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Did you know that from a one meter squared area of leaves left retains about 20 moths, 300 parasitic wasps, over 100 spiders, 400 beetles and ONE THOUSAND FLIES. 🪲🦋🐞 Leave the leaves. #nativeplants #gardening #alberta #edmonton #yeg

Back after a bit of a break with some belated fall infographics! #yeg #alberta #nativeplants #larix #outdoors #nature #autumn #fall

A quick reminder that our sale is happening this Saturday beginning at 11 am! See attached image for details. #Yeg #Edmonton #Alberta #Albertagardening #Nativeplants

We are a week out! Native plant sale at Wild Birds Unlimited, please see image for details. This our biggest plant sale of the year, all at very reasonable prices! Come increase your backyard biodiversity! #Yeg #Alberta #Nativeplants #Edmonton

Lonicera involucrata/Bracted honeysuckle.

Family friend activities this weekend in Bruderheim! #YEG ENPS will be present & selling plants. We will also be at the St Albert plant sale and swap the same day! #Gardening #Alberta

First plant sale of May will take place in the parking lot of Wild Birds Unlimited on Saturday, May 31. (Since we will be using the parking lot for the sale, patrons are asked to park on the street or at West Central Dental, half a block east at 12110 107 Ave NW). #Yeg

What's blooming now? Viola rugulosa! This pretty little perennial spreads via rhizomes into a lovely, early blooming ground cover. It also is great for containers!! Shade tolerant as well. #Yeg #Plantnative #Gardening #Alberta #Nativeplants

The April issue of Wildflower News has just been published. Check out the latest articles on identifying conifers in Alberta, plus much more, at: eomail6.com/web-version?... #Yeg #Edmonton #Nativeplants

Whether in your yard or at a local park, every bit of healthy habitat counts. So get your crew together & help them get gardening: Carpool to a plant nursery, team up for yard work, give out native seeds! 🌎 Find resources to get started & even more Earth Week activities ➡️ xerces.org/blog/stronge...

Lessons in backyard botany, here's the first! #Gardening #Nativeplants #Yeg #Alberta #Nature #Rewildyourheart

We have mourning cloaks amongst other Lepidoptera out and about! Enjoy the lovely weather and get some much needed Vitamin D. Don't forget the sunscreen! #Yeg #Alberta #Lepidoptera

Regional plant lists to support native bees, just in time for spring planting.

Visited a site I'm stewarding in the river valley of Edmonton. The city hasn't been managing invasives along our riparian areas and banks and things like birds foot trefoil ( invasive plant ) are bullying our natives like this here Silverweed, Argentina anserina, which helps fight erosion.

The April issue of Wildflower News has just been published. Check out the latest articles on identifying conifers in Alberta, plus much more, at: eomail6.com/web-version?... #Yeg #Edmonton #Nativeplants

Webinar Alert: Moths in our Midst Christian Schmidt, Ph.D., a research scientist, explores the fascinating world of lepidoptera, their biology, and how we can support them in our own outdoor spaces. April 15, 2025 Time: 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. ET Location: Online - Zoom Register Now: ow.ly/WtGO50VxAzk

My ranunculus rhomboideus / prairie buttercup popping off in its warm & sunny microclimate! Blooms well before dandelions and is *much* more attractive. #Nativeplants #Yeg #Alberta

www.eventbrite.com/cc/native-pl... Edmonton native plant soceity will also be at this in person event! Sign up at the link. #Yeg #Edmonton #NativePlants

Plant blindness! Are you familiar with this phenomenon? It amazes me I used to drive past fields of grass and wildflowers and only see one solid block of green. Now I can pick out all the differences! #Nativeplants #Gardening #Naturealberta #Yeg

Here's a list of native plant-related events happening in the Edmonton area in April. For all the details, please visit our website enps.ca and click on "News & Events". #Yeg #Edmonton #Nativeplants #Alberta www.enps.ca/news-events

Part of the Touch Grass club series! Next is April 8th at Windsor Park - small fee for attendance but that just pays for the soil. Check out the link to sign up. ENPS is partnering w/ TGC and will be present. #Yeg #Edmonton #Nativeplants #Alberta linktr.ee/touchgrasscl...

