NATURE GARDENS
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Enhance biodiversity with native plants
Create gardens with sustainable practices
Learn the ecology of wildflowers ​
Follow pollinator observations​
Bringing gardens to life!
Nature Gardens creates gardens for all living things. Let's begin with the butterfly, the universal symbol for insect appreciation, and together we can design a meadow of wildflowers or plant a section with native plants to support insects all year round. This will make your beautiful and resilient. What can be more delightful than a garden that is full of life, with lovely winged creatures buzzing and zipping around.
Nature Gardens uses sustainable practices to enhance biodiversity with native plants
With a deeper understanding of the unique relationship between plants and animals, we can garden in ways that are as resilient as the landscape around us.
Learn more about the native plants in the region so your garden can become a haven when planting for nature and an oasis that supports all forms of life through the year
Flat-topper Aster and Herb Robert, two flowering plants, native to the Muskoka region that are often overlooked due to their small flowers. Blooming in late summer to early fall, their blossoms provides pollen and nectar to bees, moths and hover flies.
Dicentra cucullaria is native to the Muskoka region. This woodland flowers relies on ants to disperse its seeds and the flower is visited by spring pollinators.
Prunella vulgaris is a herbaceous plant in the mint family aka as heart-of-the-earth. It is rich in antioxidants that helps fevers, inflammation and sore throats.
Flat-topper Aster and Herb Robert, two flowering plants, native to the Muskoka region that are often overlooked due to their small flowers. Blooming in late summer to early fall, their blossoms provides pollen and nectar to bees, moths and hover flies.
Searching for Wildflowers
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Enjoy this gallery of wildflower, most of them have been identified in the wild in their natural habitat in the Muskoka region. This is an ongoing initiative searching for wildflowers to shed light on the relationship between flowers and the ecology. The flowers featured here will include non-native species. Whether a flower is native or not, each blossom has a story to tell, each plant something to teach.