Lawn to wildflower meadow

Written on: August 24th, 2023

An article in Scientific American highlights the environmental cost of lawns. “The well-manicured lawn behind King’s College Chapel at the University of ...

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We CAN help native bees!

Written on: August 24th, 2023

An article in The Guardian this week reported how scientists found that planting a variety of native plants in urban green spaces can result in a huge increase in ...

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The role of non-native nectar in the diet of Monarch butterflies

Written on: February 2nd, 2023

By Heather Kharouba, with thanks to Zoe Pekos, Manon Veselovsky, Steph Rivest, and Greg Mitchell for their work on the project Are Ottawa’s native butterflies ...

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Our bumble bees have healthy guts!

Written on: December 21st, 2022

by 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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What we are doing is important

Written on: February 15th, 2020

by Renate Sander-Regier For years, researchers and journalists have been pointing to the dramatic loss of insects around the world (see links below). But insect ...

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Neglect your lawn for pollinators

Written on: July 1st, 2018

by Renate Sander-Regier Pollinators like imperfect lawns. They prefer them on the derelict side. Pollinators are, in fact, drawn to lawns that stray from the closely ...

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