The Great Beechwood Cemetery Tree Clean Up
Beechwood Cemetery Foundation thanks the community for help. We have all been dealing with the LDD Moth problem in the trees in our community. Beechwood has been looking into different…
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Category: Horticultural Program
A notable tradition, but not a tradition noted
The morning of October 4th, 2021, Ambassador Ines Coppoolse and Defense Attaché Ton Linssen from the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to Canada, alongside Beechwood Cemetery’s Chief Horticulturalist,…
In the Gardens: A Colorful Annual
The Osteospermum is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the Calenduleae, one of the smaller types of the sunflower/daisy family Asteraceae. The scientific name is derived from the Greek…
In the Gardens: Adam’s needle and thread in bloom
The Yucca filamentosa comes in many different names including Adam’s needle, common yucca, Spanish bayonet, bear-grass, needle-palm, silk-grass, and spoon-leaf yucca. This species of flowering plant is part of the…
In the Gardens – A Ornamental Onion
Onions, shallots and garlic are members of the allium family that belong in the vegetable garden. But there are many ornamental alliums that deserve a hearty welcome in your perennial…
Dealing with LDD Moth
The LDD moth can be an annoying pest in residential, urban and rural areas as well as natural forests. The LDD Moth has been slowly spreading across the U.S. and Canada. This…
In the Gardens – the Tulip History
Tulips (Tulipa) form a genus of spring-blooming perennial herbaceous bulbiferous geophytes (having bulbs as storage organs). The flowers are usually large, showy and brightly colored, generally red, pink, yellow, or…
In the Gardens: The bloom of a magnolia tree
Magnolia is a large species of about 210 flowering plant species in the subfamily Magnolioideae of the family Magnoliaceae. It is named after French botanist Pierre Magnol. Magnolia is an…
Beechwood Cemetery Soundscape
Beechwood Cemetery, located in the Vanier neighbourhood of Ottawa, has become a popular destination for local runners and walkers during the pandemic. The beauty and serenity of the cemetery was…
The Eastern Wild Turkey
Beechwood is home to a few families of Eastern Wild Turkeys that can be seen around the Cemetery ground. The Eastern wild turkey is native to southern Ontario and Quebec.…