A chainsaw. Again. It’s noise fills the air on an otherwise beautiful Saturday morning, as I step out into the backyard to have a cup of coffee in the early…
Mild Ontario summer helping monarch butterfly populations If you’ve been thinking it seems like there are more monarch butterflies around this year, you may be right. Monarchs have been making…
Native plant & tree sales are a great way to find the perfect perennials, shrubs and trees for your garden. Here’s a list of plant sales in spring 2017: Burlington Royal Botanical…
Waterloo Region’s Native Plant Source nursery is the place to find native plants for beautiful gardens that support local biodiversity Gardening is good for the body, mind and soul —…
This harvest season, let’s give thanks for the bees that help put pumpkin, squash, zucchini and colourful gourds on our tables. The native pollinator Peponapis pruinosa, commonly known as the…
It’s always easy to get carried away at plant sales. And as my fabulous new finds go in the ground, I’m quite sure I’ll remember each and every one when next spring rolls around. So…
A sign that the Cambridge Pollinator Preserve (CPP) is living up to its name comes in the form of ambush bugs lurking on the white blossoms of Queen Anne’s lace…
It’s a joy to hear the birds singing outside my window as I write this post on a warm June evening. Cardinals, chickadees, various sparrows, mourning doves, robins, grackles and the odd woodpecker…
The ecological restoration of a hydro corridor along a riverside trail in Guelph, Ont. is expected to create “incredibly diverse” habitat for birds, butterflies, frogs and other wildlife, with dozens of species of…
Rain gardens are growing in popularity as an attractive, cost-effective way to manage stormwater – they help prevent flooding, naturally filter out pollutants to protect water quality, and reduce stress…