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Map of our boulevard garden sites, 2019 - 2024

You'll be able to see how the gardens are creating habitat "stepping stones" between the parks. The more continuous plantings we are able to

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Top Reasons to Add Native Plants Around Your Veggie Patch and Fruit Trees

Jeanne McRight

Mar 282 min read

Our gardens

Top Reasons to Add Native Plants Around Your Veggie Patch and Fruit Trees

By Pamela Sleightholm For the backyard fruit and veggie grower, including native plants in your spring plantings can provide big...

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Native Ontario Cactus: You Can Grow That Here?

Jeanne McRight

Mar 285 min read

Our gardens

Native Ontario Cactus: You Can Grow That Here?

By Douglas Markoff One plant that always attracts the passerby eye followed by a pointing finger is the Eastern Prickly Pear Cactus,...

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Jeanne McRight

Jan 264 min read

Our gardens

The untold story of the ladybirds

by Dr. Swati Saxena Visiting Scientist, Department of Biology, University of Toronto Photos by Dr. Saxena and her lab colleagues unless...

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Boosting Your Garden's Health With Soil Microbiota

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Jan 222 min read

Our gardens

Boosting Your Garden's Health With Soil Microbiota

By Pamela Sleightholm Healthy soil is the secret to thriving plants. But have you ever wondered about the tiny lifeforms that reside...

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Creating a Garden of Eden in Mississauga

Jeanne McRight

Sep 8, 20234 min read

Our gardens

Creating a Garden of Eden in Mississauga

by Heather Raithby Doyle Meet a Member: Patty Duquette A new native plant garden at a busy intersection in Mississauga is attracting...

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Jeanne McRight

Sep 7, 20232 min read

Our gardens

Container Gardening as a Journey

By Barbara Booth-Moore Through the years my interest in container gardening has evolved for sure. I have always loved the look of plants...

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Joe Pye Weed – A July-September Pollinator Magnet

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Sep 5, 20232 min read

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Joe Pye Weed – A July-September Pollinator Magnet

By Pamela Sleightholm After planting three Joe Pye weed (Eutrochium purpureum) seedlings in my front garden last year, this was the...

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Bigger & better - our new Spruce Park garden project takes off!

Jeanne McRight

Aug 29, 20233 min read

Our gardens

Bigger & better - our new Spruce Park garden project takes off!

By Jeanne McRight Can't believe it will be September soon. It's hard to say goodbye to summer, but we're looking forward to fall...

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Jeanne McRight

Jun 29, 20232 min read

Our gardens

Black Gold

by Jacqueline McKernan As gardeners there are many ways we can show our appreciation and care for the environment. Choosing native...

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How to Maintain Your Garden with the Environment in Mind

Jeanne McRight

Jun 29, 20233 min read

Why Native Plants

How to Maintain Your Garden with the Environment in Mind

By Pamela Sleightholm We know that gardening is satisfying and rewarding – watching the little plants you cared for grow and thrive is...

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Black swallowtails, masters of deception

Jeanne McRight

May 7, 20233 min read

Our gardens

Black swallowtails, masters of deception

by Jeanne McRight Do you have Golden Alexanders growing in your pollinator garden, or are carrot family plants (such as carrots, celery,...

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Jumping worms are wriggling their way closer

Jeanne McRight

Apr 30, 20233 min read

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Jumping worms are wriggling their way closer

By Heather Raithby Doyle There is a relatively new and wiggly threat to our local ecosystem. Jumping worms (Amynthas agrestis), also...

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Easy-to-grow early spring-blooming native plants for southern Ontario gardens

Jeanne McRight

Feb 27, 20231 min read

Our gardens

Easy-to-grow early spring-blooming native plants for southern Ontario gardens

List of spring-blooming native perennials, shrubs and trees.

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10-Step Guide for Native Seed Collection

Jeanne McRight

Dec 3, 20221 min read

Our gardens

10-Step Guide for Native Seed Collection

Blooming Boulevards tips for native plant seed collection.

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Spotlight on Keystone Native Plant Species: The Goldenrod

Jeanne McRight

Sep 15, 20224 min read

Our gardens

Spotlight on Keystone Native Plant Species: The Goldenrod

Story and photos by Diana Westland, Mississauga Master Gardeners Goldenrod is a keystone plant. Keystone plants are native plants...

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Jeanne McRight

Sep 14, 20224 min read

Our gardens

Fragrance in the Garden

There’s no doubt our gardens can be a visual feast. But many native and other plants are aromatic as well, charming our sense of smell.

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Beautiful blues: an ultra-rare butterfly and its not-so-common look-alike

Jeanne McRight

Sep 14, 20223 min read

Pollinators

Beautiful blues: an ultra-rare butterfly and its not-so-common look-alike

by Rob Chiasson Touring the garden with camera in hand late afternoon August 24th, hoping to snap a couple of shots of bees or...

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pamelasleightholm

Jul 13, 20222 min read

Our gardens

Canada milkvetch, a native legume!

Astragalus canadensis is a native plant in the Fabaceae (pea) family. Dozens of creamy white tubular flowers bloom for two to three months..

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Jeanne McRight

Jul 10, 20221 min read

Pollinators

Butterfly host plants

by Jeanne McRight Pollinator gardens not only can provide nectar for butterflies and other insects, but also will help to support the...

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