Volunteers plan to expand a bee and butterfly garden that was started last summer at Bank and Frank Streets. The garden is a project of the Centretown Community Association.
Bee and butterfly garden expanding
Category: Greenspace
Adventures in greenspace
CCCA Trees and Greenspace Committee by Stephen Thirlwall The CCCA Trees and Greenspace Committee (T&G) has sprung into activities this spring. Earth Day On April 22, T&G took part in an Earth Day celebration at Dundonald Park along with about…
Hoping for April showers: Road salt, urban trees, and the coming thaw
by Kathryn Hunt A BUZZ reader recently noticed the two old spruce trees at 330 Gilmour Street, with snow and salt piled up around their trunks, and sent in some photos (below). The trees are at the Board of Education…
Bulb planting at St. Luke’s Park
by Michelle Kirkman On October 14, the Centretown Citizens Community Association (CCCA) Trees and Greenspace Committee once again held a bulb planting session in St. Luke’s Park. This year, 150 daffodil and grape hyacinth bulbs were planted along the fence…
The urban forests project: phase one underway
by Stephen Thirlwall The saying goes: Where there’s a will, there’s a way. Perhaps the way is now opening towards saving, managing and enhancing Ottawa’s urban forest. City Council is actively working with a consultant group (Urban Forest Innovations, Inc.)…
Vitamin G: Why greenspaces matter to health
by Janet Edwards and Émilie Sartoretto, Centretown CHC The research is in, and it confirms what many nature lovers have long suspected: greenspaces are good for you. “To promote a healthier, kinder, smarter and more effective, more resilient, more vital…
Save the trees at 96 Nepean! May they live 100 years!
by Bonnie Mabee, Chair of the CCCA Trees and Greenspace Committee and Rob Dekker, Co-Chair of the Planning and Development Review Committee One of the CCCA objectives in appealing to the OMB regarding the 96 Nepean development is to help…