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Jeanne McRight
Mar 28, 20242 min read
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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Jeanne McRight
Sep 8, 20234 min read
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
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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pamelasleightholm
Sep 5, 20232 min read
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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Jeanne McRight
Aug 29, 20233 min read
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
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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Jeanne McRight
May 7, 20233 min read
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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Jeanne McRight
Apr 30, 20233 min read
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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pamelasleightholm
Feb 27, 20232 min read
The spring blooms are coming!
By Pamela Sleightholm Gardeners look forward to spring – when the snow has melted away and those small signs of life start to rise out of...
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Jeanne McRight
Feb 27, 20231 min read
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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Jeanne McRight
Jan 20, 20235 min read
Native plant roots are deep for this Mineola couple
The Wilburns are brand new members but we are doing a feature because they have a great back story as native plant pioneers.
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Jeanne McRight
Sep 15, 20224 min read
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
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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Jeanne McRight
Jul 14, 20224 min read
Murray and Mary Ellen Moore
Blooming Boulevards' members Murray and Mary Ellen Moore's native plant backyard garden, and how it came about.
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Jeanne McRight
Jul 10, 20221 min read
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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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 15, 20224 min read
Here comes the queen
by Wayne Cardinalli Now that spring is imminent get ready to hear the unmistakable buzz of a queen bumblebee. You’re right if you think...
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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
Mar 14, 20225 min read
Karen James' garden –"It's my happy place"
Story by Heather Raithby Doyle, Photos by Karen James Spring is in the air and Karen James can’t wait. Her naturalized garden backs onto...
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Jeanne McRight
Jan 16, 20222 min read
Planning a butterfly garden? Include both nectar and host plants for the specialists!
Many Lepidoptera (the family of butterflies and moths) are specialists, dependent on specific plants for nutrition and habitat.
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