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Want to get started growing your healthy, climate-smart garden? Check out these tips.

Wildlife is so powerful

What native plants are you seeing pop up in your area? These graphs are based on over 3,000 photo records taken over 8 years from the Hamilton- Haldimand- Norfolk- Niagara region by Carolinian Zone Botanist and Ecologist, Stefan Weber. Have you tracked your healthy garden points to see how healthy your yard is for wildlife? Track it here: https://caroliniancanada.ca/tracker/

Less than ONE WEEK left to WIN!! Count yourself in for the Climate-Smart Yard 10K Challenge grand prize giveaway!* Track your garden on the In The Zone Garden Tracker by March 15th for your chance at a Wildlife Garden Make-Over Design Consultation (Value $500) + Native Plant Gift Certificate (Value $500).* More details here:... https://caroliniancanada.ca//10k-challenge-climate-smart-p *restrictions apply

The City of Toronto is seeking feedback on the natural garden exemption process and wants your input. Have your say on whether the City should remove the natural garden permit requirement. Now is your chance to influence the future of yards in Toronto. Learn more here:... https://www.toronto.ca//permits/natural-garden-exemption/

What is the most important seed for a healthy, climate-smart planet? YOU!! Grow hope at home by planting the right seeds for a climate-smart future. Seeds for a healthy planet can be green people, wild ideas, climate-smart yards or native wildflower seeds. Here's a sneak peak of a few Earth Acts you can try at home, but to get all 7, you'll have to read the article ;).... What you do at home matters. 1) ONE DISH ONE SPOON -Many Indigenous Nations have lived, learned and thrived off this land for many generations. 2) GO WILD: Calculate your Wildlife Value with In the Zone and WWF-Canada - What wildlife needs to thrive will help you thrive too! 3) GO Local with London Environmental Network. Supporting local groups and organizations who are doing climate-smart work can make a BIG impact. This article is part of the January Climate-Smart Passport! Each passport will take you on a virtual adventure through My Wild Green Home to GO, GROW, and GREEN with climate-smart exhibitor features from blogs to businesses. Plus get your healthy garden points with In the Zone for a chance to win the grand prize of a Wildlife Garden Design Consultation and a $500 gift certificate for native plants. #climateaction #climatesmart #ldnontario #ldnont #sustainability #nativeplants #nativeplantgarden #gardening #gardenlife #wildlife #wildlifeconservation https://caroliniancanada.ca/article/earth-week/2020

From the Expositor: "If you want to know what to do in your home and learn the science, checkout my favourite trusted Canadian sites the David Suzuki Foundation and Carolinian Canada." Thanks for the shoutout and if you're looking for ways to make your home and yard climate-smart, check out the January Climate-Smart Passport to learn more and for your chance to win giveaways from Go Wild - Grow Wild!... https://caroliniancanada.ca//10k-challenge-climate-smart-p https://www.brantfordexpositor.ca//beechey-get-involved-lo

A Vittoria resident has been appointed to the Order of Canada alongside 60 other new appointees. Michael S. W. Bradstreet became a member of the order for his leadership in the protection of natural habitats and for his innovative bird conservation initiatives, said the announcement. Incredible! Congratulations to Michael for his great work in bird conservation initiatives!... https://www.simcoereformer.ca//vittoria-resident-appointed

Don’t take it to the curb- give a gift to Mother Earth. Your Christmas Tree can be used to create habitat for wildlife at the end of the season! https://www.natureconservancy.ca//n/christmas-tree-1.html

Still Reaching for that perfect gift? This holiday season, what's our gift to Mother Earth? Go green - Support local - win prizes! The December My Wild Green Home 10K Climate-Smart Challenge & Giveaway is LIVE with some pretty awesome local prizes! Check it out.... https://caroliniancanada.ca//10k-challenge-climate-smart-p #ldnont #ldnontario #WildZone

Check out these 7 reasons NOT to clean up your yard this fall! Hint hint: It'll help save wildlife!

As long as the ground isn’t frozen - you still have time to do some last minute fall planting!

