In spring 2023, a pollinator garden and a rain garden totalling 92 square metres were installed at the school with support from a City of Ottawa community environmental grant. Students and parent volunteers took the lead with the support of the school staff and administration.
You can read more about the rain garden on the EnviroCentre web site: Un jardin de pluie à l’école Trille des Bois. Its more than 90 shrubs (8 species) and over 250 native wildflowers (25 species) attract numerous pollinators, other insects, and birds.
The raingarden was a good choice for a problem area in the schoolyard where rain runoff was causing erosion and leaving mud on the sidewalk. Following instructions from Rain Ready Ottawa’s webinars, the school created a garden that absorbs the runoff.
Read more about this and other school gardens on Ecology Ottawa’s web site: How to create a wildlife garden at your child’s school