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Nature Showcase: Millipede

Office Staff often go for post-lunch walks – to digest and to get away from those darn computers!  We’ve noticed this summer many millipedes plowing through leaf-litter, under logs, even across pavement!  Those fast-moving legs make them very distinctive and for some,...

Facility Rentals & Outdoor Education Bookings Are Up Next!

We’ve been hearing those ads for back-to-school supplies for the last several weeks!  Parents, teachers, principals, school board officials are gearing up for another school year.  Where did the summer go!? Groups and organizations are also getting back in the swing...

Garden Harvesting:  Fresh or What!

Our Canoe Garden and Parking Lot Gardens have truly ‘produced’ this summer and our summer campers are the beneficiaries!  The Kitchen staff are receiving buckets of lettuce, beans, kale, onions, cucumbers, tomatoes, zucchini, and mighty fresh herbs almost every day! ...

Nature Showcase: What’s a Orgyia leucostigma??

One day, while bringing plants into our greenhouse here at the main site, we saw an unusual sight. What was this unusual sight? A caterpillar, which will turn into a White-Marked Tussock Moth, to be exact! Orgyia leucostigma is native species to Ontario and it even...

Shoreline Garden

We have seen bees, butterflies, and birds taking advantage of the Shoreline Garden – the smorgasbord of native blooms has the place hopping with activity! The Garden was installed in cooperation with the Environment Council of Clear, Stoney, and White Lakes as a model...

Nature Showcase: Wildfires

The headlines for the last couple of months made it sound like all of Canada was burning down!  Wildfires in Alberta and BC grabbed early headlines, then Quebec, Nova Scotia, and Ontario made the nightly news!  Air quality suffered – at one point we couldn’t see...