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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

Woodland flowers and hedgerows at the Corner Pollinator Garden

May 24th, 2025

Eight years ago, Berit Erickson began adding native plants to her yard. At first, she had trouble finding early spring bloomers. She eventually figured out that ...

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Pollinator-friendly container gardens

June 7th, 2025

Blooming Boulevards online webinar Native container gardening is a new frontier – beautiful & beneficial! Have you run out of room to plant in your garden? Can’t ...

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Pollinator Appreciation Day 2025

June 7th, 2025

Save the date! We’ll be celebrating PAD again at the Fletcher Wildlife Garden. Meet people who have created a pollinator garden, talk with scientists who study ...

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Tapestry Garden boulevard planting

June 21st, 2025

Six years ago, this busy corner was torn up for infrastructure upgrades. The soil is sandy loam (low water-holding capacity, low nutrient content) and the ...

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Latest News

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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Touring the Canadian Wildlife Federation demonstration gardens

 Written on: July 29th, 2024

by Bert Erickson On July 20th, we visited the habitat demonstration gardens that surround the Canadian Wildlife Federation’s Kanata office. Created in 2001, they are ...

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