Pearly Everlasting blues – learning to love tattered plants
Written on: August 14th, 2019by Renate Sander-Regier In the spring of 2018, I planted a patch of Pearly Everlasting (Anaphalis margaritacea). I have long been charmed by the poetic, ...
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Finding pollinators at the Canadian Museum of Nature
Written on: August 13th, 2019by Sandy Garland Our Sunday survey this week (August 11, 2019) was in the Landscapes of Canada gardens on the O’Connor Street side of the Canadian Museum of ...
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The fab four: beetles in the Corner Pollinator Garden
Written on: August 8th, 2019Please note: This is a very abbreviated version of Berit’s blog post of 29 July 2019. The full version on Berit’s own web site is here: The Fab Four: ...
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Finding pollinators at the University of Ottawa
Written on: August 5th, 2019by Sandy Garland For the last 2 years, Ottawa U students and faculty have been carrying out informal weekly pollinator surveys in the many gardens and green spaces ...
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Finding pollinators in the McCarthy hydro cut
Written on: July 21st, 2019by Sandy Garland Last Sunday (14 July 2019), I discovered a beautiful meadow of wildflowers – native and non-native – in the large hydro corridor ...
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Finding pollinators on Bank Street
Written on: July 20th, 2019by Sandy Garland, photographs by Sandy and Alysha Riquier This summer, we’re determined to learn to identify the main groups of bees and other pollinators. ...
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