Daily Archives: July 31, 2022

Tuesdays, August 2 – August 30, 3:00 pm – Greener Greenspaces in Canada, Online

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The Society for Organic Urban Land Care (SOUL) celebrates the 2022 Year of the Ecological Garden with an online series of virtual tours. On August 2, see Nature Regina’s Native Plant Demonstration Garden in Saskatchewan, on August 9 visit Petite Rivier Community Park in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, August 16 is to be confirmed, August 23 – Windermere United Church Pollinator Garden in Toronto, and finally, on August 30, see Eglinton Community Garden and Medicine Wheel Garden. The programs are free, but registration required through Eventbrite by clicking HERE.

Wednesday, August 10, 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm – Why Native Plants Matter: Beauty, Biodiversity, and Resilience

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The Polly Hill Arboretum in West Tisbury is sponsoring the Annual David H. Smith Memorial Lecture on August 10 at 5:30 pm at the Arboretum.

Heather McCargo, founder of Wild Seed Project, will share the many reasons we should bring native flora back into our developed landscapes. Native plants are excellent additions to our gardens; they are beautiful, they are important for our regions’ ecosystem functioning, and they do not need the high inputs of water and nutrients of commonly cultivated plants. Heather will provide insight into what is happening in the nursery trade with native plants, including loss of genetic diversity and cloning, and how we can all promote our native flora by planting seed-grown native plants. $5 for PHA members, $10 for nonmembers.

Registration is required. Sign up here: bit.ly/Heather-McCargo-Lecture