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Jeanne McRight
Apr 29, 20214 min read
Going native: Jitendra Chaudari's plan to help save the planet
Can anyone spare a cutting from their trillium plant? If so, Jitendra Chaudhari would love it for his boulevard garden on Bristol Road...
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pamelasleightholm
Apr 27, 20211 min read
Climate Victory Gardens
Learn how native plants can make a difference in global climate change in this talk with Jeanne McRight for the Riverwood Conservancy.
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Apr 23, 20211 min read
Spring snow? Your native plants are fine!
The early spring flowering of native plants does not always take into account the possibility of a late April snowfall, as happened this...
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pamelasleightholm
Apr 20, 20212 min read
This Earth Day, turn your yard into habitat for pollinators
By Pamela Sleightholm Bees, butterflies and birds – they’re central organisms in our natural ecosystem and key to the pollination of all...
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BB Admin
Mar 23, 20211 min read
Gardening in March? Yes!
This is the perfect time to get native seeds ready for spring germination. Most Ontario native seeds need to experience a cold moist...
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Jeanne McRight
Mar 23, 20211 min read
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
Mar 23, 20213 min read
The lawn goodbye: How one couple gave up grass and embraced a boulevard garden with a difference
Someone says "boulevard garden" and what comes to mind? A strip of bright blooms and greenery between the sidewalk and the road, of...
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Jeanne McRight
Mar 23, 20211 min read
Put off clearing your flower beds until warmer weather comes
You have not spring-cleaned your flower beds? Good for you! You aren’t lazy. You are a good gardener. Native insects, unlike birds, do...
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Jeanne McRight
Mar 18, 20212 min read
Maintaining Your Bee Hotel
When your first flowers bloom in early April, bee activity will begin. Bees will emerge naturally from your hotel when they are ready...
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Jeanne McRight
Mar 10, 20211 min read
Why Native Plants Part 2 - Do you really enjoy watering?
Do you enjoy watering? Be honest, now. Native plants are water-once plants. OK, once is the first summer, the summer during which native...
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Jeanne McRight
Feb 24, 20213 min read
Doris and Rick Wukasch's boulevard of realized dreams
by Liz Primeau Meet our members Doris and Rick Wukasch, who have a brand-new blooming boulevard that enhances their front yard garden,...
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Jeanne McRight
Feb 24, 20211 min read
Why Native Plants Part 1: Do you like baby birds?
by Murray Moore Do you like birds? Yes? Do you fill and re-fill a bird feeder in your yard? Yes? How many baby birds will you see feeding...
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Jeanne McRight
Feb 24, 20212 min read
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
Sep 30, 20201 min read
All Members are invited to attend our 2020 Annual General Meeting!
When: Thursday October 22, 2020 from 7:00 to 8:00 pm Where: online at Zoom *Please register below to get your Zoom link Join us in...
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Jeanne McRight
Feb 1, 20201 min read
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, 20191 min read
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
Nov 10, 20191 min read
Weekend #3: Spruce Park Pollinator Garden Project
Weekend #3 of our city-sponsored Spruce Park Pollinator Garden Project: Bee hotel construction and pollinator crafts & info at the Port...
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Jeanne McRight
Nov 3, 20191 min read
Weekends #1 & 2: Spruce Park Pollinator Garden Project
We are installing a beautiful pollinator garden in Spruce Park - a fun and very rewarding project.
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Jeanne McRight
Sep 8, 20191 min read
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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Jeanne McRight
Sep 7, 20191 min read
Bee Bed-and-Breakfast
Here's another cluster of bee hotels - or shall we call them bed -and-breakfasts instead? Breakfast is nearby! The colours compliment...
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