Lakeshore Eco-Network

Please join us at the native tree and plant sale this Saturday, October 3, from 9:00 am to 12 noon at the Lambton Heritage Museum, in partnership with Friends of Pinery Park. COVID protocols will be in place. Come and meet James Corcoran, the proprietor of Hoaonaadia Tree Nursery in Grand Bend. James has been propagating trees for 40 years, and will be bringing hemlocks and flowering dogwoods, as shown in the photo below. Hemlocks are a long-lived tree that help to create biodiversity, providing important habitat for native plant communities and wildlife. Other local growers will include Heavenly Earth, Auxsable Forestry, and Vandermolen Nursery.

Don’t miss this great opportunity to fill your property with beautiful native plants and trees. Join us for our native tree and plant sale in partnership with Friends of Pinery Park this Saturday, October 3, from 9:00 am to 12 noon at the Lambton Heritage Museum. Covid safety protocols will be in place. One of our growers, Auxsable Forestry, will have on hand the following: White spruce, white pine, white cedar - $15 each 2 gallon Button Bush 7 gallon $60... Carex pensylvanica (forest grass), little bluestem $7.00 Switchgrass $15.00 Tulip tree, white oak, maple $15.00 Come out and meet Jessica Smeekens, the owner of Auxsable Forestry https://www.auxsableforestry.ca/ Other local growers will include Heavenly Earth, Vandermolen Nursery, and Hoaonaadia Nursery.

Join us at our fall tree and plant sale this Saturday, October 3, from 9:00 am to 12:00 noon at the Lambton Heritage Museum in partnership with Friends of Pinery Park. COVID protocols will be in place. Heavenly Earth, one of our growers, will bring a variety of native and Carolinian trees and shrubs, including white pine, tulip, white cedar, red and white oaks, witchhazel, spicebush, serviceberry, as well as native perennials including butterfly weed, swamp milkweed, cardinal... plower, lanceleaf coreopsis, prairie Smoke, sky bule aster, smooth aster, riddell goldenrod, Joe pye weed, round lead Hepatica, Foam flower, and other odds and ends. Other local growers who have been with us before include Auxsable Forestry, Vandermolen Nursery, and Hoaonaadia Nursery. https://heavenlyearth.ca/

There's no more important time than now to plant native trees and plants. Join us on Saturday, October 3, at the Lambton Heritage Museum for our native tree and plant sale in partnership with Friends of the Pinery Park. COVID safety measures will be in place.

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Important news for organizations in South Huron! The deadline for applications to the South Huron Vitality Fund has been extended to June 15. Get your great ideas in soon! Call Pat Morden for more information.

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COVID 19 Will you help? During this unprecedented crisis, we must do everything we can to support the most vulnerable in our community. The Grand Bend Communi...ty Foundation COVID 19 Emergency Relief Fund will be distributed to local charities providing food and other essential services to people directly affected by the Corona virus. To donate from your computer or phone, simply go to Canadahelps.org and click through to Grand Bend Community Foundation. For more information, contact [email protected] Let’s practice physical isolation but social connectedness! Stay safe, stay home.

Climate change poses an enormous threat to our planet and our way of life. Join Partners in Learning for Climate Change Unpacked, on Monday afternoons from February 24 to March 23. This series brings together speakers from government, the Indigenous community, and environmental organizations to help you better understand this crisis and what you can do to help solve it.

Planting native trees is a great way to protect biodiversity and fight climate change. Order 20 or more trees for spring planting through Ausable Bayfield Conservation Authority. See spring tree order form online. Deadline to order is the end of February. https://abca.ca/forestry/treeorders/

Roz MacDonald shared the story of Paul Rokich with me, and I thought I'd share it with you. To me, this just says 'keep going, no matter how little you can do, everything makes a difference!'