The City is currently developing a program to help residents and community associations with the safe removal of invasive plants. The City is seeking input on how to best equip residents with the right knowledge and tools to help combat the spread of invasive plants within our city. To check out the survey and share your feedback, visit the invasive plants project page. The survey will be open until Monday, July 20, 2026.
Abbotsford is offering a new accessible, free gardening program aimed at encouraging seniors 55+, especially those who may be socially isolated, to spend time in nature and connect with others. The program will take place at Abbotsford House using raised garden beds and will be open to anyone interested in participating on Tuesday at 10am from June 30 to October 2026. To register call: 613-230-5730 or email CRoach@glebecentre.ca.
Spring is in the air! Get ready for gardening by ordering your supplies from the 17th Southminster Ottawa Scout Group, delivered FREE to your driveway in Old Ottawa South, Old Ottawa East, and the Glebe on Saturday, May 3rd, 2025. We offer a variety of high-quality products thanks to the generous support of Ritchie Feed & Seed. Proceeds from this year’s fundraiser will be used to make our trip to hike the West Coast…
In 2023, the City updated the Use and Care of Roads By-law to allow residents the opportunity to undertake a residential gardening project, including a naturalized garden, within the City-owned boulevard abutting their property. Following resident and Council feedback, staff have been reviewing options to allow edible plants (fruits, vegetables, herbs) and readily moveable containers in residential boulevard gardens. There are several factors to balance including food security, the suitability of the boulevard for…
Registration is now open for the 2023 Master Gardener Lectures! “Creating your Garden with Nature” is this year’s theme for the series of five lectures by the Master Gardeners of Ottawa Carleton.
Anyone going past Southminster United Church in the last year or so might have noticed that in the midst of surrounding construction, the grounds of the church offer a little pocket of green on Bank Street. With the work on the interior of the church building completed, the church is now envisioning what this remaining green space could be.
The volunteers of the Bridge to Bridge community reforestation project will be planting a limited number of trees and doing clean up maintenance this weekend on Saturday, October 3, 2020 at 9 am. We will meet along Canal Woods Terrace at the bottom of Aylmer Avenue. We have a small number of trees to plant, and maintenance – pruning and cleaning up around the base of the trees – on many of our grown trees. …
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