The Avant-Garden Shop Blog
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The Avant-Garden Shop provides customers with friendly and helpful service and advice on gardening, outdoor decor and backyard bird watching. We pride ourselves on supporting many local and Canadian artisans by selling their products at our store.
The Avant-Garden Shop Blog
1w ago
The Problem with the Flight As our migratory birds return to spring habitats, it’s a wonderful time to watch behaviours specific to this time of year. Many species migrate in large flocks, but once they arrive, their mating displays and territorial behaviours kick in. They chase or are chased by other birds over mates ..read more
The Avant-Garden Shop Blog
3w ago
Indigenous Collection is a division of Canadian Art Prints. This Canadian company specializes in indigenous art by working directly with indigenous artists from across North America. All the beautiful designs are authentic and the artists are paid a royalty on each sale. We recently received some new designs of puzzles, mugs, cards, bookmarks, and stickers ..read more
The Avant-Garden Shop Blog
1M ago
It’s that time again. The grackles have returned and many people are asking how to get rid of them and the starlings. As these birds are invasive it’s a good idea to try to deter them from visiting. Here’s a few tips that can help. As soon as they start showing up, you want to ..read more
The Avant-Garden Shop Blog
1M ago
Today we’re highlighting some books in the shop written by local authors! First up is Nature in the Kawarthas by the Peterborough Field Naturalists. This book presents a wealth of information about the birds, mammals, insects, flowers, reptiles and amphibians that inhabit Peterborough and the Kawarthas. This book is also a fundraiser for the Field ..read more
The Avant-Garden Shop Blog
1M ago
Someone once described a day in the life of a robin as follows: Run, run, run, STOP. Run, run, run, STOP. Run, run, run, STOP. Run, run, run, STOP. There’s much contentment found in sitting quietly and watching robins. They’re keen worm finders, tilting their heads just so, to focus one eye on wormholes ..read more
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2M ago
Hopper feeders! In the winter it’s nice to have a large feeder that holds lots of seed; then you won’t have to fill up as often! One with a big roof also helps to keep the snow off the seed. There are wooden ones, Canadian made, and some made from a recycled plastic. You can ..read more
The Avant-Garden Shop Blog
3M ago
The weather is getting colder and the birds are busy working hard to keep warm. Changing your seed to a hulled variety really helps them get their food quickly. It saves them energy not having to remove the shells, and also keeps things tidy at your feeders. We sell the hulled sunflower seeds, hulled peanut ..read more
The Avant-Garden Shop Blog
3M ago
We all have a friend or family member who is hard to shop for at Christmas time! If the don’t need or want anything but they love watching and feeding the birds, we have some ideas for you! Mixed seed trees and balls make great gifts that the birds will love as well. Top quality ..read more
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4M ago
There’s still a good selection of holiday cards available at the shop as we get closer and closer to the end of the year. More Quilling cards came in recently with beautiful designs. We even got some tiny ones! These one of a kind cards make great gifts themselves, as they can be framed and ..read more
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5M ago
Solmate socks are always super popular in the shop and for good reasons! Aside from the fun patterns and bright colours, they’re mismatched with love. The company uses sustainably sourced, eco-friendly fibers. This means that textile waste that would have gone to landfill is upcycled into quality yarns without adding any additional dyes to keep ..read more