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A selection of native plants in small pots on a bench in a garden centre in front of a sign saying "native perennials".

re:grow In the Zone

Shop locally, plant locally — Canadian-grown native plants are arriving in stores now

May 9, 2025

This spring, gardeners can support Canadian businesses, help Canadian wildlife, and enjoy a beautiful, low-maintenance garden by buying and growing native plants.

Ontario native plants from the In the Zone program

re:grow In the Zone

Native plants now available to garden for wildlife and climate

May 11, 2023

In the Zone, a collaboration between WWF-Canada and Carolinian Canada, makes gardening for nature in Ontario and Quebec easier through Loblaw garden centres.

In the Zone

Native plants program helps gardeners fight nature and climate crises

May 12, 2022

In the Zone, a collaboration between WWF-Canada and Carolinian Canada, makes it easy to garden for wildlife and climate in Ontario and Quebec through a partnership with Loblaw garden centres Toronto, ON, May 12, 2022 – It is now easier than ever for gardeners to join WWF-Canada’s efforts to...

In the Zone Land

Expanded program makes it easier for home gardeners in southern Ontario to buy native plants, help wildlife.

May 13, 2021

Native plants — those that are adapted to local conditions and have deep relationships with other plants and wildlife native to the area — can now be found in Loblaw Garden Centres primarily throughout southern Ontario but spanning all the way from Windsor to Ottawa.

In the Zone Freshwater Beluga Whales

WWF-Canada announces Generation Water Tech Challenge award recipients

January 29, 2020

Canada’s freshwater faces major challenges, but four innovative and high-tech solutions will help

In the Zone Oceans Snow Leopards

Statement from Canada’s Leading National Environmental Groups on the election of a Liberal government

October 22, 2019

Canadians have sent a clear message with this election: they favour strong environmental protection and want the federal government to dramatically ramp up action to reverse species decline and tackle Canada’s emissions in line with what the science says is needed to keep temperatures from rising above 1.5C degrees....

In the Zone Arctic Narwhals

Renewable energy can power Nunavut’s future: Report

September 19, 2019

Some communities could get nearly 50 per cent of their energy from renewables right now

In the Zone Land Beluga Whales

Climate crisis cannot be averted without radical transformation of land use: WWF-Canada

August 8, 2019

TORONTO — In the wake of today’s authoritative new report on how land can help or hurt climate change, WWF-Canada is urging all levels of government to radically transform our land use by enlisting nature-based solutions to secure a climate-safe future. Alongside dramatically cutting fossil fuels and scaling up...