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Keep hope for birds alive in 2021

January 26, 2021

Veggie Bites – Peppers

January 26, 2021

Mark your calendars for the Great Backyard Bird Count: February 12-15!

January 26, 2021

10 shady garden corner ideas to love – and two to avoid!

January 24, 2021

Recent Status Assessments of Four Bird Species by COSEWIC

January 22, 2021

Using Modern Tools to Expand the Marsh Monitoring Program

January 22, 2021

In Praise of Ottawa’s Central Experimental Farm: History and Heritage

January 21, 2021

Notes From a Northwestern Ontario Backyard – January 2021

January 20, 2021

Trowel Talk Newsletter January 15, 2021

January 15, 2021

Immediate action required to assist feeder birds on the West Coast

January 13, 2021

Online garden talks – the new way to enjoy gardening

January 13, 2021

Program Coordinator – Long Point Bird Observatory

January 11, 2021

Annuals and Perennials

11 Colorful Summer Flowers That Beat The Heat

Caring For The Cardinal Flower – Lobelia Plant

How To Grow And Care For Calibrachoa – Million Bells

Trowel Talk Newsletter November 15, 2020

Trowel Talk Newsletter September 15, 2020

Nosey Rosy – Guide to a Rose Garden

Epsom Salts For Overcoming Transplant Shock

Fall Bulb Design: Easy, Colorful Combinations

How To Grow and Care For Bougainvillea

Orchids Grow Well in a Shade Garden

How To Care For Tiger Lilies

Gloriosa Daisies The Beginnings And Here To Stay

Favorite Easy-To-Grow Wildflower Combinations

Open the Door & Introduce Kids to Gardening

How To Care For The Salvia Plant

Maiden Grass: How To Care For And Use Miscanthus sinensis

How to Keep Your Plants Alive in Fall and Winter

Learn How To Grow Sedum Plants

Gerbera Daisy Care: Growing Gerber Daisies

What Is A Composite Flower?

Birds

2019/20 Christmas Bird Count in Canada

A flycatcher surprise and other Saskatchewan Atlas highlights for 2020

Valuable lessons learned from 20 years of Coastal Waterbird Surveys in BC

How will climate change and extreme weather impact alpine breeding birds?

Notes From a Northwestern Ontario Backyard – December 2020

Birding around Calgary – Spring 2020 Photo Album

The Best Annuals to Attract Hummingbirds

25 Beautiful Birds From Around The World

Making a Difference, One Bird at a Time

The Top 8 Plants That Attract Hummingbirds

Hummingbird Garden: How To Make Your Backyard A Hangout

Canadian Articles

BASIC TRAINING- Class of 2021 is FULL!

Choreography in the Garden

Green is a Verb

Holiday Cacti: Thanksgiving cactus, Christmas cactus and Easter cactus

Know your Manitoba Seed Companies!

January: Composting in the Winter

January: Crop Rotation

January: Check On Stored Bulbs, Rhizomes and Tubers

January: Make a Seed Starting Calendar

January: Plan Ahead

January: Propagating Succulents

January: Call an Arborist

January: Adding Humidity

January: Vegetable Families

January: Grow Paperwhite Narcissus

Trowel Talk Newsletter December 15, 2020

Enjoying poinsettias

OBA Online Silent Auction

What is a Gardener If They Can’t Garden?

Bee Biosecurity Workshop – ONLINE

Container Gardening

Best Plants For Container Gardening

Benefits of Container Gardening

Spring Container Plants that Pop

Soil Calculator and Raised Garden Bed Basics

Growing Perfect Plants For Balcony, Deck, Patio and Front Entry

Make a Mini Formal Garden

Best Potted Trees For Patio Fragrance

2018 Garden Trends: Containers, Privacy, Pollinators

Create A Simple Masterpiece – Using One Pot for a Plant

What is Square Foot Gardening?

Designing your container for winter

Winter pots – really useful tips!

Fruit

Reference Pages for Apples

Can You Grow Your Own Coffee Beans at Home?

Optimize Fruit Tree Soils for Best Production

Best Dehydrator Recipes

How to Prune Blueberries

How To Grow A Coffee Tree Indoors and Out

Is Cucumber A Fruit Or Vegetable?

When to Plant Strawberries (Hint: Think Spring)

Build Your Own Vertical Strawberry Planter (Quick Version)

How To Grow Lemon Trees From Seed

When Life Gives You Lemons – Grow Them Indoors!

Growing Food

Coriander, Cilantro

Cilantro–Love it or Hate it

Volunteering Opportunity at the Hope Garden

Seeds! Glorious Seeds!

