On the sunny side of the Sunnyside Library
Diligent watering and weeding has paid off. And heat and sun has done the rest.
Green Dreamers
News and updates from the Green Dreamers, a team of volunteer gardeners in the neighbourhood. Get in touch with the Green Dreamers team via email at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
Green Dreamers: Back on the Job!
Gardening Restart June 22, 2020
Wouldn’t you know it as soon as I wrote the last update we got the word from the city Adopt-a-Road program manager that we could restart gardening respecting physical distance, wearing gardening gloves of course and having no more than 10 people at the bed at any one time.
Green Dreamers Spring Update
Our local gardening group has had an unusually easy beginning this spring season with the Covid outbreak. My spouse Mike and I took over the job of coordinating this group which was so ably done by Winnie Pietrykowski and Brian Ure for the last four years.
The Most Asked About Plant at the Library
A striking plant with many small white flowers and large dark green leaves may catch your eye at the Sunnyside library garden. Lots of people ask the name of this perennial.
New Green Dreamer Coordinators
Another gardening season is just around the corner. And in anticipation of its fifth gardening year, Green Dreamers will begin this gardening season with two new coordinators.
Ecology Ottawa Wants Your Input
Ecology Ottawa is looking to host a webinar series called Living City, which would discuss all things local and green, from tree identification, to rain gardens, to urban biodiversity.