Hello Vanessas! Two much-loved spring migrants return!
By Stephanie Keeler Have you noticed dozens of tiny butterflies fluttering past you while in your garden, on the trails of Riverwood, or...
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Feb 27, 20232 min read
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, 20231 min read
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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Jeanne McRight
May 27, 20221 min read
May, a month of dreams and delights!Â
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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Jeanne McRight
Mar 15, 20224 min read
Here comes the queen
by Wayne Cardinalli Now that spring is imminent get ready to hear the unmistakable buzz of a queen bumblebee. You’re right if you think...
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Jeanne McRight
Mar 14, 20225 min read
Karen James' garden –"It's my happy place"
Story by Heather Raithby Doyle, Photos by Karen James Spring is in the air and Karen James can’t wait. Her naturalized garden backs onto...
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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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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 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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