What to ask Dana Merritt
Ask Dana about shade perennials and what will actually come back after a hard winter.
Co-owner, perennials
Dana Merritt
Grew up in Greenhouse 1
Fall at Loamwood · week of October 12
Plant now. Thank yourself in May.
Bulbs, garlic, trees and shrubs all go in this month while the soil is still warm. We're a family-run garden centre and nursery just outside Peterborough, with four greenhouses, a three-acre yard and people who know what survives our winters.
- Open 7 days until Nov 1
- Curbside pickup
- Delivery from $65
This week in the yard
Tulip bulbs and Ontario seed garlic are in. Fall mums are 3 for $36.
The full stock boardGrown for zone 5. Chosen with you.
Every tag in the yard lists sun, size and hardiness zone. Peterborough sits around zone 5a to 5b, but your street may not: ask our staff before you buy anything borderline.
Three houses of plants
Wander the yard, the greenhouse and the nursery rows.
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Annuals & perennials Yard A and Greenhouse 1 -
Trees & shrubs The nursery yard -
Houseplants Greenhouse 3, open all winter
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The bulk yard, east gate
Mulch & soil delivery
Bulk mulch, triple mix and garden soil by the cubic yard, dumped exactly where you ask, or bagged and loaded at curbside.
- Last bulk delivery
- Sat, Nov 14
- Delivery from
- $65
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The design desk, Greenhouse 2
Garden design & planting
Planting plans from the people who grow the plants: a design desk in the store, home visits, and a crew that plants what you buy.
- Design desk
- $75 session
- Home visit
- $250 to $450
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The potting barn
Workshops
Hands-on classes at the potting bench, 14 seats at most, materials included, and you go home with what you made.
- Seats
- 14 at most
- Prices
- $20 to $75
In season now
Stock board updated Monday, October 12, 2026, 8 a.m.
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Plenty
Garden mums
20 cm pots in bronze, white, yellow and plum.
from $13, 3 for $36
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Plenty
Spring bulbs
Tulips, daffodils, alliums and crocus. Plant before the ground freezes.
from $9 a bag
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Limited
Hardneck garlic for planting
Seed garlic from an Ontario grower, sold by the head.
from $4 a head
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Arriving Sat, Oct 24
Amaryllis and paperwhite bulbs
Boxed and loose bulbs for holiday blooms indoors.
from $8
Open more than spring
The year at Loamwood.
01 / 04 · September to November
Fall
Plant now, thank yourself in May.
Bulbs, garlic, trees and shrubs go in while the soil is still warm. The yard turns over to mums, grasses and kale, and the potting barn starts its workshop season.
Fall hours through Sunday, November 1
02 / 04 · Mid-November to December
Holiday
Greenery made in the barn, trees from Ontario farms.
The holiday market opens Friday, November 13 with fresh wreaths, porch pots and our own poinsettias. Christmas trees arrive Saturday, November 28.
Holiday market November 13 to December 23
03 / 04 · January to mid-March
Winter
A warm greenhouse when it's minus twenty outside.
Greenhouse 3 stays open for houseplants and the repotting bench. The design desk books spring plans, and seed-starting workshops begin in February.
Thursday to Sunday from January 5, 2027
04 / 04 · Mid-March to June
Spring
The big one. Six hundred perennials and counting.
Greenhouse 1 fills with annuals and baskets, the nursery yard restocks, and the outdoor yard opens Saturday, April 17, 2027, weather permitting.
Every day from March 14, 2027
Rooted here since 1981
- 2nd generation of Merritts running the store
- 4 greenhouses, one open all winter
- 3 acres of trees and shrubs in the nursery yard
- 14 seats at most in every workshop
Ask our staff
The advice is the part a big-box store can't stock.
Co-owner, perennials
What to ask Colin Merritt
Ask Colin about spacing, mature sizes, and which trees cope with heavy clay.
Co-owner, nursery yard
Colin Merritt
Runs the tree yard since 2004
What to ask Priya Nandakumar
Ask Priya about low-light plants, repotting, and why the leaves are turning yellow.
Greenhouse and houseplants
Priya Nandakumar
On the team since 2015
What to ask Marc Bélanger
Ask Marc how many yards you need and where the truck can actually reach.
Bulk yard and delivery
Marc Bélanger
On the team since 2011
At the potting barn
Coming up.
Workshop Saturday, October 17, 2026.
Bulbs in the ground: tulips, daffodils and garlic
Saturday, 10 to 11:30 a.m. $25, 25 bulbs included 14 seats
Depth, spacing and squirrel tricks, then plant a pot to take home. Bring gloves if you have favourites.
Free talk Sunday, October 18, 2026.
Houseplant clinic
Sunday, 1 to 3 p.m. Free, drop in
Bring a sick plant (or a photo of a big one) to Greenhouse 3. We'll look at the roots and tell you what we see.
Sale Saturday and Sunday, October 24 to 25, 2026.
Fall tree and shrub sale
Saturday and Sunday, All day Sale prices on the tags
The nursery yard's fall clear-out. Sale plants keep the full one-year guarantee, and our crew can plant them for you.
Mulch and soil delivery
Dumped exactly where you ask.
Cedar and hardwood mulch, triple mix and raised-bed soil by the cubic yard. Bulk deliveries run until Saturday, November 14, weather permitting. Example delivery prices:
- Peterborough city
- $65
- Within about 20 km
- $95
- 20 to 40 km
- $135
The plant guarantee
If it dies when it shouldn't have, bring it back.
Trees, shrubs and perennials are covered for one year from the day you buy them. Planted by our crew, two years. Houseplants, 30 days. Here is exactly what that means.
What's covered
- Trees and shrubs
- 1 year from purchase
- Trees and shrubs planted by our crew
- 2 years from planting
- Perennials
- 1 year from purchase
- Houseplants
- 30 days from purchase
From the till line
What gardeners tell us.
4.8 average from 312 reviews (fictional sample reviews for this demo)
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Guarantee
A hydrangea I bought in June died back to nothing by August. I brought in the tag and two photos like the sign says, and they swapped it, no fuss. Dana also told me it was probably the downspout. She was right.
Heather L. · Lakefield
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Advice
I went in for a Japanese maple for a windy corner. Colin talked me out of it and into a serviceberry for less money. Not many stores will do that.
Maureen T. · Millbrook
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Delivery
Ordered four yards of cedar mulch. The driver called ahead, put the pile exactly on the tarp at the left side of the driveway, and didn't touch the lawn. Price matched the confirmation.
Raj P. · East City
Loamwood Garden Centre
Order ahead, or just drive over.
Pull up at curbside and we'll load it, or pick a delivery day for mulch, soil and big trees. We confirm every order by phone before anything is charged.