Companion Plants that Repel Pests

Companion Plants – Increase Biodiversity

How to Dry Herbs

What is ‘Extra Virgin’: Demystifying Olive Oil

Growing Organic Food with the Ruth Stout Method

How To Grow Your Own Organic Celery

Plant, Grow, and Harvest Horseradish

Spice Up Your Life – Start an Indoor Herb Garden

Starting Tomato and Peppers Seeds Indoors

Grow Your Own Microgreens

Houseplants

7 Decorative Ways To Display Plants In The Bathroom

21 Best Plants For Your Bathrooms

26 Plants that Clean Air

12 Houseplants for a Healthy Home

When Houseplants are Telling You Something

Everything Old Can Be New Again with Terrariums

12 Tips For Better Enjoyment Of Houseplants

Treating Sticky Leaves on Houseplants

20 Plants to Help Improve Indoor Air Quality

Top Five Houseplant starters

Create a Spa in Your Bathroom

Make the Most of Windowsills & Small Spaces

Easy, Breezy Houseplants that Cool Your Home

Apartment Plants To Bring Nature Indoors

Houseplants That Handle Cooler Temperatures

17 Best Bathroom Plants, How to Choose and Use

Houseplants For South Facing Windows

Classic Houseplants for your Living Room

Top Houseplants For All Indoor Light Conditions

Tips On How To Clean Leaves On Houseplants

Indoor Gardening

Analyze Your Home's Microclimate for Plants

15 Small Plants For Hanging Baskets

Get Inspired to Create a Next Level Succulent Arrangement

Houseplants that bloom – 5 orchids that put on a show

Not your average houseplant – Bromeliads

Dress up Your Desk with Succulents

Easy Care Pothos Plant

Care Requirements For Shrimp Plant

Money Tree Care: Growing The Braided Money Plant [TIPS]

How To Propagate African Violets

Caring for Peperomia Plants

How To Grow And Care For Bromeliads Plants

Bromeliad Watering – How Often To Fill Up The Tank!

17 Tips For Growing The Neoregelia Bromeliad

Burro’s Tail Plant – How To Grow & Propagate

How To Care For ZZ Plant

Peace Lily Care – Spathiphyllum Plant

Sansevieria: Mother-in-Law’s Tongue

How To Grow And Care For Jasmine Plant

Indoor Bromeliad Garden With Year Round Color

Landscape

Having Outdoor Space That’s Fun and Functional

Outdoor Kitchen Ideas

Tip on Using Garden Fabric In Your Landscape

8 Ways to Maximize Your Outdoor Space

field of growing lavender

Top 3 Garden Design Trends in 2020

Topiary Trees – The Lost Art of Pruning

On Choosing The Right Garden Stones

Backyard Landscaping Ideas For Small Yards

Railing Planters Bring Color To Outdoor Living

Pergola Design & Ideas: How To Make Your Backyard A Beautiful Hangout

How to Grow Your Own Topiary

Garden Path Ideas For Garden Walkways

7 Reasons To Install Landscape Garden Lighting

Ikebana Workshop – Notes from the Old Ottawa South Garden Club

Pollinators

OBA Annual General Meeting 2020

Congratulations to all Royal Fair Winners!

black and yellow bumblebee perch on a purple flower

How Smart Are Bumblebees?

CAPA Winterloss Report for 2019/2020

Butterfly shortage

I’m sharing my herbs with caterpillars

More photos on Facebook and Instagram

DIY plant labels

Have you noticed fewer pollinators in 2020?

Night shift: moths in the garden

Small Hive Beetle Confirmed in Ottawa Region

How to identify and report suspected pesticide poisoning incidents.

Mass Bee Kill

Daughters of old friends: early spring bees

Giant Asian Hornets

My Canadian Wildlife Federation webinar

The story of my pollinator garden

Beekeeping 101: How to Start an Urban Beehive

The Ultimate Guide to Butterflies and How to Prevent their Declines

How To Get Rid Of Wasps Naturally: 10 Ways For Control

Succulents

Caring for cyclamen and Christmas cactus

How To Grow Succulent Plants Outdoors

Succulents: Complete Guide to Make your Succulent Plants feel at Home

Indoor Succulents: Discover Made To Order Succulents For Use Indoors

7 Awesome Reasons to Grow Succulents in Your Garden

Succulent Pot in a Pot

Dividing Aloe for Containers

Flowering Cactus: How To Make Cactus Bloom [All Year Round]

Christmas Cactus – How To Grow, Care For And Make Schlumbergera Bloom

Cactus Propagation: How To Propagate Cactus Plants

Aloe Vera: Growing, Propagation, Medicinal Uses

Cereus Peruvianus – Night Blooming Cereus – Peruvian Apple

African Milk Tree Exotic and Sometimes Dangerous

How To Make An Easy Terrarium

Tourism

Inspiration for Shade Plantings from Reford Gardens

8 stunning virtual garden tours around the world

World's Biggest Flowers – Video

The Ramble at 20 – Passion and Opportunity

Five Great Places in Ottawa to Get a Panoramic View this Fall

Gardens Ottawa – a Historial Presentation

Top 10 North American Gardens Worth Traveling For

Reford Gardens – Elsie's Paradise – Photo exhibit

Vegetables

Best Hydroponic Nutrients for Vegetables

First Vegetable Garden – a Retrospective

GROWING AND CARING FOR GREEN BEANS

Tomato Blight: Identification, Prevention, and Treatment

Are You Ready To Plant?

Fall Vegetables – Five Unique Ones

8 "Nos" for The Vegetable Garden

How To Preserve A Carved Pumpkin

Growing Bell Peppers For Gardening Beginners

On fertilizing your vegetable garden

How to Prune Tomato Plants

How To Care, Grow And Use Tomatillos

Guide to Starting Root Vegetable Seeds

Flowers and Vegetables: Beauty and the Eats

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