Powering Up with Native Plants

Name: Powering Up with Native Plants
Start: 2025-10-25T10:00:00-04:00
End: 2025-10-25T13:00:00-04:00
Location: Maitland Tower

Schedule

Sat Oct 25 2025 at 10:00 am to 01:00 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

Maitland Tower | Brockville, ON

The Augusta Township & Area Butterflyway Project Committee has partnered with The Maitland Tower HippoCampus to host a native plant learning event. Be inspired and empowered to make a difference in the environment of your own yard, our community and our world.
🌸 learn why planting native plants is important for us, for all wildlife and pollinators and how lawns and waterfronts can be naturalized
🐞 the local Butterflyway Project Committee will provide information on the progress of the Augusta Township & Area Butterflyway Project
🦋 learn where to buy native plants and what to buy, winter seed sowing and much more
🎉join in with Thousand Islands Master Gardeners, Ritchie Feed and Seed Inc., Naturaide, Ottawa Wildflower Seed Library and Watersheds Canada and more
Drop by and attend a workshop in the Dirty Paws Lab, and explore the outdoor booths. Take a guided tour of the western part of the property at 12:00 noon to see how Watersheds Canada has supported the naturalization of the waterfront with native plants. Stop by for a coffee and visit the Tower and just-restored Chart House at this stunning historic local space. https://www.maitlandtower.ca/about/
This free event will be “rain or shine” so please come prepared for the weather. Parking, and the organizations supporting this event, will be located at the Maitland Tower at 1243 County Road 2 in Maitland. Please, follow the Augusta Township and the Augusta Township & Area Butterflyway Project Facebook pages and watch for updates over the coming weeks.