1. Fighting the
Triffids:
Invasives
versus
Biodiversity

2. Things we like and wish to preserve.

4. What is this? Why is it important. (It
maaaay not bee what you think.)

5. It can be beautiful AND edible!

6. Nature and Food: 1/3 of our food MUST be
pollinated to produce fruit. We NEED pollinators
to survive!

7. Beautiful, edible,
permeable…sustainable &
biodiverse

8. Watch for invasives like buckthorn.

11. More reasons? Habitat Creation

15. Keep up to date on invasive plants.
We can unwittingly err by putting the
wrong plant near natural areas.

25. Get creative! Can we think about a new
icon for garden catalogues?
Perhaps an exclamation mark, denoting
plants which could become invasive?

27. Use Nature as a guide:
A Bog is an excellent filter!

28. Rain Water Handling (also note the mulch)

29. Replace Asphalt with Gardens

30. The above picture became the
Working Women Community
Centre – formerly all impermeable

31. Natives don’t have to be ‘Less’.
Royal York & Bloor

32. Holes in
Leaves:
Natives are
better!
They feed
local
insects
which feed
local birds.

33. Red Oak
Over 500 species of
Lepidoptera feed on this
plant.

34. Montreal Botanical Garden’s Native
Garden: So natural but always beautiful.

35. Xeriscaping is incredibly low maintenance
and water-efficient

36. Little Pictures: The right plant for
the soil. This is Oakville Clay, landscaped with the right plants!

37. It doesn’t have to be ugly or weedy.

38. Green Roofing

39. Can you think of anything
else you can do? Anything
your parents can do? Your
friends? Did you know that
there are ways to donate to
programs around the world
to help the environment?