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Toronto Ravines, Invasive Plants, and the Limits of Garden Responsibility
Toronto Ravines, Invasive Plants, and the Limits of Garden Responsibility (Dorothy and Patrick Smyth, 2025 – Toronto Master Gardeners) A review of evidence and implications for urban home gardeners Introduction Toronto’s ravine system is one of the city’s...
Do Native Plants Always Have Deeper Roots?
Do Native Plants Always Have Deeper Roots? A Nuanced, Evidence Based View It is often claimed that “native plants keep soils cooler and damper during heat waves because they have deep root systems that access groundwater.” This statement is appealing, but...
Beyond the Mantra: Why Urban Gardeners Need Nuance, Not Dogma, in the Native Plant Conversation.
Beyond the Mantra: Why Urban Gardeners Need Nuance, Not Dogma, in the Native Plant Conversation. Over the past decade, Doug Tallamy’s work has held enormous influence over the home-gardening world. His books and outreach helped many people appreciate the ecological...
Who knew there are so many ecologists?
Who knew there are so many ecologists? Theoretical Ecologists, Population Ecologists, Behavioural Ecologists, Landscape Ecologists, Marine Ecologists, Restoration Ecologists, Soil Ecologists, Ecosystem Ecologists, Evolutionary Ecologists, Community Ecologists...
Dr Linda Chalker-Scott (2018)
I wish I had noticed this earlier from Dr Linda Chalker-Scott (2018). If you’re going to push an agenda best consider all the research, or credibility is at stake....
A seminal report published in 1995
A seminal report published in 1995 recorded 3,269 vascular plants as native to Canada. Of these, 42 (1.4%) were endemic and only about 8 of them were endemic to Ontario. Most of them are located in the far north of the Province. (1) A study in 2017 recorded 4,677...