International Monarch Monitoring Blitz 2025 The International Monarch Monitoring Blitz is taking place this year from July 25th-August 3rd, 2025. This is an annual event held across North America and […]
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Letters were sent out this fall for the Seed Sitters Club, containing the seeds of five species for this year. Then Samuel donated 24 species to the Club, from the Ottawa Wildflower Seed Library. Whether you were part of this first batch of “Seed Sitters” or not, now is a great time to start your planting for the winter! Our Communications Coordinator Samuel LeGresley, who conducted a webinar this fall (in French) on winter sowing, is excited for the sowing season. He talks to us about his current projects with the Club, and for the near future.
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International Monarch Monitoring Blitz 2024 The International Monarch Monitoring Blitz is taking place this year from July 26-August 4, 2024. This is an annual event held across North America and
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Last time in Chapter 3, we tried Alysha’s hack for germinating Milkweed in less time, and now there’s a video on YouTube explaining the process.
Now that our Milkweed has germinated, let’s look at the next steps. And for the occasion, we have a special announcement to make. Say hello to the Seed Sitters Club!
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Even though it is often better to follow nature’s cycles, sometimes we just don’t have the time to wait a few months to germinate seeds. Our Program Director Alysha has tried out different ways to speed up the stratification process to grow Milkweed.
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As we learned last month with the first chapter of our adventure, January-February is the ideal time to start the process of stratifying (winterizing) native plant seeds, including milkweed. In this second chapter, we talk about practical actions to get involved in the movement to help the pollinators.
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Monarch Butterfly Moves from Special Concern to Endangered under Federal Species at Risk Act On December 8, 2023, amendments to the Species at Risk Act (SARA) were announced by the
Swamp Milkweed Grow-Along, Chapter 1: An intro to winter sowing for Monarchs By Samuel LeGresley, Communications Coordinator at Nature NB A lot of our native plants need a little special
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July 7, 2021 — My name is Kenzie and I am one of the summer students with Nature NB, working alongside my co-worker Dani as a nature educator. One part
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