The Nature Guelph Wildflower group is dedicated to the protection and use of native plants in parks, gardens and other spaces. The group offers a fascinating variety of plant-themed programming. Nature Guelph members who participate in these programs range from hobby gardeners, to graduate students in Botany and Ecology, to professional landscape architects, as well as anyone who is interested in native plants and wants to learn more. What brings us together is our desire to develop and promote a better understanding of and appreciation for Canada’s native flora.
Nature Guelph Wildflower will be returning to in-person meetings at the Water Street Church (with a larger, well-equipped room) on the third Tuesday of each month. During these meetings, invited speakers give their presentations, plant raffles take place, and members socialize over coffee and cookies.
Outdoor activities include trips, local plant salvages and assisting with native plant restorations. Our annual seed workshop gives members an opportunity to plant a tray of native plant seeds and learn about the care and propagation of native plants. Our plant raffles and annual native plant sales every May raise funds that help support native plant habitat protection.
Since our inception, we are pleased to have contributed to the protection of tallgrass prairie through the Prairie Patron Program, and to the preservation of natural habitat in Ontario through Ontario Nature and the Nature Conservancy of Canada.
For more information, please email [email protected].