👀 what's the most common one you've seen? #nativeplants

All are welcome at this event, 11-4 at Alberta Avenue Community Centre! Share extra seeds at the Seed Share table, learn from a great line up of speakers,etc Check out all the great community programs and local businesses who will be attending at www.edmontonseedysunday.org/2025event.html #yeg

Hey #Edmonton, do you like to garden or are you interested in dipping your toes in? Come visit us at seedy Sunday and get #NativePlant seeds plus brochures and other necessary information.

Join us for a free webinar, “The Advocacy Power of Public Native Gardens.” This event explores how public and demonstration gardens inspire action, connect people with native plants, and drive community engagement. For more information, and to register, please visit: wildones.org/demonstratio...

Photos of of a walk near Devon, there is native plants all around as long as you know what to look for!

📣GSBI Speaks is back again in one week! Join us to learn about soil inoculation 🦠🍄 March 19, 2025, 9:30 MDT, 11:30 EDT, 15:30 GMT, 16:30 CET Register here: buff.ly/UgQ3EeA Learn more here: buff.ly/TnwGnHF

spring is on the way!

Packaging seeds for the Edmonton Native Plant Society.

Hoping it won’t be much longer before the wildflowers are blooming. It feels like winter may never end.

The distribution of the hemlock woolly adelgid (Hemiptera: Adelgidae) in Canada doi.org/10.4039/tce.... #NewInCanEnt

Today at 7 pm - Common invasive plants and how we can help! Sign up at www.enps.ca (news and events)

Speaking of Lepidoptera, are you familiar with our local beautiful Pink Primrose moth? From larvae to adulthood, this moth spends most of its life on Oenthera Biennis, an evening blooming primrose species. Photos Courtesy of Adam Bailey #YEG #Nativeplants #Alberta #Lepidoptera

Instead of calling it a butterfly garden, why don't we call it a Lepidoptera garden? For every species of butterfly, there are 19 species of moths. Did you know that butterflys are poor pollinators? Moths drive the food web, and do plenty of nighttime pollination. #Nativeplants #DougTallamy #YEG

My own personal garden journey, from 2022-2024. The empty spaces between Monarda and Helianthus are first year natives, which I am eager to see grow large this summer. I have meadow rues, columbine, strawberry, heart leaf Alexander, penstemon and prairie butter cup nestled there. #nativeplants #YEG

One year ago today 🌿 Snow on Aspen in our yard. This time of year you can either get a foot of snow or a beautiful sunny day. 🤔

Next thursday at 6 pm - learn all about the power of advocating for public native gardens. free webinar, please register at the following link. I will be there! Last night I sat in on the Nature Albertas zoom presentation ' Invasive plants and what we can do to help ". Knowledge is power!

Do you have any questions about the upcoming gardening season and incorporating natives? Maybe what lures specific birds or butterfly's you want to see? Lawn replacement options? Adding some low maintenance, drought tolerant patches of wildflowers? Look no further! We'd love to help. #Gardening

✏️ Don't forget - "Dry Horizons" a film by @cpawssab.bsky.social is coming to the Garneau Theatre here in Edmonton Friday, April 25th. Tickets are on a sliding scale here: cpaws-southernalberta.org/dry-horizons...

Testing and Reporting of Trembling Aspen Stands Suspected of being Clonal Tuesday, April 1, 20255:30 PM Thursday, May 1, 20256:30 PM This spring and summer ERVCC is recruiting citizen scientists to collect samples from aspen suspected of being clonal. Interested? Contact ERVCC.COM before April 1st

Northern Saw-whet Owls are small in size and humongous is cuteness. 📸 sandra_bourgeois #Littleowl

Today at 7 pm - Common invasive plants and how we can help! Sign up at www.enps.ca (news and events)

Habitat connectivity is important for bats too! Many bat species like to fly along forest edges, inside forests or just near some kind of safe cover. Open expanses can fragment habitat for these species. #AirspaceIsBatSpace

You may be asking, well D - if you want me to plant native plants, shouldn't you have suggestions at the ready? Wow, it's like you read my mind! #Plantnative with these early spring bloomers! All emerge BEFORE dandelions. #Edmonton #Alberta #Calgary #Gardening

Patiently waiting for spring... #YEG #nativeplants #Alberta

Milkweed seed fluff in the morning sunlight for you today. #macrophotography #milkweed #seeds #garden #abstract #nativeplants

Here's a wrap up of #NativePlant related events happening throughout March. Some are in person, others are online! For all the details please visit our website at www.enps.ca and click on ' news and events. ' #Edmonton #Alberta #SeedySunday