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Native Canadian Plant

This Muskoka nursery has partnered with WWF-Canada to help restore the area’s natural... landscape

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A pink fireweed bloom on the right in front of other plants

Seed-planting guide for natural gardens

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Bloom of orange butterfly milkweed

How to let native plants guide your gardening

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Ox-eye sunflower, one of the native plants in meadowland loam

What to plant in your garden, according to your soil type

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Canada rye is one of the native plants you can use while gardening on septic beds

These plants deter deer and will grow on your septic bed

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Robert Fedrock, dressed in a grey sweater and jeans, wrapping his arms around the base of the tree with the world's tallest recorded poison ivy vine travelling up the centre

World’s tallest poison ivy plant found in Paris, Ont.

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A wild raspberry bush

Cottage Q&A: Will these plants destroy my septic tank?

A patch of bee-friendly garden flowers, black-eyed Susans

Cottage Q&A: What to plant for a bee-friendly garden

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A bee sits on a single pink wild Carolina Rose, Rosa carolina, on a leafy green background. Five pale pink petals with a yellow center. Concepts of native plants, wild flowers, pollinators.

26 native plants that will attract pollinators to your garden

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Wild Profile: Meet the bumblebee

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Wild strawberry (Frigaria virginiana)

How to landscape at the cottage without wrecking the forest

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Weekly Hack: What to plant on your septic

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Close-up of a red lawnmower cutting grass.

5 common landscaping mistakes cottagers make