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The Problem of “Wildflower” Seed Mixes
By Patsy Cotterill Gardening season is in full swing, and once again the problem of wildflower seed mixes has surfaced. “Wildflower”...
Patsy Cotterill
Jul 20, 20243 min read
Wolf Willow, American Silver-berry (Elaeagnus commutata)
PLANT PROFILE The flowers on my wolf willow shrubs have been so profuse and so divinely sweet-smelling in June this year that I’m happy...
Patsy Cotterill
Jul 20, 20242 min read
City of Edmonton Naturalization Survey
For more than 25 years, Edmonton has been reverting sections of City green spaces to a more ecological state through naturalization....
Susan Neuman
Jul 20, 20241 min read
A Short List on the Virtues of Native Plants
The virtues of native plants
Lorne Fitch
Jul 20, 20243 min read
Planting at the Inner City High School
The Edmonton Native Plant Society delivered two loads of plants, shrubs, and a tree to Inner City High School in Edmonton.
Liz DeLeeuw
Jul 6, 20243 min read
Native Plants Available June 23
ENPS Native Plant Sale Sunday, June 23rd 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm In the parking lot at the front of Orchid Resource Centre, 4459 99 St NW,...
Katherine Spencer
Jun 16, 20241 min read
River Valley Planning Modernization
The City of Edmonton is asking for your input in the final phase of their River Valley Planning Modernization project. In their Phase 4...
Patsy Cotterill
Jun 16, 20241 min read
Jan Reimer Park Restoration
About the project The Oleskiw River Valley Park Master Plan was published in January 2020. Since that time, Oleskiw River Valley Park has...
Patsy Cotterill
Jun 16, 20241 min read
People and Plant Mobility: Their Interrelatedness and the Problem of Invasives
Recently there was some correspondence on the ANPC Facebook group in which a paleoethnobotanist was quoted as having complained about the...
Patsy Cotterill
Jun 16, 20247 min read
Photo Essay of Wagner Fens
It was a cold and rainy day on June 8, 2024 when ENPS volunteers Patsy Cotterill, Manna Parseyan and Susan Neuman ventured out into the...
Susan Neuman
Jun 16, 20241 min read
End of an Era for ENPS – Last Days of the John Janzen Nature Centre Demonstration Bed
This evening (June 11) marks the last Tuesday night ever that I shall journey to the John Janzen Nature Centre (JJNC) demonstration bed....
Liz DeLeeuw
Jun 16, 20243 min read
Plant Profile: Saskatoon, Amelanchier alnifolia
A shrub of variable height in the rose family (Rosaceae), saskatoon is probably one of the best-known and loved native species in the...
Patsy Cotterill
Jun 16, 20242 min read
My Native Gardening Adventure
My "adventure" with native plants in my garden.
Margriet Van Laarhoven
Jun 14, 20241 min read
Habitat Garden in St. Albert Botanic Park
The St. Albert Botanic Park is a city park dedicated to many varieties of botanical plants in themed garden beds such as the Dahlia beds,
Lorna Duke
May 26, 20242 min read
Plant Profile: Jewelweeds – Jewels of the Later Summer
Most people encounter the balsam family, Balsaminaceae, through busy lizzie, Impatiens walleriana, the common annual of municipal garden...
Patsy Cotterill
Apr 2, 20244 min read
Naturalization – Bringing More Nature to the City – or Not?
Naturalization is a term that Edmontonians are hearing a lot these days, especially now as the City of Edmonton launches its new...
Patsy Cotterill
Apr 2, 20243 min read
Native Gardenscaping
Native Ground Covers Common wild strawberry, Fragaria virginiana, is a low-growing perennial that forms excellent ground cover and is...
Patsy Cotterill
Apr 2, 20242 min read
Commercial Bio-inoculants in Native Soil Systems
Originally published June 2023, Wildflower News. “Contrary to large organisms, studies on the impact of microbial invasions are less...
Kate Wilson
Apr 2, 20245 min read
Playing in the Sand: A Seasonal Diary of Restoration Work at Bunchberry Meadows - Part 1
I have been growing native plants for a long time, but it has only been in the last few years that I have had a chance to experience and...
Cherry Dodd
Apr 2, 202410 min read
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