Business has been brisk at the Greenery Garden Centre during the past few weeks 鈥� so has the weather.

When doors opened March 1 a high volume of 琉璃神社 residents still wearing parkas started filing into the popular nursery for their gardening needs, exhausted by the long and cold winter that didn鈥檛 officially end until Tuesday morning.

鈥淭he bottom line is that people are done with winter and they come in the door and they鈥檙e like 鈥榓h鈥�,鈥� said Kirsten Segler, the manager of the business that has been in his family for 30 years.

鈥淭hey want to get going and get gardening.鈥�

Area residents weren鈥檛 the only ones affected by the frigid and grey winter. Plants also struggled at times.

鈥淚n February we didn鈥檛 have a lot of sunlight hours, and we did notice a bit of growth reduction,鈥� Segler said. 鈥淏ut because we are in a controlled climate, we are on schedule.鈥�

Those who are headed into the garden centre can choose from plants that are frost resistant like, pansies, primulas and English daisies. Lettuce, cabbage and onions can also be planted for those who have workable ground.

And, if Environment Canada is correct, there will be a lot of good gardening in the days ahead.

Doug Lundquist, meteorologist at Environment Canada, said the outlook for April, May and June is warmer than usual.

All computer modelling shows a high probability of above average temperatures, he said, though he couldn鈥檛 say by how much.

Lundquist also said the model doesn鈥檛 point to a specific reason for higher than average temperatures.

What鈥檚 more clear, however, is that it will take a couple of weeks before that spring warmth sets in.

鈥淔or the next week or so there will be a cooler pattern,鈥� said Lundquist.

There鈥檚 big storm headed into California and it will affect local weather by offering cooler weather, showers and likely some overnight snowfall.

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