Champlain Park’s pollinator garden is part of a larger plan to rehabilitate a stretch of woodland along the Sir John A. Macdonald Parkway. The Environment Committee of the Champlain Park Community Association is spearheading this work. They’ve mobilized volunteers to help bring a variety of native plants into the public woodlands and residential area.
As described in the 2020 annual report, “Specific activities related to this project include planting native trees, shrubs and spring ephemeral and summer flowering plants in small, compact areas cleared of non-native invasive vegetation. Funding was provided by local residents and the City of Ottawa Community Environmental Projects Grant Program.”
See blog post: Champlain Woods – bringing native biodiversity into our neighbourhood