Biodiversity

What happens when the builders leave.

Invasive plants are just doing what invasive plants do. But is that what we want?

How plants and animals are here for each other, even if they don’t realize it.

No plant is an island. Together, they make a community where every individual benefits every other.

Ecological gardens don’t look perfect right away. But what looks messy to some is a successful landscape establishing.

When does a tree end and the forest begin? How much of a pond is beaver? What percentage of me is me? Big questions… and important for landscaping ecologically.

What if the defining feature of a Highlands landscape is the edge? We sit here in the Land Between, that biodiverse strip at the very south of the Canadian Shield. It’s one big edge where rock meets lowlands. Zoom in on our homes and cottages, and you see more edges. There’s the edge between the…

The 30-metre shoreline buffer recommendation makes most cottage owners throw up their hands. Here’s where that number comes from – and what it actually means for your property.