Ottawa Wildflower Seed Library December 2022 events

 Written on: December 16th, 2022

In 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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Pollinator gardens are more important than we may realize!

 Written on: August 4th, 2022

by 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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Building local native seed markets

 Written on: March 6th, 2020

by Jennifer Line Note: this is an excerpt from a longer blog post by Jennifer Line on the Canadian Wildlife Federation web site. Please also read the full version ...

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The real dirt on bees, honey, and hype

 Written on: February 17th, 2020

by Sandy Garland; photos from Bee-washing.com, used with permission Not a week goes by without another bee hive installed by an organization or person who thinks ...

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Students meet pollinators II

 Written on: June 19th, 2019

by Luca Fiorindi, photos by Edgar Rene Hernandez and Renate Sander-Regier High school students in this year’s mini-course, “What’s the buzz? Making ...

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Pollinator Appreciation Day in Ottawa

 Written on: June 10th, 2019

by Renate Sander-Regier and Sandy Garland, photos by Amy MacPherson Mayor Jim Watson proclaimed June 7 as Pollinator Appreciation Day 2019 at the Mayor’s Rural Expo ...

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