The North Bay Heritage Gardeners’ education platform was redesigned since in-person sessions are not possible due to COVID-19. Master Gardener Lynn Farintosh and NBHG Executive Director Jade Scognamillo designed a monthly education resource that can be shared with volunteers and the public. Each month, three topics will be explored, accompanied by articles, videos, online resources, … More March 2021 Virtual Education Package
During the winter, most gardeners are dreaming about spring gardening. However, winter is the best time to start your garden plan with these great tips. This plan should include the gardening tasks you want to accomplish, like the expansion or establishment of a garden or the addition of new flower or shrub types. Include a … More Planning Your Garden Season
When designing your winter garden, choose elements that create winter interest. Select plants that exhibit interesting structural characteristics. Add movement and texture by leaving dried forms of perennials or ornamental grasses overwinter. Attract birds by leaving seed heads of perennials such as purple coneflower, sunflowers, and sedum. Most of your winter garden’s vibrant colours come … More Winter Garden Design
When selecting bulbs for forcing, try choosing larger bulbs as they provide the best indoor blooms. Preferred hardy bulbs include crocuses, grape hyacinths, hyacinths, and snowdrops. Tender bulbs include amaryllis and paper white narcissus. There are two types of bulbs for indoor growing: those you need to chill and those you do not. Bulbs that … More Forcing Bulbs Indoors
November 12, 2020 – The North Bay Heritage Gardeners hosted an outdoor education night on Sept. 16 and Sept. 17 2020 to advance the benefits of reducing or eliminating grass lawns. The education session was filmed by Canadore students as a school project. Here is the link to the video they created: https://livestream.com/accounts/12683091/events/8055009/videos/212863807 The video … More Greener Than Grass Tour Video
NORTH BAY CANADA PLACE A New Waterfront Gathering Place North Bay’s waterfront will have an added feature come spring – a new walkway, seating area and gardens to recognize diversity and inclusion, a project spearheaded by the North Bay Heritage Gardeners. The City of North Bay began construction of the accessible walkway late summer and is … More North Bay Canada Place
When you start planting your garden next season, think about our local pollinators because they are critical to sustaining a healthy ecosystem. Think about creating a garden that attracts and supports our local pollinators. You can create your own pollinator garden by following these tips. Leave dandelions in your garden during the early spring as … More How to Create a Pollinator Garden
By Judy Hendry, Horticulrutal Coordinator Putting the Garden to Bed Taking care in putting the garden to bed each fall will ensure that the garden will survive the challenges of winter. There are basically four main considerations in fall gardening: pruning perennials, cleaning up, protecting plants and preparing for spring. 1. The main objective of … More Putting the Garden to Bed
Join Heritage Gardener volunteers for a free evening of gardening education! Have you been wanting to reduce your carbon footprint and wondering how to begin? Maybe you would like to support biodiversity on your bit of urban property. Growing food maybe a goal you have for 2021. How do these gardening topics relate? They might … More Greener than Grass Garden Walking Tour
The North Bay Heritage Gardener’s Program has over 50 garden beds and approximately 265 volunteers. They have been actively beautifying the waterfront gardens in North Bay for over 23 years. Each team spends about an hour or two a week as the gardeners care for their adopted garden beds. The Heritage Gardeners are a group … More Become a Heritage Gardener Volunteer!
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