Ottawa Wildflower Seed Library: plant giveaway events

June 28th, 2025

The Ottawa Wildflower Seed Library is hosting a series of native plant giveaways this summer! Take home free native perennials for your own gardens, and learn about ...

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Tapestry Garden boulevard planting

June 21st, 2025

Six years ago, this busy corner was torn up for infrastructure upgrades. The soil is sandy loam (low water-holding capacity, low nutrient content) and the ...

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Pollinator-friendly container gardens

June 7th, 2025

Blooming Boulevards online webinar Native container gardening is a new frontier – beautiful & beneficial! Have you run out of room to plant in your garden? Can’t ...

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Pollinator Appreciation Day 2025

June 7th, 2025

We’ll be celebrating PAD again at the Fletcher Wildlife Garden. Meet people who have created a pollinator garden, talk with scientists who study pollinators, ...

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Woodland flowers and hedgerows at the Corner Pollinator Garden

May 24th, 2025

Eight years ago, Berit Erickson began adding native plants to her yard. At first, she had trouble finding early spring bloomers. She eventually figured out that ...

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Create a native woodland garden

May 10th, 2025

Blooming Boulevards online webinar Transform your shade into a tranquil garden oasis using native plants. Learning how to plant a woodland garden is easy and ...

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WPP garden tour series 2025

May 3rd, 2025

Save these dates!! WPP is back with another set of garden tours – or mini-colloquiums as they have become. We have a great variety of gardens to look at and ...

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Native trees and shrubs for small spaces

May 3rd, 2025

Blooming Boulevards online webinar All-star bird- and pollinator- friendly small native trees & shrubs. Native trees for small spaces = big benefits for small ...

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Fabulous flies

April 22nd, 2025

Canadian Wildlife Federation presents a free online webinar Discover the fascinating world of flies and their critical role on our planet. From pollination to pest ...

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