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,…

The Macoun Marsh continues to be an inspiration to all those who visit.  The seasonal changes are rich with life and colour.  The end of winter is by far the…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Make sure you purchase your flowerbed before May 15th 2021! The annual flowerbed program consists of the following services: planting of annual flowers, fertilizing, watering, weeding, and, edging of flower…