Date: September 6th, 2025
Time: 10 a.m. to noon
Where: 140 Genest St, Vanier; parking available in the staff parking lot or on the street, but please note the signs
In spring 2023, a pollinator garden and a rain garden totalling 92 square metres were installed at this school with the help of a City of Ottawa community environmental grant. Students and parent volunteers took the lead with support from school staff and administration.
You can read more about the rain garden on the EnviroCentre web site: Un jardin de pluie à l’école Trille des Bois. Its more than 90 shrubs (8 species) and over 250 native wildflowers (25 species) attract numerous pollinators, other insects, and birds.
The raingarden was a good choice for a problem area in the schoolyard where rain runoff was causing erosion and leaving mud on the sidewalk. Following instructions from Rain Ready Ottawa’s webinars, the school created a garden that absorbs runoff.
Eugenie Waters will tell us how she and Christine Keyes established these school pollinator gardens.
Bee researcher, Lydia Wong, will also be on hand to identify pollinators and answer questions about their habits and needs.
Registration link to come