Want to buy Canadian gardening supplies? Here's a list of made-in-Canada brands to support
These made-in-Canada and product-of-Canada brands have everything you need for lawn care and spring gardening.
Got a green thumb and plan to prep your nursery? With warm weather upon us, Canadians across the country will soon be stocking up on lawn and garden essentials like soil, seeds, planters and fertilizer. The Canadian gardening season usually starts in mid-spring, but for those who start seeding indoors, it's already time to get your hands in the dirt.
PRO-MIX
McKenzie Seeds
Home Essentials
ACTI-SOL
All Treat Farms
Quali Grow
Garant
PureLife Soil Premium Worm Castings
WireCraft
Altwin
Pefferlaw Farms
Speare Seeds
If you're looking for Canadian alternatives to American greenhouse, nursery and garden supplies this spring, 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 in response to U.S. President Donald Trump's "dumb" tariffs, 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"
Where to buy Canadian gardening tools and supplies
*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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Best Canadian gardening brands
PRO-MIX
Made in Canada
What is it? Seed starting mix, potting mix, root stimulator and more
Where you can buy it: Home Hardware, Amazon Canada, Canadian Tire
Shop potting mix, vermiculite, root stimulator and more.
McKenzie Seeds
Made in Canada
What is it? Flowering bulbs, flower seeds, peat pellet refills and more
Where you can buy it: Home Hardware, Amazon, Canadian Tire
Shop flowering bulbs, seeds and more.
Home Essentials
Product of Canada
What is it? Garden hoses, work gloves, potting mix and more
Where you can buy it: Home Hardware
Home Essentials sells tools like multi-purpose scissors, wheelbarrows, top soil and more.
C-I-L
Made in Canada
What is it? Lawn fertilizer, lawn food
Where you can buy it: Home Hardware
Shop potting soil, lawn fertilizer and more.
ACTI-SOL
Made in Canada
What is it? Natural fertilizers
Where you can buy it: Home Hardware
Shop manure and fertilizers.
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
All Treat Farms sells compost, garden mulch, garden stones and more.
Quali Grow
Product of Canada
What is it? Garden soil, cattle manure and more
Where you can buy it: Home Hardware
Shop Quali Grow's soil for potting and in-ground plants.
Garant
Made in Canada
What is it? Shovels, garden spades, rakes and more
Where you can buy it: Home Hardware
Shop garden tool, spades, rakes and more.
PureLife Soil
Made in Canada
What is it? Earthworm castings
Where you can buy it: Home Hardware, Amazon
Shop worm castings to promote plant growth and root structure.
WireCraft
Made in Canada
What is it? Garden hooks, flower cages, garden trellis' and more
Where you can buy it: Home Hardware
Shop flower cages, garden trellis' and more.
DCN
Made in Canada
What is it? Planters, watering cans, garden and lawn edging and more
Where you can buy it: Home Hardware, Amazon, Canadian Tire
Shop watering cans, planters, window boxes and more.
Altwin
Product of Canada
What is it? Garden stones, play sand
Where you can buy it: Home Hardware
Shop garden stones, play sand and more.
Pefferlaw Farms
Canadian-owned and operated
What is it? Organic earth, stone and mulch
Where you can buy it: Pefferlaw Farms, select retail partners
Shop organic earth, mulch and stone.
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
Shop grass seed, lawn essentials and more.
"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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