Garden skippers and their host plants

Written on: June 29th, 2026

Christine Edmonds This article was originally published in Trowel Talk, the newsletter of the Master Gardeners of Ottawa-Carleton. It’s reproduced here with ...

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Visiting the gardens at l’école Trille des bois

Written on: October 13th, 2025

by Maria Sievers WPP’s final garden tour of the 2025 season took place at L’ecole Trille des bois, a bilingual public school with the Ottawa Carleton District School ...

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Nault Park Pollinator Garden

Written on: August 3rd, 2025

by Lisa Medd; photos by Barry Parkinson Nault Park is located in north Vanier, at 325 St. Denis Street. The park has a playground, a water splash pad, a pavilion and ...

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Pollinators join us on a tour of Christine Edmonds’ Tapestry Garden

Written on: July 23rd, 2025

by Berit Erickson On 21 June, Christine Edmonds opened her meadow-inspired boulevard garden for a Wild Pollinator Partners tour. Entomologist and bee researcher, Gil ...

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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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