Compost School

Want to enhance and protect the habitats for native bees and other essential pollinators? You can create a pollinator garden, provide a nesting site, avoid pesticide use, and conserve natural areas. Read on to learn more.

Charity’s Spring Garden Tips for Pollinators — Alberta Native Bee Council Not everyone has the means to make big changes to garden spaces, but every bit counts! Charity shares some tips to keep gardening fun and engaging.

Why shouldn't you tell a secret in a garden? Because the potatoes have eyes and the corn has ears! 😄

Edmonton residents can help the City prevent the spread of invasive w**ds! Learn to identify, report, and remove these w**ds from both private property and urban natural areas.

Weeds | City of Edmonton As a property owner in Edmonton you can control noxious w**ds by taking these steps. Noxious w**ds are highly dangerous because they spread quickly, invading crops and ecosystems.

Today is International Day for Biodiversity. Healthy and vibrant ecosystems are essential to our survival. They provide us with the basic necessities of life, such as water, food, medicine, clothing, fuel, shelter, and energy.

International Day for Biological Diversity | United Nations Biological diversity — or biodiversity — is the term given to the variety of life on Earth and the natural patterns it forms. The biodiversity we see today is the fruit of billions of years of evolution, shaped by natural processes and, increasingly, by the influence of humans. It forms the web ...

🐝 World Bee Day reminds us that bees and other insect pollinators are essential to our ecosystem and food production. Many crops, including tree and berry fruit, canola, alfalfa, squash, and melon, rely on pollination.

Introduction to Alberta Native Bees — Alberta Native Bee Council Introduction to Alberta’s Native Bees New to native bees? Start here.   What are they?Did you know there are over 380 species of native bees in Alberta? Native bees have evolved over many thousands of years in Alberta, and are adapted to our climate and environmental conditions. Many species of b...