About the WPP-PPS network

The WPP-PPS network brings together people who are interested in wild pollinators, concerned about their resilience and survival, and motivated to help.

We seek to raise awareness, share information and resources, offer learning opportunites and events, support pollinator habitat protection & creation, and encourage appropriate, responsible action.

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"To make a prairie it takes a clover and one bee..."- Emily Dickinson -

Upcoming Activities

MAPP – native seedling sale

July 6th, 2025

Maitland Area Pollinator Projects (MAPP) group is having a fundraiser.

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Sundaura Alford-Purvis’ abundant residential garden

July 12th, 2025

This small, urban garden in the front and back yard is a blend of native and, mostly edible, introduced species. A “bit of a jungle,” this space is both an ...

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Ottawa Wildflower Seed Library – plant giveaway event

July 19th, 2025

The Ottawa Wildflower Seed Library is hosting a series of native plant giveaways this summer! Take home free native perennials for your own gardens, and learn about ...

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South Nepean Muslim Centre

July 26th, 2025

CANCELLED I’m sorry to announce that we’ve had to cancel this garden tour due to unforeseen circumstances. We’re planning to schedule a visit next ...

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Latest News

Pollinator Appreciation Day raffle: a few favourite native pollinator plants

Written on: June 27th, 2025

by Berit Erickson For Pollinator Appreciation Day this year, we raffled some of our native plant favourites. Here are the species we gave away.  Serviceberry ...

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Christine Edmonds’ boulevard garden

Written on: March 21st, 2025

by Christine Edmonds The boulevard garden is located on a busy corner which was torn up when infrastructure upgrades happened 6 years ago. The soil is sandy loam ...

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History of the Alcove Garden

Written on: February 21st, 2025

by Amanda Carrigan (text and photos) The Alcove Garden space at Kitchissippi United Church (KUC) was originally pavement. In 2014, KUC members, Ecology Ottawa, and ...

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Street and rain gardens in Old Ottawa South

Written on: January 20th, 2025

by Sandy Garland The gardens along Bank Street in Old Ottawa South started as a traffic-calming measure. The three rain gardens on Sunnyside were a pilot project ...

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