. (Shh.. don’t tell anyone!) A few years ago, I discovered Supertunia^® Pretty Much Picasso^® Petunia, and never looked back. It’s become the focal point of my back deck where it blooms for months along with my other must-have Proven Winners plants - Snow Princess^® Lobularia, Graceful Grasses^® King Tut^® Papyrus and Diamond Frost^® Euphorbia.

I’m thrilled to be a brand ambassador for Proven Winners so that I can share my favorite plants and my passion for gardening with you!

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