Category: Nature & Environment
Comet NEOWISE lights up Stittsville’s nighttime sky
(Astronauts on the International Space Station captured this shot of Comet NEOWISE as it hurled through the sky. Photo: NASA) Comet Neowise is paying a visit to the inner solar…
Plants from the dark side – Wild Parsnip
(Judith Cox, a Master Gardener, is the President of the Stittsville-Goulbourn Horticultural Society. Judith shares the characteristics and effects of Wild Parsnip as well as providing tips on ridding your…
Take a day trip – tiptoe through the orchids at Purdon Conservation Area
(Showy Lady’s Slipper Orchids growing at the Purdon Conservation Area in the Lanark Highlands. Photo: Mississippi Valley Conservation Authority) The Mississippi Valley Conservation Authority has opened up the highly popular Purdon…
PHOTOS: Stittsville’s Alex captured in the spectacular photos of Danielle Barabé-Bussières
Stittsville resident and 2020 National Photographic Artist of the Year, Danielle Barabé-Bussières, has photographed our beautiful resident fox, Alex, and shares her photographs with us. He is healthy, proud and…
A rock story, a love story, a thank you
(Painted rocks lined up along the pathway in Stitt Park Stittsville. Photos: Janice Blain.) I love rocks and have been collecting them from far and wide throughout my adult life,…
Entries judged at annual garden and flower photo contest
(Presentation of the Goulbourn Stittsville Horticultural Society photo contest trophy to Kathy Lunau. L to R: Penny Horeczy, Vice-President; Judith Cox, President; Kathy Lunau, Best in Show winner; John Brummell,…
Stittsville Library offers plenty of activities for March Break
What are you doing for March Break? The theme for 2020 March break at the Ottawa Public Library is ‘Around the World’ and the Stittsville Library Branch has many free…
Goulbourn Wetlands Complex – City poised to change boundaries
(Lookout over the marsh at the head of Poole Creek, along the Trans Canada Trail just west of Stittsville. Photo by Glen Gower.) There has been much controversy over the…
Presentation – living with coyotes in an urban environment
As part of the Wildlife Strategy, the City of Ottawa initiated a Wildlife Speaker Series to increase residents’ knowledge and appreciation of wildlife, and promote coexistence through understanding and respect.…
Tweed Collective supports local communities through grants
(Tweed Collective funds various community projects, including this community garden. Photo: Tweed Collective) Stittsville has existing projects and others in the works that could be considered to receive funding from…
Stittsville Library initiates green thumb business to young gardeners
(Tracy Facchin, Public Service Supervisor at the Stittsville Library, oversees the children’s hydroponics Growing Futures garden project. Photo: Stittsville Central.) When you enter the Stittsville Library Branch, you will quickly…
Forecast for snow, cold, a job fair and events for the weekend and next week
(Snowy splendour along the Trans-Canada Trail) Brace yourself for a snowy weekend, but don’t stay inside. Get out and enjoy some of the events and activities taking place over the…
Jessica and Omar Sultan – bring an old farm to life and how they did it
(Jessica and Omar Sultan presenting their sanctuary farm life at the Stittsville Library on January 8, 2020. Photo: Stittsville Central) The Grace Thompson meeting room of the Stittsville Library was…
Sunflowers harvested and barn less chilly just in time for winter at Sultan farm
(Harvesting the sunflower seeds at the Sultan Farm Sanctuary in November 2019. All photos: Jessica Sultan) If you passed our farm in the afternoon of 11 November, 2019, you would have…
Stittsville Goulbourn Horticultural Society photo contest opens
If you are devoted to photography then this should interest you. The Stittsville Goulbourn Horticultural Society has opened its annual photo competition. The classes, judging criteria and rules for the 2020 photo…