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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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Upcoming Activities

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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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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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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Gully at the Fletcher Wildlife Garden

August 9th, 2025

In 2015, the FWG gully, which is visible from Prince of Wales Drive, was full of comfrey mixed with dog-strangling vine. That first summer, a small number of these ...

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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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