Planting a Pollinator Pathway

The Ottawa Stewardship Council’s Kanata North Regeneration Stewards are slowly transforming sections of noxious weeds and invasive plant species into wonderfully rich mini-meadows filled with colourful native wildflowers for bees, butterflies, and people to enjoy in the Morgan’s Grant hydro right-of-way. A small (but expanding) friendship garden now sits at the Kanata North Community Garden entrance just north of Klondike Rd. The new much larger Kanata North Pollinator Patch demonstration garden is in progress just south of Klondike at Abbeydale Circle.

The KNRegen's vision is to create vibrantly thriving native wildflower and meadow habitats to benefit pollinating species while improving people's health and quality of life. They are now part of the Ottawa Stewardship Council. A previous attempt to plant in the hydro corridor had limited success, but the volunteers are trying a different strategy, taking on one area at a time.

Bob McFetridge, a member of the Ottawa Stewardship Council, will discuss OSC’s role in this project. Dr. Jessica Forest, a professor and bee researcher at the University of Ottawa, will identify pollinators and explain their life cycles and needs.

Meet at the Kanata North Pollinator Garden on Abbeydale Crescent (see image).

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