Ontario 2025

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Homeowner is adding more native plants to encourage pollinators and create balanced ecosystems for insects (which is helpful for birds.)
It comes as no surprise that this garden reported seeing/hearing more birds and pollinators than ever before! What incredible diversity and layers offered here. They believe some of their problem pests (such as earwigs) are being balanced by increasing biodiversity.
Nonnatives will be removed and swamp rose, wild bergamot, blue flag iris and New Jersey tea will be added.
Other plants were removed, and swamp rose, wild bergamot, blue flag iris and New Jersey tea were added
Deck will get some lovely native plants added around it.
Native plants are blooming and thriving creating resources for local birds, bees, and butterflies.
Homeowner is removing lawn create an oasis for birds, insects, and other wildlife.
This property sees so many birds due to their feeders but insect diversity seemed to be increased with native plantings.
In this spot, owner took out a nonnative barberry and will be adding a ninebark.
Native shrub is establishing nicely and will provide food and habitat for local birds. Water bath is an excellent added feature!
Plants to support biodiversity.
This gardener saw lots of bees in their new native plant garden.
Property owner loves sunflowers as much as birds, butterflies, and bees do, so they will be added to this spot for summer and fall foraging.
Birds and bees are loving the sunflowers.
This site is very wet in the early spring making it difficult to garden as the soil is a heavy clay and dries out by summer.
Wet area has some new natives that will hopefully take off next year.

Remaining Before Photos

This property continues to add new features to support wildlife. A new wildflower garden was put in the raised bed accompanied by other flower and shrubs.
This grassless property is already full of natives. In this corner spot a bench was removed and now it will receive a native-plant-treatment.
Native plants will add more biodiversity to this garden.
Wild bergamot and aster seeds added. A small shrub native shrub may be included, too.
Lots of potential to add habitat to this sloped front yard adding more habitat to this lovely plot.
Homeowner is adding more habitat including aster, goldenrod, and snakeroot under the feeder along with a bird bath.
The love of birds is real on this property and they are working to add plants to better support them.
Lots of potential for great habitat for birds.
This shady hill spot will get some new native plant additions.
The part shade garden will get a mix of smooth blue aster, smooth oxeye, pearly everlasting, mountain mint, coreopsis, blue lobelia, spotted bee balm, and cylindrical blazing star.
Homeowner is adding native plants to this existing bed, by gradually replacing the non-natives.
Shady spot that will have native flowers added to support birds.
This portion of the garden is the starting point and sod will be removed and replaced with natives.
Beds getting ready for new native plant additions.
Property owner is adding nodding onion to this spot as a new native plant option.
Green coneflower, blue stem goldenrod, white wood aster will be added here.
A red osier dogwood will be added here–a great choice for birds and pollinators.
Native plants are being added to provide habitat for insects, amphibians, reptiles, birds & mammals.
Homeowner is adding natives to front garden for the birds and kids to enjoy.
As the snow melts and the soil warms, a new garden along driveway plant will be planted with native wildlowers and veggies.
Lots of potential in this sunny site to plant for birds and biodiversity.
A serviceberry was added for the birds!
A serviceberry will be added to this small space to help birds.
This unused corner will be livened up with native plants.
This yard is being transformed with native plants to add beauty and function.
Native plants will be added to this yard that attracts birds and provides shelter when they visit.
New natives will be added to this bed to support biodiversity.
There is a stunning diversity of native plants that deserve to be seen by more people. So, this homeowner is getting busy doing just that.
Shrubs provide excellent cover and food resources for birds. More plants will be added here.
Yellow gem potentilla plus wildflowers will be added for pollinators and cover for birds in the winter.
More native plants will be added to provide food and cover for biodiversity.
Another corner garden that will receive a new native plant addition.
A black chokeberry bush was planted for the birds.
Removing some grass, adding some natives.
These shrubs will be going in the ground for the birds!
Property supports native plants but some spots are overgrown and will be refreshed. Homeowner has noticed more and more trees coming down in neighborhood and wants to replace lost habitat for the birds.
The space along the new sod lawn provides about two feet in front of the fence for planting some new fun natives. Resident is a renting this home and wants to do what they can for the birds and wildlife while they live are here.
In this spot Rosa acicularis and eastern red columbine (for the hummingbirds) will be added.
This area of weedy lawn near a serviceberry will be replaced for native plants for birds.
This garden will get a native plant treatment to create a more diverse landscape to attract birds and pollinators.
This urban raised bed is in a sandy shade spot. The plan is to add grasses, foxglove, columbines, and cranesbill.
This shady spot competes with cedar trees, but native plants will be added to help support biodiversity.
This new garden spot will get some native additions.
New spot awaiting some native plant additions.
This property will integrate native plants into their beautiful gardens to help biodiversity and birds.
More plants will add additional biodiversity to this yard habitat.
Cornflowers and common milkweed were added to this expanding native plant garden.
Might be snow covered now, but new native plants are coming!
Budding borage will be added to the garden.
New spot awaiting new plants for birds and biodiversity.
Pink geranium is a pollinator favorite.
This property wants to plant more natives birds, pollinators, and wildlife. New Jersey tea, blue vervain, and orange butterfly weed are a few in the plans.
White turtlehead and orange butterfly milkweed are being added to attract pollinators and bring natives plant options to this neighborhood.
Service berry tree will be added to provide habitat.
New native installation going in here.
This property has a lot of native plants, including these new seed starts. They enjoy seeing the birds use the habitat they planted.
This barren new subdivision will add get a bird-friendly make-over complete with native plants, a water feature, and nest boxes.
Lots of potential in this year to integrate more native habitat while removing lawn.
Rosa Acicularis, Asclepias tuberosa, Baptisia australis, Aquilegia Canadensis were added in this spot to help biodiversity.
Homeowner is continuing to add natives to unused corners to support pollinators and birds.
This home sits on a dry sandy soil where little has grown. Property will add natives that are more likely to be successful.
This spot is under a Norway maple where things struggle to thrive. A native shrub and ground cover will be added.
This property is being rewilded from old farm fields. This is a bed over the septic has nonnatives which will be removed and a mixture of native flowers, grasses and shrub will be added.
This weedy patch has been cleared to help birds, bees, butterflies and insects. Butterfly weed and swamp milkweed will be added specifically to help resident monarchs.
Homeowner is adding Anemone canadensis, early goldenrod, Goatsbeard and butterflymilkweed
Garden awaiting new natives as the growing season approaches.

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