2019 Ottawa Garden Survey – Executive Summary
This a summary of the most frequent comments received from 81 questionnaire responses received by Gardens Ottawa between February 8th and March 31st, 2019.
The Ramble at 20 – Passion and Opportunity
In the mid 1970’s, Rob Caron, a horticulturist, and David Dunn, an architect met and set out to build a life together. Sharing a love of plants and the outdoors led them to escape to the country to a location that would allow the space to explore their passion for plants. After living east of…
Volunteering Opportunity at the Hope Garden
Enjoy being outdoors in the beautiful summer weather, volunteering at the Hope Garden! Help plant the vegetables, keep the gardens weeded, then harvest the lush vegetables that are enjoyed so much by the clients of the Shepherds of Good Hope!!! Hope Garden – a 7000 square foot plot of land in the Kilborn Allotment Gardens…
Seeds! Glorious Seeds!
It is the dark days of February and it is now time to look ahead to the new year. Like most gardeners, my fingernails are clean, and I feel like it will be an awfully long time until I can get outside and work in the garden. Suddenly, I remember that since the middle of…
The story of my pollinator garden
I’m not exaggerating when I say that creating this pollinator garden is one of the best decisions I ever made, and that it has changed my life. You can read about why and how I created my garden in a blog post I wrote for the Wild Pollinator Partners. Perhaps you will be inspired to…
Making a Difference, One Bird at a Time
by Kathy Felkar Volunteer at the Prince Edward Point Bird Observatory Slowly removing my head from my pillow in the dead dark of pre-dawn, I wonder what was I thinking when I agreed to volunteer every Friday at Prince Edward Point Bird Observatory for the next two and a half months. As I slowly put…
Reference Pages for Apples
Suggested links for everything Apple. Thank you Jenny!
Gardens Ottawa History Presentation
This is a super interesting video for anybody interested in Ottawa’s garden history dating back to the 1850’s.
What is ‘Extra Virgin’: Demystifying Olive Oil
Olive Oil has been produced for thousands of years. Originally, olive oil was used as lampante or lamp oil. Production was largely centralized to the Mediterranean, Asia Minor, and North African regions respectively. Did someone drop a piece of bread into a fresh batch of lamp oil? Perhaps but we will never know.
To quote Bruce Cockburn, "I'm going to the country…sunshine smile on me."
One last stop that is definitely on my “to do” list is a visit to local Carp vineyards and winery where they grow both Pinot Noir and Chardonnay. Their website says they are: “practitioners of truly sustainable viticulture”. Tastings are from 11 to 6 on Sundays. They can also be found at the Landsdowne Market.
Ikebana Workshop – Notes from the Old Ottawa South Garden Club
The Old Ottawa South Garden Club recently sponsored a workshop on Ikebana—the traditional Japanese art of flower arrangement. The workshop was led by Elizabeth Armstrong, a Second Associate Master in the Ohara School of Ikebana. After retiring as a psychologist, Elizabeth became interested in ikebana as an intellectual and creative challenge; she is now a…
How to Prepare Soil for Grasses
Soil Preparation for Grass Seed To prepare the soil for grass seed: Soil Preparation for Ornamental Grasses To prepare the soil for ornamental grasses: Although some grasses can survive the winter snow load and provide interest in the garden during the winter, most are better cut back in the fall. Dividing Overcrowded Grasses Do your…
Colour Your Garden World with Perennials
Notes from the Old Ottawa South Garden Club Nancy McDonald is a life-long gardener and the current Executive Director of the Master Gardeners of Ottawa-Carleton. Her presentation drew on her gardening experience and reading, and offered many tips and suggestions on colour with perennials, along with photos of colourful blooms. Nancy suggested several ways for…
Flowers with Vegetables: Beauty and the Eats
Master Gardener Judith Cox gave a presentation on how to grow flowers and vegetables together for beauty and food.
Flowers with Vegetables: Beauty and the Eats
Master Gardener Judith Cox gave a presentation on how to grow flowers and vegetables together for beauty and food.
Bring Spring Flowers and Bulbs into Your Home
Notes from the Old Ottawa South Garden Club The last meeting in 2016 of the Old Ottawa South Garden Club (OOSGC) featured a presentation to inspire people to prepare bulbs and bring spring flowers into their homes. Jill Hopkins, a club member who operates Clovellys Interior & Garden Design, has been a serious gardener for…
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