Our second colloquium – 2020
Written on: January 7th, 2022by Sandy Garland WPP held its second annual colloquium on 8 March 2020. As I write this, read the notes, and look at the photos, it seems like a different world. ...
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Cavity nesters: who are they and what are they doing now
Written on: November 7th, 2021by Lydia Wong This post is an excerpt from updates sent to those following Lydia’s research project on the effects of urban warming on cavity-nesting insects. If ...
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Pollinator garden at Dalhousie Park – it takes a village
Written on: July 24th, 2021by Sue Stefko After years of planning, which included submissions to the city, a grant through the city’s Community Environmental Projects Grant Program, and quite a ...
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City Hall bee hotel is back in business!
Written on: July 12th, 2021by Amy MacPherson The City Hall bee hotel is back in business, with a touch of rainbow colours this year in honour of Pride Month! Ottawa’s Mayor proclaimed ...
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Hydro Ottawa’s pollinator meadow is for the birds (and the bees)
Written on: April 20th, 2021In cooperation with the Canadian Wildlife Federation and others, Hydro Ottawa has created huge pollinator meadows at Morgan’s Grant and off McCarthy Road. Now ...
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Forest Garden Friends
Written on: March 14th, 2021by Sarah M.L. Walker Our garden is a food forest, with domesticated edibles intermingled with (sometimes edible to humans) native species. Our property is large (one ...
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