NATURE GARDENS
Connecting with Nature
Enhance biodiversity with native plants
Create resilient gardens with sustainable practices
Learn about wildflower field studies
Follow pollinator updates and observations
Creating gardens that are full of life
Nature Gardens creates gardens for all living things. Beginning with the butterfly, the universal symbol of insect appreciation, it can evolve to include many insects and the plants that support them. This makes your garden more resilient and beautiful. What is be more delightful than a garden full of life with little winged creatures buzzing and zipping about.
Gardening for Nature
Enhance biodiversity with native plants and sustainable gardening practices
With a deeper appreciation of the unique relationship between plants and animals, your garden will be as resilient as the natural landscape. Learn more about the native plants in the region so your garden can become a haven for nature.
Searching for Wildflowers
Enjoy this brief selection of wildflowers found in the wild, part on a larger series and an ongoing initiative of finding flowers in their natural setting to better understand their relationship to the land. Whether a flower is native to the region or introduced - every flower has a story to tell, each plant something to teach.
Flat-topper Aster and Herb Robert, two flowering plants, native to the Muskoka region that are often overlooked due to their small flowers. Blooming in late summer to early fall, their blossoms provides pollen and nectar to bees, moths and hover flies.
Dicentra cucullaria is native to the Muskoka region. This woodland flowers relies on ants to disperse its seeds and the flower is visited by spring pollinators.
Water levels along a river can be greatly impacted by seasonal changes and by beavers; Canada's greatest water engineer. Beavers provide incredible value to the watershed of Muskoka and help build more resilient ecosystems.
Flat-topper Aster and Herb Robert, two flowering plants, native to the Muskoka region that are often overlooked due to their small flowers. Blooming in late summer to early fall, their blossoms provides pollen and nectar to bees, moths and hover flies.
