Come to our 5th Annual Native Plant Sale!
Sat. June 1* - Sun. June 2, 2024 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. both days * members' early bird special: Sat. 9 -10 a.m. 1295 Mineola Gardens,...
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Pamela Sleightholm
- Mar 28
- 2 min
Top Reasons to Add Native Plants Around Your Veggie Patch and Fruit Trees
By Pamela Sleightholm For the backyard fruit and veggie grower, including native plants in your spring plantings can provide big...
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Douglas Markoff
- Mar 28
- 5 min
Native Ontario Cactus: You Can Grow That Here?
By Douglas Markoff One plant that always attracts the passerby eye followed by a pointing finger is the Eastern Prickly Pear Cactus,...
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Heather Raithby Doyle
- Sep 9, 2023
- 4 min
Creating a Garden of Eden in Mississauga
by Heather Raithby Doyle Meet a Member: Patty Duquette A new native plant garden at a busy intersection in Mississauga is attracting...
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Barbara Booth-Moore
- Sep 7, 2023
- 2 min
Container Gardening as a Journey
By Barbara Booth-Moore Through the years my interest in container gardening has evolved for sure. I have always loved the look of plants...
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pamelasleightholm
- Sep 5, 2023
- 2 min
Joe Pye Weed – A July-September Pollinator Magnet
By Pamela Sleightholm After planting three Joe Pye weed (Eutrochium purpureum) seedlings in my front garden last year, this was the...
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pamelasleightholm
- Feb 27, 2023
- 2 min
The spring blooms are coming!
By Pamela Sleightholm Gardeners look forward to spring – when the snow has melted away and those small signs of life start to rise out of...
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Jeanne McRight
- Feb 27, 2023
- 1 min
Easy-to-grow early spring-blooming native plants for southern Ontario gardens
List of spring-blooming native perennials, shrubs and trees.
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Heather Raithby Doyle
- Jan 21, 2023
- 5 min
Native plant roots are deep for this Mineola couple
The Wilburns are brand new members but we are doing a feature because they have a great back story as native plant pioneers.
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Gillian Cassells
- Jan 20, 2023
- 2 min
Birthday Party Loot Bags That Bloom!
It is my hope that everyone, especially our children, can learn
about our native gardens and marvel at all the life they support...
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Judith Pelley
- Jan 19, 2023
- 1 min
Capturing the Pageant of Nature
Thoughts and photos by Judith Pelley I converted my garden to a native plant garden at the start of the pandemic, a perfect project for...
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Murray Moore
- Jan 18, 2023
- 3 min
Guerrilla no more: Ex-plant puller tells all
Garlic mustard replaces other plants and threatens the biodiversity of many native ecosystems.
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Jeanne McRight
- Dec 3, 2022
- 1 min
10-Step Guide for Native Seed Collection
Blooming Boulevards tips for native plant seed collection.
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Diana Westland
- Sep 15, 2022
- 4 min
Spotlight on Keystone Native Plant Species: The Goldenrod
Story and photos by Diana Westland, Mississauga Master Gardeners Goldenrod is a keystone plant. Keystone plants are native plants...
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Heather Raithby Doyle
- Sep 14, 2022
- 4 min
Fragrance in the Garden
There’s no doubt our gardens can be a visual feast. But many native and other plants are aromatic as well, charming our sense of smell.
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Heather Raithby Doyle
- Sep 10, 2022
- 4 min
Plant ID apps may be good but they are no match for an experienced gardener….yet
by Heather Raithby Doyle Walking along a trail, or in our neighbourhood we may see a plant and wonder: “What is that?” Since many of us...
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Heather Raithby Doyle
- Jul 14, 2022
- 4 min
Murray and Mary Ellen Moore
Blooming Boulevards' members Murray and Mary Ellen Moore's native plant backyard garden, and how it came about.
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Jeanne McRight
- Jul 11, 2022
- 1 min
Butterfly host plants
by Jeanne McRight Pollinator gardens not only can provide nectar for butterflies and other insects, but also will help to support the...
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Jeanne McRight
- Jul 8, 2022
- 4 min
A look at plant/insect partnerships
by Jeanne McRight and Pamela Sleightholm We’ve all seen the beautifully blooming butterfly bushes at the nursery and the zinnia, roses...
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Jeanne McRight
- May 28, 2022
- 1 min
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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