Growing Ground Covers
Common silverweed grows less than 20 centimetres tall and can tolerate light foot traffic.
Urban Homeowners
Top Invasive Plants in Your Yard
Identify Invasive Species This webinar is intended for residents of the Hungry Hollow SNAP community. Check if you live in …
Landscaping for Pollinators: Top Plants for Butterflies, Bees and More
Discover Native Plants Pollinators Love This webinar is intended for residents of the Hungry Hollow SNAP community. Check if you …
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Landscaping for Pollinators: Pollinators in Your Yard
Discover Pollinators This webinar is intended for residents of the Hungry Hollow SNAP community. Check if you live in the …
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CVC’s New Rain-ready Plant List
Have you ever wanted to create a rain garden, build a soakaway or plant a soggy area of your yard? You …
Swamp Milkweed
The vibrant pink blooms of swamp milkweed (Asclepias incarnata) will stand out in any rain garden. This great pollinator …
Rain-ready Landscaping: When to DIY or Hire a Pro
You’ve decided a rain-ready landscape is the right fit for your yard. The next decision is whether to …
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Top Home Tree Planting Tips
Planting a tree in your yard is one of the easiest ways to build climate change resilience in …
Life Underground
When planning and planting our gardens, we often focus on what we see above ground, like birds nesting …
American Hop-hornbeam
Looking for a small to medium-sized tree for your yard? American hop-hornbeam (Ostrya virginiana) is a great choice …
How to Top-dress with Compost
The best (and easiest) way to improve the soil in your garden is to top-dress with compost. Top-dressing …
Introduction to Rainscaping
Discover Beautiful Ways to Collect and Manage Stormwater in your Yard See examples of plants, paving and decorative …
Why Leaves Change Colour When They Shouldn’t (and How to Stop Them)
If the leaves on your trees and shrubs are changing unseasonably early, it could be a sign something’s wrong. …
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Why Leaves Change Colour
The switch from summer to fall can be bittersweet. But two things that help ease the transition are …
Freeman Maple
Hardy and fast-growing, Freeman maple is a great shade tree suited to medium and large urban yards. Small …
Backyard Ecosystem Restoration
Properly caring for your yard contributes to the health of our local and global ecosystems. Join Generation Restoration by healing …
What Will You Restore?
What will you restore? On June 5, the United Nations declared the next ten years the Decade on …
Trees for Healthy Urban Yards
Trees are service providers. They offer cooling shade, clean our air and water, sequester carbon and provide birds, insects …
Keeping Your Cool
During the hot, dry summer months, a layer of mulch in the garden keeps soil and plant roots cool …