Beginner pollinator garden: the 3 x 3 x 3 system
Written on: June 6th, 2024by Berit Erickson “I don’t know where to start:” I’ve heard this statement many times from people who want to create their own native plant pollinator gardens. Since ...
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Kristina Rudnitski’s shade garden tour
Written on: May 27th, 2024by Berit Erickson On 25 May, Kristina Rudnitski hosted our second 2024 WPP garden tour. This garden was a real treat! Kristina moved here in 2008 and found the ...
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Residential gardening in the City of Ottawa’s right of way
Written on: April 4th, 2024by Lynne Patenaude, with input from WPP members and City staff PRINTABLE BROCHURE (PDF) created by Lesley Mather of @jeledesign You can now plant right up to the ...
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The Bee Spot
Written on: January 16th, 2024by Sharon Boddy The Bee Spot opened in June 2023. Located in an Ottawa park, this 2-m2 demonstration garden includes about 50 plants, all native wildflower species. ...
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Riverview Park Pollinator Garden
Written on: December 17th, 2023by Lynne Patenaude The Friends of Riverview Park Green Spaces and a group of volunteers planted over 370 seedlings of 25+ species of sun-loving, mostly native, ...
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Roadside pollinator habitat – Sugar Bush Road
Written on: December 16th, 2023based on notes by Scott Sigurdson In May 2019, Scott Sigurdson and his neighbours on Sugar Bush Road near Pakenham, Ontario, set out to restore pollinator habit ...
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