by Jeanne McRight This event-packed month is always busy for us, but this spring even more so. Why? Because in this National Year of the...

By Sheila Cressman It all started in the autumn of 2019 when I attended two seed gathering workshops with Jeanne McRight at Hancock...

Angela describes how effective using the Chelsea chop pruning method was in reducing the height of her tall asters and goldenrods.

A how-to primer on sowing your native seeds indoors by Jeanne McRight Early March is when we sow our native plant seeds for indoor and...

by Jeanne McRight Safety note: Ticks do not live in finished leaf mold, but can be found in decaying piles of fallen leaves. See...

Winter sowing is a way of forcing the dry plant seed out of dormancy, by simulating the freeze / thaw conditions found in the wild.

By Pamela Sleightholm If identifying the dizzying numbers of native asters intimidates you, don’t be discouraged. Ongoing genetic...

Blooming Boulevards native pollinator garden. Photo©2021_JeanneMcRight

Second year boulevard garden steward challenges by Sheila Cressman You nurtured the little seedlings you received from Blooming...

A hardworking group of volunteers organized by the Clarkson Business Improvement Association braved the heat wave and installed THREE big...

In mid-June Blooming Boulevards installed over 400 native plants along the Lakeshore in Port Credit. The existing plants were removed and...

Blooming Boulevards pollinator garden installation at the Applewood United Church, Mississauga.

By Pamela Sleightholm Don’t be fooled by a swampy, weedy name. Swamp milkweed (Asclepias incarnata) is a gorgeous, tall flowering native...

In May, Blooming Boulevards delivered plants for a new pollinator garden at the Bradley Museum. Plan a visit to see how this garden...

By Pamela Sleightholm After a long winter, the native plants that bloom in early spring are the first food sources for pollinating...

Happy spring! Have you thought about adding native woodland wildflowers to your garden? Here's a gallery of easy-to-grow shade-loving...

by Jeanne McRight Leave your winter plant debris in your garden until mid-spring, after sheltering wildlife emerges from its protective...

We have a team of people helping to stratify the native wildflower seeds we will use in our boulevard gardens this year...

Hurrah! The @Spruce Park Pollinator Garden is complete for now - bee hotels and garden signs will be installed in the spring, but the...

Look how Sheila's boulevard has grown, from its installation in June until now. In its first summer, those native plants have flourished...