Our Local Anemones
By Patsy Cotterill We have four common Anemone species in the Parkland area, if you include two that were formerly in the genus Anemone :...
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Patsy Cotterill
Jul 202 min read
Nature’s Guardians
A hats-off to two people who have adopted local natural areas and are doing a great job of monitoring and communicating about them for...
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Patsy Cotterill
Jul 203 min read
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”...
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Patsy Cotterill
Jul 202 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...
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Susan Neuman
Jul 201 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....
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Lorne Fitch
Jul 203 min read
A Short List on the Virtues of Native Plants
The virtues of native plants
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Liz DeLeeuw
Jul 63 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.
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Katherine Spencer
Jun 161 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,...
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Patsy Cotterill
Jun 161 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...
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Patsy Cotterill
Jun 161 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...
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Patsy Cotterill
Jun 167 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...
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Susan Neuman
Jun 161 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...
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Liz DeLeeuw
Jun 163 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....
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Patsy Cotterill
Jun 162 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...
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Margriet Van Laarhoven
Jun 141 min read
My Native Gardening Adventure
My "adventure" with native plants in my garden.
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Lorna Duke
May 262 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,
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Patsy Cotterill
Apr 24 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...
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Patsy Cotterill
Apr 23 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...
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Patsy Cotterill
Apr 22 min read
Native Gardenscaping
Native Ground Covers Common wild strawberry, Fragaria virginiana, is a low-growing perennial that forms excellent ground cover and is...
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