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Jeanne McRight
May 27, 20221 min read
May, a month of dreams and delights!
by Jeanne McRight This event-packed month is always busy for us, but this spring even more so. Why? Because in this National Year of the...
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Jeanne McRight
May 27, 20224 min read
My life as a propagator
By Sheila Cressman It all started in the autumn of 2019 when I attended two seed gathering workshops with Jeanne McRight at Hancock...
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Jeanne McRight
May 23, 20222 min read
My Chelsea Chop experiment
Angela describes how effective using the Chelsea chop pruning method was in reducing the height of her tall asters and goldenrods.
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Jeanne McRight
Mar 16, 20223 min read
Seed Starters!
A how-to primer on sowing your native seeds indoors by Jeanne McRight Early March is when we sow our native plant seeds for indoor and...
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Jeanne McRight
Mar 15, 20223 min read
Leaf mold - a gardener’s black gold
by Jeanne McRight Safety note: Ticks do not live in finished leaf mold, but can be found in decaying piles of fallen leaves. See...
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Jeanne McRight
Jan 16, 20222 min read
Winter Sowing Native Plants In Your Garden
Winter sowing is a way of forcing the dry plant seed out of dormancy, by simulating the freeze / thaw conditions found in the wild.
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pamelasleightholm
Aug 22, 20212 min read
Astonishing Asters
By Pamela Sleightholm If identifying the dizzying numbers of native asters intimidates you, don’t be discouraged. Ongoing genetic...
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Jeanne McRight
Aug 14, 20211 min read
The joy of boulevard gardening
Blooming Boulevards native pollinator garden. Photo©2021_JeanneMcRight
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Jeanne McRight
Jul 9, 20213 min read
What happened to my black-eyed Susans?
Second year boulevard garden steward challenges by Sheila Cressman You nurtured the little seedlings you received from Blooming...
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Jeanne McRight
Jul 8, 20211 min read
New Pollinator Gardens in Clarkson
A hardworking group of volunteers organized by the Clarkson Business Improvement Association braved the heat wave and installed THREE big...
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Jeanne McRight
Jul 8, 20211 min read
One to watch - the Malicki - Sanchez pollinator garden
In mid-June Blooming Boulevards installed over 400 native plants along the Lakeshore in Port Credit. The existing plants were removed and...
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Jeanne McRight
Jul 8, 20211 min read
Applewood United Church Pollinator Garden
Blooming Boulevards pollinator garden installation at the Applewood United Church, Mississauga.
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pamelasleightholm
Jul 8, 20211 min read
Native plant profile - Swamp milkweed
By Pamela Sleightholm Don’t be fooled by a swampy, weedy name. Swamp milkweed (Asclepias incarnata) is a gorgeous, tall flowering native...
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pamelasleightholm
Jun 11, 20211 min read
Pollinator garden at Bradley Museum
In May, Blooming Boulevards delivered plants for a new pollinator garden at the Bradley Museum. Plan a visit to see how this garden...
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pamelasleightholm
May 27, 20212 min read
Native plant profile - Prairie smoke
By Pamela Sleightholm After a long winter, the native plants that bloom in early spring are the first food sources for pollinating...
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Jeanne McRight
Mar 23, 20211 min read
EARLY SPRING-BLOOMING WILDFLOWERS
Happy spring! Have you thought about adding native woodland wildflowers to your garden? Here's a gallery of easy-to-grow shade-loving...
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Jeanne McRight
Feb 24, 20212 min read
Your Awakening Garden
by Jeanne McRight Leave your winter plant debris in your garden until mid-spring, after sheltering wildlife emerges from its protective...
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Jeanne McRight
Feb 1, 20201 min read
New meaning to "Garden party"
We have a team of people helping to stratify the native wildflower seeds we will use in our boulevard gardens this year...
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Jeanne McRight
Nov 23, 20191 min read
Spruce Park Pollinator Garden is Complete!
Hurrah! The @Spruce Park Pollinator Garden is complete for now - bee hotels and garden signs will be installed in the spring, but the...
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Jeanne McRight
Sep 8, 20191 min read
What a difference!
Look how Sheila's boulevard has grown, from its installation in June until now. In its first summer, those native plants have flourished...
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