Woodland flowers and hedgerows at the Corner Pollinator Garden
May 24th, 2025Eight 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 Appreciation Day 2025
June 7th, 2025Save 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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Pollinator-friendly container gardens
June 7th, 2025Blooming 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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Tapestry Garden boulevard planting
June 21st, 2025Six 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, 2025This 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, 2025At the SNMC, members have converted grassy parts of a grassy/weedy landscape into pollinator friendly garden spaces with both Ontario native and non-invasive exotic ...
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Gully at the Fletcher Wildlife Garden
August 9th, 2025In 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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Understanding your soil
August 23rd, 2025Blooming Boulevards online webinar From the ground up – your garden starts with the soil. Learn about your soil’s health and how it helps keep your ...
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Trillium Park community pollinator garden
August 23rd, 2025This pollinator garden consists of 200 plants representing 20 native species. It has an irregular polygon shape and covers a gently rising berm. It is situated ...
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