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Close-up of a three-petaled white flower growing on the forest floor

Weeding through botanical terminology: What are native, invasive and ornamental plants?

October 25, 2024

While these terms are used often, the categories they describe are not always clearly defined. Here’s what WWF-Canada means when we use them. Read More

While these terms are used often, the categories they describe are not always clearly defined. Here’s what WWF-Canada means...
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Two people standing on either side of a hedge smile while having a conversation.

Six neighbour-friendly tips for how to help wildlife at home

September 19, 2024

Here are some steps to get your neighbours on board as you bring your habitat garden or naturalized yard to life. Read More

Here are some steps to get your neighbours on board as you bring your habitat garden or naturalized yard...
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Pale pink star-shaped flowers bloom among fuzzy green leaves on a short plant growing between fallen branches and leaves.

Nova Scotia’s native plants stir spirits with sweet and salty seaside scents

September 19, 2024

What’s that on the breeze? It could be the salt air, sure, or maybe it’s a sweet or spicy scent emanating from one of these three native plant species. Read More

What’s that on the breeze? It could be the salt air, sure, or maybe it’s a sweet or spicy...
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Four young native plants of different species in four-inch posts posed on a log

Easy-to-grow native plants that attract the eye — and pollinators — are arriving in stores now

May 15, 2024

This spring, gardeners who want to give nature a helping hand can source these plants from 133 selected garden centres across Ontario and Quebec. Read More

This spring, gardeners who want to give nature a helping hand can source these plants from 133 selected garden...
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A large bee buzzes its wings as it grasps a downward-pointing tomato flower with its front legs.

How native flowers help your veggie garden

July 23, 2024

You can help your fruit and veggie plants, native bees and your local ecosystem all at once by taking steps to welcome pollinators. Read More

You can help your fruit and veggie plants, native bees and your local ecosystem all at once by taking...
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A large reddish-brown and beige moth spreads its wings as it holds onto its empty cocoon suspended from a tulip-tree branch.

The misunderstood mystique of moths

July 22, 2024

Butterflies like the stately monarch and elegant swallowtail are celebrated for their ornate beauty and role as crucial pollinators, but what about moths? Read More

Butterflies like the stately monarch and elegant swallowtail are celebrated for their ornate beauty and role as crucial pollinators,...
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A small purple flower blooms on a short stem surrounded by small leaves fringed with hairs

Nunavut’s native plants are among the planet’s toughest

July 9, 2024

Hardy native plants provide a strong foundation for Nunavut’s land-based food webs, which sustain people as well as wildlife like lemmings, ptarmigan, barren-ground caribou and more. Read More

Hardy native plants provide a strong foundation for Nunavut’s land-based food webs, which sustain people as well as wildlife...
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Three smooth, striped caterpillars climb on the leaves and stems of plants topped with clusters of small pink flowers.

Summer’s native plant bouquet is a gift to birds, bees and more

June 14, 2024

Whether you wander in a meadow, garden or forest glade, you can encounter native plants among summer's splendour, as well as the wildlife they attract. Read More

Whether you wander in a meadow, garden or forest glade, you can encounter native plants among summer's splendour, as...
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A flower with three white petals blooms among leaf litter at the base of a tree in a forest.

Singing the praises of Ontario’s landscapes and native plants

June 10, 2024

Ontario’s natural wonders cover a large expanse, but efforts to restore them can start small, in our own parks, backyards and balcony planters. Read More

Ontario’s natural wonders cover a large expanse, but efforts to restore them can start small, in our own parks,...
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A sharp line divides a lawn with short grass, on the left, from one that has grown longer, with other plants mixed in, on the right.

Does ‘No Mow May’ really help pollinators?

May 1, 2024

To you, “No Mow May” could sound like a simple way to help wildlife, a welcome excuse to put off chores or a first step down the road to anarchy. Read More

To you, “No Mow May” could sound like a simple way to help wildlife, a welcome excuse to put...
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Ontario native plants from the In the Zone program

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. Read More

In the Zone, a collaboration between WWF-Canada and Carolinian Canada, makes gardening for nature in Ontario and Quebec easier...
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Monarch butterfly drinking nectar from pink Swamp milkweed flowers

Join WWF-Canada’s re:grow, a new online destination for the ‘growing’ native plant movement

April 20, 2023

Our new re:grow site provides how-to resources for growing native plants and tracks users’ collective impact on biodiversity and climate. Read More

Our new re:grow site provides how-to resources for growing native plants and tracks users’ collective impact on biodiversity and...
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