Name
Jeanne McRight
OHA Member
Blooming Boulevards
City
Mississauga
Districts Served
- D15
Bio
Jeanne McRight founded Mississauga’s award-winning environmental organization Blooming Boulevards
in 2019 and is currently busy as its President and Board Chair. In 2015 she initiated an amendment to
Mississauga’s Encroachment By-Law, allowing residents to create habitat gardens that support declining
insect populations on city boulevards. Her popular webinars on native plant habitat gardening topics
reach a world-wide audience. Conservation gardening is Jeanne’s joy and passion, but more than that,
she is a deeply committed advocate for environmentally sustainable horticultural practices
Categories
- Native Plants
Speaking List
| TOPIC | TITLE | DETAIL | OPTIONS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Native Plants | Design Your Own Native Pollinator Garden | Learn all the best ways to provide food and shelter for native pollinators, while delighting your family and neighbours with textures, shapes and colours. You will learn to assess site conditions and create a beautiful garden design that meets pollinator, plant and your own needs. The challenges of tough sites such as boulevards and balconies will be addressed, and design templates will be available for download. | Gardening |
| Native Plants | Goodbye Lawn! | Looking to get rid of your high-maintenance lawn? Replacing existing lawns with native plants is a great way to save water, time and energy PLUS provide much-needed habitat and food for local wildlife. We will dive into the benefits of replacing existing lawns with locally native plants and leave you with practical tools to help you transform your lawn into an easy-care, pollinator-friendly space where native plants thrive. | Gardening |
| Native Plants | Create a Woodland Garden with Native Plants | Learning how to plant a woodland garden is easy and rewarding. Why not transform your patch of shade into a cool and tranquil garden oasis using native plants? This workshop will get you started. It's a great way to celebrate our natural woodland heritage and provide a refuge for wildlife as well! | Gardening |
| Native Plants | Start Now! Low Maintenance Native Boulevard Gardens | Learn how to replace your high-maintenance turf grass with a drought-proof, salt resistant, no mow boulevard garden! All you need to know about plant selection, design, installation and care in this comprehensive workshop | Gardening |
| Native Plants | Pollinator-friendly Container Gardens | Have you run out of room to plant in your garden? Can’t grow certain plants because you don’t have the right soil conditions? Tired of replacing annuals in containers? Native container gardening is the new frontier – beautiful and eco-beneficial! A list of container-loving “all-star” natives is provided. | Gardening |
| Propagating | Winter Sowing | Whether your goal is to grow many or a few plants, starting native plant seeds outdoors in winter is a fun and rewarding activity. We will learn how to set up a variety of outdoor propagation systems with detailed information on seed handling, overwintering, spring germination, and seedling care. Handouts are available for download | Gardening |
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