Being stuck at home during the COVID-19 pandemic means a lot of Manitobans have the spare time to take on new hobbies — and with warmer weather on the horizon, many people are trying out gardening.

Local nurseries and garden centres are benefitting from all of the new gardeners, as people are trying out their budding green thumbs and growing flowers and vegetables while they’re homebound.

Susan Jensen Stubbe, owner of Jensen Nursery and Garden Centre in Winnipeg, says her business is seeing a mix of new faces and longtime growers trying to beat the rush.

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“We are probably two weeks ahead of annual and vegetable sales than we are most years,” Stubbe told 680 CJOB. “There’s a lot of new gardeners and there’s a lot of people who have been gardening for years who say, ‘I’m getting it before everybody else.’”

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