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Build a Rock Garden for Pollinators

  • July 12, 2023
  • by April Overall
Help the butterflies and bees in your backyard One in three bites of food we eat are thanks to pollinators. You can thank them for the bounty in your own…
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4 Ways to Celebrate #PollinatorWeek with the Canadian Wildlife Federation!

  • June 20, 2023
  • by Brie Laird
Pollinator Week is an annual event celebrated internationally in support of pollinator health. When you think of pollinators, what’s the first thing that comes to mind?⁠ Often we think of…
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Five Stunning Climbing Plants You Should Grow in Your Garden

  • May 8, 2023
  • by April Overall
Maximize your outdoor space and help wildlife Goodbye nosy neighbours! Adding climbing plants to your property can help to give you a little more privacy and make practical use of…
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Gardeners are Artists, and Their Gardens Their Canvases

  • April 26, 2023
  • by CWF
British Columbia’s Dixie Deans has been certified as “Wildlife-friendly Habitat” through CWF’s Garden Habitat Certification program. I started gardening in the 1970s in Winnipeg, Manitoba with a small veggie garden.…
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Grow These 13 Plants to Give Spring Bees Something to Forage

  • April 13, 2023
  • by April Overall
Bumblebees are some of our first pollinators to emerge from hibernation in the spring. Researchers from the University of Ottawa have found that, with climate change, spring is arriving earlier…
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Solitary Wasps

  • March 15, 2023
  • by Sarah Coulber
Most people have an aversion to wasps, and understandably so, given their painful sting. But did you know that most of our wasp species do not sting humans and that…
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CWF Certified: Cascade Green Park’s Butterfly Garden

  • March 6, 2023
  • by CWF
British Columbia’s Sechelt Garden Club created a butterfly garden in a local park which has since been certified as “Wildlife-friendly Habitat” through CWF’s Garden Habitat Certification program. A member of…
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It’s a Wild Life: Thankful for Canadian Wildlife Supporters

  • October 7, 2022
  • by CWF
Everyone who works at the Canadian Wildlife Federation has at least one profound memory of how wildlife changed us. This is likely true for almost every Canadian. As Canadians, we…
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Enjoy Gardening to the Fullest

  • September 21, 2022
  • by Sarah Coulber
Whether it’s time to clear out annual veggie plants in the autumn, get digging in the spring or regular maintenance in between, we all want to do it as comfortably…
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6 Native Plants That are Hardest to Kill

  • July 13, 2022
  • by April Overall
If you’re new to gardening or have happened to make multiple house plants kick the bucket, this story is for you! We’ve got six native plants that are next to…
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