Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada
PLEASE NOTE CHANGE OF DATE TO MONDAY, APRIL 29!
QFN is delighted to announce its Fundraising Dinner on Wednesday, May 8th! We invite you to come satiate your palate, stimulate your mind and support QFN’s work to help Nature in your neighbourhood and beyond! Our fundraisers help QFN stay active and generate funds to…
Tree Seedling Sale 2024 It’s that time of year again and Trees for PEC is doing its fourth annual tree seedling fundraiser. Trees for PEC includes these local community groups: the Ameliasburgh Garden Club, the PEC Field Naturalists and The County Garden Club (PEC Horticultural Society) and the Master Gardeners. All funds from the sale will…
Before the snow flies and the ground freezes, now would be a good time to dig up a few Jerusalem artichokes , (Helianthus tuberosus) if you have them in your garden, or know where some might be growing. For years, I grew them in…
HOW TO COLLECT OBSERVATIONS MONARCH MIGRATION IN ONTARIO
When I used to work for a conservation authority in Picton, one of my jobs in early spring was to visit all the local schools and warn the kids of the dangers of playing too closely to fast flowing water and flooded areas. One…
When I worked at Sandbanks Provincial Park as a park naturalist about 10 years ago, I always used to mix up a batch of wild tea and offer it to the campers who attended my evening programs. Usually, they would clean up the entire…
Since 2015, the Prince Edward County Field Naturalists, along with experts from Prince Edward County and across Ontario, lead teams of volunteers and the interested public, through a different natural area every June in effort to catalogue birds, insects, plants, amphibians and reptiles. A…