Forests
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A shrub thicket for Meadowbrook Park
Interested in supporting birds? Think beyond the bird feeder. Think thickets. Thickets - dense masses of fruiting shrubs, brambles, and vines - are critical bird habitat. "I feel like the Lorax—I speak for the shrubs, because the shrubs have no tongue." -
A Carolinian pocket pollinator forest for Lawrence Park
Too often pollinator gardens are restricted to flowering perennials. But trees, shrubs, grasses, and sedges are important pollinator host plants. Due to the number of Lepidoptera (moth and butterfly caterpillars) they host, some trees and shrubs are considered keystone species. Their nectar and pollen are also important for pollinators. -
Firefly Gardens and Forests
In collaboration with Kingston Frontenac Housing Corporation, we had a lot of fun working with residents at Kingston Frontenac Housing Corporation (KFHC) at 205 Bagot Street. About the site This... -
Hidden River Little Forest
We had a lot of fun working with residents at Kingston Frontenac Housing Corporation (KFHC) 111 Van Order Drive to design, prepare and plant the Hidden River Little Forest. About... -
Grenville Park Little Forest
A couple of years after WW2 ended, a small group of teachers, academics and Alcan employees bought a 67-acre farm and brickworks a mile outside the Kingston city limits. The group had a vision to create a ... -
Portsmouth Community Little Forest
The Portsmouth Community Little Forest is located on urban land that was mown turf grass for more than 65 years. Layers of gravel and sand were added over clay loam.... -
Lakeside Little Forest
Lakeside Community Garden, Kingston's largest community garden, was founded in 2012. It's located on two acres at the southwest corner of the Collins Bay/Frontenac Institution Prison Farm. Our mission is... -
AMHS Little Forest
Our Community Residents of the two, on-site apartment buildings which each house low-income folks who live with profound symptoms of mental illness Kingstonians and community members who access services from... -
Wolfe Island Little Forest
Wolfe Island, Ontario is the first and the largest of the 1000 Islands, situated at the east end of Lake Ontario and the mouth of the St, Lawrence River. The... -
Mitigwakiing Little Forest
Walking the Path to Peace Together – Kingston Indigenous Languages Nest – planting a Little Forest Nindazhiikewinaan Our community: The Little Forest on HWY 15 is planted on 2.86 acres...
