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Tag: native plants

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Prairie Pasqueflower | Crocus pulsatilla nuttalliana

Meet some of Manitoba’s nicest native plants

May 12 is Manitoba Day! What better way to mark it than by exploring the province’s rugged and beautiful native plants — and how you can help expand their populations. What do you picture... Read More
May 12 is Manitoba Day! What better way to mark it than by exploring the province’s rugged and beautiful...
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Monarch butterfly drinking nectar from pink Joe Pye Weed flowers

How re:grow helps you help nature

April showers bring May flowers, but this spring will specifically be bringing native flowers, as well as other native plants, shrubs and trees thanks to people like you signing up for re:grow, our new... Read More
April showers bring May flowers, but this spring will specifically be bringing native flowers, as well as other native...
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Native willow shrubs on the banks of a stream near Sussex, N.B

Act Locally: How to make your yard more nature-friendly with native shrubs

All Canadians can apply nature-based climate solutions in their own backyards and communities. Here, Ben Whelan of the Kennebecasis Watershed Restoration Committee shares how planting native shrubs can protect against floods, create wildlife habitats... Read More
All Canadians can apply nature-based climate solutions in their own backyards and communities. Here, Ben Whelan of the Kennebecasis...
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In the Zone tag native plants

Native plants program helps gardeners fight nature and climate crises

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,... Read More
In the Zone, a collaboration between WWF-Canada and Carolinian Canada, makes it easy to garden for wildlife and climate...
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‘Today we have gardens but before we designed… entire landscapes’

Anishinaabe Studies professor Mkomosé on how Indigenous food forests shape our ecosystems and what “having a connection to the land” means to him Growing up, it’s hard to say whether I was into this... Read More
Anishinaabe Studies professor Mkomosé on how Indigenous food forests shape our ecosystems and what “having a connection to the...
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Pale purple coneflower seeds

How seed orchards fill a growing need for native plants

The restoration of vast degraded and fragmented areas into functioning and healthy habitats is one of the ambitious goals of our 10-year plan. Thing is, restoring hundreds of thousands of square kilometres requires millions... Read More
The restoration of vast degraded and fragmented areas into functioning and healthy habitats is one of the ambitious goals...
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Platebande d’immeuble aménagée

Six easy steps to planting a wildlife-friendly garden

Your garden, backyard or balcony can help native wildlife recover and thrive. By including native plants in your green space, you can create living habitats that offer food and shelter to bees, caterpillars, butterflies,... Read More
Your garden, backyard or balcony can help native wildlife recover and thrive. By including native plants in your green...
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Wildlife Wednesday: Monarchs

In this edition of Wildlife Wednesday, WWF-Canada’s President & CEO Megan Leslie and WWF-Mexico’s Director of Conservation Maria Jose Villanueva guide you along the amazing journey of the monarch butterfly — from their summer homes in Canada to wintering forests... Read More
In this edition of Wildlife Wednesday, WWF-Canada’s President & CEO Megan Leslie and WWF-Mexico’s Director of Conservation Maria Jose Villanueva guide you along...
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