Wholesale Native Plant Nurseries Ontario
Updated July 26 2021 Looking for native plants? Check out these suppliers! The post Wholesale Native Plant Nurseries Ontario first appeared on Stratford and area Master Gardeners.
View ArticleGardening with children
Check out the following two resources on gardening with children! The post Gardening with children first appeared on Stratford and area Master Gardeners.
View ArticleTransform your garden into a carbon sink
Climate change is the challenge of the century. You hear about it, read about it, worry about it. Rising global temperatures are caused by our overuse of fossil fuels in combination with widespread...
View ArticleAdding a hobby greenhouse to your garden
The winter seems to drag on and on this time of year for the avid gardeners in Southern Ontario who can hardly wait to get outside to work at one of their favorite hobbies. But don’t despair, there is...
View ArticleCanadian Coalition for Invasive Plant Regulation
Yellow Flag Iris Iris pseudacorus- Example of invasive species, imported as a water garden plant. It has escaped from gardens and now infests the shores of the Avon River in Stratford. The post...
View ArticleLady Beetles
Lady beetles or ladybird beetles are very familiar and widely recognized predators of garden pests. Their phylum is Arthropoda, Class: Insecta; Order: Coleoptera; and Family: Coccinellidae. True bugs...
View ArticleI read this book…
New Naturalism, by Kelly D. Norris Some books are just a joy to read- this is one such book. Norris has an engaging writing style, the book is replete with stunning photographs of naturalized gardens...
View ArticleBook review: Where do camels belong: Why invasive species aren’t all bad- Ken...
I was curious to find more about this book after it was mentioned by a speaker at the Toronto MG Technical Update in January of this year. The author, Ken Thompson is a plant ecologist and Senior...
View ArticleBook Review: Lost Feast, by Lenore Newman
Prologue: I read an interesting article about reading Companion Books. Written by a teacher, she suggested that fiction and non-fiction texts can compliment each other. The author recommends that...
View ArticleBook Review: Fen, Bog & Swamp by Annie Proulx
Annie Proulx has written an excellent, very personal and opinionated little book titled “Fen, Bog & Swamp, A Short History of Peatland Destruction and Its Role in the Climate Crisis.” American...
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