Fletcher Wildlife Gardens. Located on the Central Experimental Farm just south of the Arboretum on Highway 16, overlooking the Rideau Canal and opposite Carleton University, there is an educational centre open on weekends. There is also a demonstration garden open to the public to view wildflowers native to this area.
Landowner Resource Centre. Located in Manotick, the Landowner Resource Centre (LRC) has many fact sheets of interest to Ottawa area landowners. You can download from their web site (www.lrconline.com/) fact sheets on many tree varieties, forest management, and naturalizing your property for benefit to wildlife.
Canadian Gardening’s Natural Gardens: A Complete Guide to Gardening with Native Trees, Wildflowers and Grasses. 1996. Liz Primeau. Madison Press Books. Toronto. 95 pages. This magazine has much practical guidance on designing and choosing appropriate plants for gardens in each of Canada's regional ecosystems. The plant choices suggested are the easy to start from seed or easy to find at nursery ones. Overall this book is worth seeking out at libraries.
Growing and Propagating Wild Flowers. Harry R. Phillips. 1998. The University of North Carolina Press.Chapel Hill. N.C. The author and other members of the North Carolina Botanical Garden have written a useful guide to gardening with wildflowers. Nearly 100 genera of wildflowers, carniverous plants and ferns have instructions on starting from seed, methods of division and taking cuttings and how to use them in a garden.
Growing Woodland Plants. Clarence and Eleanor G. Birdseyer. 1972. Dover Publications, Inc. New York. Originally published in 1951, this older text gives useful information on creating woodland gardens and choosing from over 200 species of wildflowers and ferns native to North America.
Landscaping With Nature: Using Nature's Designs To Plan Your Backyard. 1991. Cox, Jeff. Rodale press. Emmaus, PA.
Nature and Natural Areas in Canada's Capital: An Introductory Guide for the Ottawa-Hull Area. Brunton, Daniel F. 1988. The Ottawa Citizen and the Ottawa Field Naturalists' Club.
The Ontario Naturalized Garden: The Complete Guide to Using Native Plants. Lorraine Johnson, 1995, Whitecap Books, Vancouver. This is a good source of information on selecting and using wildflowers suited to Ontario gardens.
The Wildflower Gardener's Guide: Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, Great lakes and Eastern Canada Edition. Art, Henry. 1987. A Garden Way Publishing Book. Storey Communications, Inc. Pownal, Vt. An excellent book with tabular info on light preferences, hardiness ratings, moisture requirements and soil pH preferences of 32 of the more common and easily cultivated wildflowers of Eastern North America.
Wildflower Perennials for Your Garden. Miles, Bebe. 1976. Hawthorn Books. New York. NY.
Wildflowers: How to Identify Flowers in the Wild and How to Grow Them In Your Garden. 1992. Rick Imes. Key Porter Books. Toronto. A useful text on growing wildflowers. Suitable plants are presented in sections appropriate for specific habitats such as Eastern Woodlands, Wetlands, and Fields and Roadsides.
