Even when you’re up to your elbows in dirt and have worms wiggling between your digits, you can still feel like a girly gardener. In “Glamorous Gardening Gallery” you will see a lovely selection of fun female tools and accessories which will add an element of style to working in your lawn and garden.

Emer is a web editor and writer for casaGURU who always has her eye out for fun home furnishings, accessories, products, trends, and tips. If you have ideas for me, find my profile, be my friend, and write on my wall.

Discover Safetech Hardware, a company that specializes in designing and manufacturing patented, market leading gate and fence hardware such as pool gate latches, self closing hinges, gravity latches and other innovative products. Learn more about how Safetech Hardware can help give your gates that WOW factor in “Revolutionary Gate Slamming Solutions from Safetech Hardware”.

Tom Cordeiro is casaGURU's chief GURU. He’s always interested in finding out what’s new and what’s going on in the world of homes. If you’d like to connect with him, be his friend and write on his wall.

Deck Builders and casaGURU are giving away a Deck or Pergola Prize Package valued at $2,500 in the Garden Oasis Giveaway.

Totally transform your outdoor living space with a custom made deck or pergola.

Enter daily for your chance to win $2500 in materials and labour towards the construction of a custom deck or pergola from Toronto Deck Builders.

If you like the idea of a garden oasis, please “like” the contest via the Facebook icon that lies to the left on the contest page.

Sustainability! Localism! Organic!

These are words whirling around these days. They’re keywords we look for in the grocery store, or in restaurants, why not take it one step closer? What’s more local than your backyard, garden, or deck? Urban gardens are on the rise, and deliciously so. Not only is it convenient to have fruit, berries, and vegetables growing in and around your abode, the freshness can’t be beat.

Learn how to go from backyard to plate - with a variety of ways for a variety of sized homes – by reading Emer’s article on “Urban Gardening”. Plus, she shares her favourite summer salad recipe.