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Biodiversity Gardening and The Restoration of Nature

November 7, 2025–Noah Cole

Many Londoners enjoy gardening, but most plants in the city are not native. Human activities have harmed wildlife habitats. Gardeners can help by using native plants, which support birds, mammals, ...

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Pollinators, their importance, and how we can help support them

October 24, 2025–Noah Cole

Nearly 90% of flowering plants and 75% of food crops rely on pollinators, making them vital to ecosystems and agriculture.  Beyond the well-known honeybee, native pollinators like bees, butterflies, and ...

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Boulevard Biodiversity: Legally Naturalizing a Municipality

September 18, 2025–Erin Kobayashi

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Campaigns and advocacy•Gardening•Habitat•How To•Pollinators

Pollinator-friendly habitat along a boulevard © Blooming Boulevards

After retiring from teaching, Jeanne McRight found herself back in the classroom to earn a horticulture diploma from the University of Guelph. Among her assignments? Create an urban sustainability project ...

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Reimagining Lawns

June 18, 2021–Maya Davidson

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Gardening•Reduce Your Footprint•Stewardship and restoration

Monoculture lawns of green are simple, non-supportive ecosystems. © Maya Davidson

How do you picture the perfect lawn? For most, an image of a well-manicured, freshly mowed yard comes to mind. With hot weather approaching, many Ontarians are starting to wake ...

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How to Grow Native Plants to Help Protect Pollinators

May 12, 2017–Colleen Dempster

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Gardening•How To•Pollinators

Hummingbird clearwing moth and bergamot © Noah Cole

Growing native wildflowers from seed is fun and rewarding. It beautifies your backyard in an ecologically-friendly way and can be done for little start-up cost and maintenance! Here are five ...

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