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Canada Blooms Day 4: The Serviceberry
[PHOTO] With its springtime blooms and summer fruit, serviceberries have much to offer Canadian birds and beneficial insects. And it just so happens that they look good, too. Serviceberries, known…
Canada Blooms Day 3: The Common Bluet
It’s Day Three! We are so happy to be here at Canada Blooms! Stop by! So let’s talk about something blue, shall we? The Bluet flower! Bluets are native to…
Canada Blooms Day 1 : The Pasque Flower
CWF is at Canada Blooms! If you’re in the Toronto area, please pop on by and see us at our booth! We’re so excited to be attending that we…
The Canadian Wildlife Federation
The Canadian Wildlife Federation’s mission is to conserve and inspire the conservation of Canada’s wildlife and habitats for the use and enjoyment of all. We engage over 575,000 people and reach…
St. Croix River
Image Credit This month we’re going to New Brunswick to the St. Croix River. This river runs 185 km between New Brunswick and Maine. The St. Croix River provides lots…
Fall Colours
Image Credit An article I recently read explains that the early spring and dry summer experienced in many parts of Canada this year may impact the display of fall colours. Chlorophyll…
National Tree Day at CWF
To celebrate National Tree Day and CWF’s 50th Anniversary, we planted trees! With the help of students at the Kanata Montessori School (across the road from our headquarters in Ottawa),…
This Week in Our Garden
[PHOTOS: CWF] As summer moves on, many flowers continue to bloom such as echinacea, brown eyed Susans, our wild onions and coreopsis. Pearly everlasting is still going strong, too.…
This Week in Our Garden
[PHOTOS: CWF] These cup plant (Silphium perfoliatum) flowers are the latest addition to the blooms in CWF’s Wildlife-friendly Demonstration Garden, giving our local bee population some much needed nectar and…
Miraculous Metamorphosis
[PHOTOS: SARAH COULBER] I’m the sort that gets rather nervous at the idea of bringing in a wild animal for observation. For starters, it’s usually illegal. But I’m not talking…