May, a month of dreams and delights!
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...
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Sheila Cressman
- May 27, 2022
- 4 min
My life as a propagator
By Sheila Cressman It all started in the autumn of 2019 when I attended two seed gathering workshops with Jeanne McRight at Hancock...
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Angela Jordan
- May 23, 2022
- 2 min
My Chelsea Chop experiment
Angela describes how effective using the Chelsea chop pruning method was in reducing the height of her tall asters and goldenrods.
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Jeanne McRight
- Mar 16, 2022
- 3 min
Seed Starters!
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...
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Jeanne McRight
- Mar 15, 2022
- 3 min
Leaf mold - a gardener’s black gold
by Jeanne McRight Safety note: Ticks do not live in finished leaf mold, but can be found in decaying piles of fallen leaves. See...
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Diana Westland
- Jan 16, 2022
- 2 min
Winter Sowing Native Plants In Your Garden
Winter sowing is a way of forcing the dry plant seed out of dormancy, by simulating the freeze / thaw conditions found in the wild.
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pamelasleightholm
- Aug 22, 2021
- 2 min
Astonishing Asters
By Pamela Sleightholm If identifying the dizzying numbers of native asters intimidates you, don’t be discouraged. Ongoing genetic...
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Jeanne McRight
- Aug 14, 2021
- 1 min
The joy of boulevard gardening
Blooming Boulevards native pollinator garden. Photo©2021_JeanneMcRight
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Sheila Cressman
- Jul 9, 2021
- 3 min
What happened to my black-eyed Susans?
Second year boulevard garden steward challenges by Sheila Cressman You nurtured the little seedlings you received from Blooming...
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Jeanne McRight
- Jul 8, 2021
- 1 min
New Pollinator Gardens in Clarkson
A hardworking group of volunteers organized by the Clarkson Business Improvement Association braved the heat wave and installed THREE big...
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Jeanne McRight
- Jul 8, 2021
- 1 min
One to watch - the Malicki - Sanchez pollinator garden
In mid-June Blooming Boulevards installed over 400 native plants along the Lakeshore in Port Credit. The existing plants were removed and...
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Jeanne McRight
- Jul 8, 2021
- 1 min
Applewood United Church Pollinator Garden
Blooming Boulevards pollinator garden installation at the Applewood United Church, Mississauga.
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pamelasleightholm
- Jul 8, 2021
- 1 min
Native plant profile - Swamp milkweed
By Pamela Sleightholm Don’t be fooled by a swampy, weedy name. Swamp milkweed (Asclepias incarnata) is a gorgeous, tall flowering native...
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pamelasleightholm
- Jun 11, 2021
- 1 min
Pollinator garden at Bradley Museum
In May, Blooming Boulevards delivered plants for a new pollinator garden at the Bradley Museum. Plan a visit to see how this garden...
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pamelasleightholm
- May 27, 2021
- 2 min
Native plant profile - Prairie smoke
By Pamela Sleightholm After a long winter, the native plants that bloom in early spring are the first food sources for pollinating...
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Jeanne McRight
- Mar 23, 2021
- 1 min
EARLY SPRING-BLOOMING WILDFLOWERS
Happy spring! Have you thought about adding native woodland wildflowers to your garden? Here's a gallery of easy-to-grow shade-loving...
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Jeanne McRight
- Feb 24, 2021
- 2 min
Your Awakening Garden
by Jeanne McRight Leave your winter plant debris in your garden until mid-spring, after sheltering wildlife emerges from its protective...
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Jeanne McRight
- Feb 1, 2020
- 1 min
New meaning to "Garden party"
We have a team of people helping to stratify the native wildflower seeds we will use in our boulevard gardens this year...
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Jeanne McRight
- Nov 23, 2019
- 1 min
Spruce Park Pollinator Garden is Complete!
Hurrah! The @Spruce Park Pollinator Garden is complete for now - bee hotels and garden signs will be installed in the spring, but the...
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Jeanne McRight
- Sep 8, 2019
- 1 min
What a difference!
Look how Sheila's boulevard has grown, from its installation in June until now. In its first summer, those native plants have flourished...
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