Our bumble bees have healthy guts!
Written on: December 21st, 2022by Michelle Hotchkiss, PhD candidate at the University of Ottawa Here in North America, bumble bees are key pollinators for both natural plant communities and ...
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Ottawa Wildflower Seed Library fall 2023 seed giveaways
Written on: December 16th, 2022In 2020, Melanie Ouelette began the Ottawa Wildflower Seed Library (OWSL) to encourage others to grow native plants. Since then, the OWSL has distributed thousands ...
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Bringing pollinators to the Madonna Care Community
Written on: August 6th, 2022Ontario Horticultural Association grants The OHA is an organization dedicated to “Keeping Ontario Beautiful.” With over 270 horticultural societies/garden clubs and ...
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Brighton Beach Park mini-meadows
Written on: August 4th, 2022by Sandy Garland Inspired by the micro-forest idea and an aim to increase biodiversity in our parks, the Enviro Crew of Old Ottawa South designed and planted two ...
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OWSL demonstration beds
Written on: August 4th, 2022by Joanne Butler and Sandy Garland To quote a Facebook post from Melanie Ouellette, “Good things happen when caring people work together.” That applies ...
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Pollinator gardens are more important than we may realize!
Written on: August 4th, 2022by Renate Sander-Regier Pollinator gardens play important roles in the lives of pollinators, as well as songbirds, and many more species of insects. A recent CBC ...
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