Want to learn more about planting native plants and how they help local wildlife thrive? Join the My Wild Garden Party Facebook group where almost 500 members a...re answering each other's native plant questions and growing a green community, together! On top of that, check out this month's 10K Challenge Climate-Smart Passport for more information about Local Native Plant Growers in your area and about how you can have the chance to join our 10K Challenge Giveaway! We're giving away TONS of great stuff that will help you GO Green, Support Local and WIN prizes this BLACK Friday. So ditch that new big screen TV this #BlackFriday and take the 10K Climate-Smart Challenge instead and you could win awesome stuff like: Climate-Smart Garden Kit, Composter, On The Move Organics gift card, Plant Matter Kitchen, and even our grand prize of a climate-smart native plant garden makeover! Find out more here: https://caroliniancanada.ca/a/my-wild-garden-party-20201028 #greenisthenewblackfriday #gogreen #nativeplantgarden #giveaway #sustainability #mywild #wildzone #mywildzone *This is in no way sponsored, endorsed, administered, or associated with Facebook.

Have you tried Project Neutral's award-winning carbon calculator yet? It gives you the tools to understand your climate impact and what you can do about it. When you take action in your home and community towards a clean energy future, you make a positive difference in your household and for our planet. Want to know more about Project Neutral's calculator? Check out this month's 10K Challenge Climate-Smart Passport for more information and about how you can have the chance at... our 10K Challenge Giveaway! Our 10K Challenge Climate-Smart Passport will help you GO GREEN this BLACK Friday. #greenisthenewblackfriday You could win awesome stuff like: Climate-Smart Garden Kit, Composter, On The Move Organics gift card, Plant Matter Kitchen and more! Find out more visit My Wild Green Home Passport Page Here: https://caroliniancanada.ca//project-neutral-calculator-20 Project Neutral London Environmental Network City of London, Ontario - Municipal Government Carolinian Canada Coalition #ldnont #ldnontario #wildzone #mywildzone #mywildgreenhome

Did you hear? This November - Green is the new black Friday. Go green, win prizes! Want to win a composter or a On The Move Organics gift card? How about a Plant Matter Kitchen gift card or a Climate-Smart Yard kit to help wildlife thrive? Yea you do! We're kicking off our Climate-Smart Passport with the theme: ‘Green is The New Black Friday’. With this passport, we're encouraging you to GO climate-smart this Black Friday by supporting local GREEN businesses and services and ...to plan ahead with your local native plant nursery and order your plants you will GROW for this coming spring. Go Green - Win Prizes. That's a win- win in our books! Want to take the 10K Climate-Smart Challenge and win? Visit this link. Brought to you in partnership by: London Environmental Network, City of London, Ontario, and Carolinian Canada. #ldnont #greenisthenewblackfriday #ldnontario *This is in no way sponsored, endorsed, administered, or associated with Facebook.

Many thanks to our enthusiastic partners on the Deshkan Ziibi Conservation Impact project including 3M, Thames Talbot Land Trust and Ivey Business School who gathered on Monday to collect native plant seeds to grow healthy landscapes. This innovative cross-sector collaboration connects supporters like 3M to high impact projects with environmental, cultural, and economic benefits. Founding partners also include Chippewas of the Thames First Nation and VERGE capital to explore new ways to accelerate healthy landscapes for a green future. #greenjobs #sustainability #greenfuture #healthylandscapes #dzcib #awesomepartners #wildzone #mywildzone #mywild #collaboration

The Great 2020 Pawpaw Parade is happening online NOW. Shake off your isolation blues. It's time to celebrate local wild treasures! Join at home for a chance to adopt a pair of Pawpaws and other native plant giveaways* - But only until September 28. The sooner you join the more chances you have. Get started at https://caroliniancanada.ca/pawpaw.... About the Pawpaw Parade: Native plants, like the Pawpaw, connect you to amazing local diversity and help you grow healthy neighbourhoods, together. The seeds you plant now will define our future. This year, the Pawpaw Parade is growing with more giveaways and more native plants. New for 2020, when you join the parade, you will automatically be eligible for 6 months of giveaways for climate-smart wildlife lovers as the Parade kicks off My Wild Green Home 10K Challenge. Get your paws on some pawpaws: Track your garden to get free garden guides and be eligible for hundreds of monthly giveaways for climate-smart wildlife lovers from September 2020 to March 2021. To find out how visit: https://caroliniancanada.ca/pawpaw *conditions apply