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October roses are still putting on a show. 🌹🍂Soft pinks, warm apricot, creamy yellow and deep mauve — every bloom feels ...
10/04/2026

October roses are still putting on a show. 🌹🍂
Soft pinks, warm apricot, creamy yellow and deep mauve — every bloom feels a little more special when the season is already changing.
These late roses are a beautiful reminder that fall still has plenty of color left.
Which one would you choose? 🌿

10/02/2026

Meet the hickory tussock moth caterpillar. 🐛
This fluffy-looking caterpillar is easy to recognize by its white hairs and black markings. It feeds on the leaves of trees such as maple, oak, walnut, and birch.
By fall, it starts looking for a protected place to make a cocoon and spend the winter.
It may look soft and harmless, but it’s best not to touch it. Its tiny hairs can irritate the skin and cause itching.
Another good reminder that in nature, “fuzzy” doesn’t always mean “pet me.” 🌿

Hello, October! 🎃🍂Pumpkin season, crisp air, changing leaves and all the little signs that fall is truly here.Here’s to ...
10/01/2026

Hello, October! 🎃🍂
Pumpkin season, crisp air, changing leaves and all the little signs that fall is truly here.
Here’s to a month of cozy days, colorful nature and new things to discover. 🍁

Deep reds, soft pinks, warm golds and unexpected shades that seem even brighter against the darker greens of the season....
09/28/2026

Deep reds, soft pinks, warm golds and unexpected shades that seem even brighter against the darker greens of the season.
Some flowers are still holding on, giving us one last burst of color before the landscape changes completely.
A little reminder that fall isn’t only about orange leaves. Sometimes it blooms too. 🌿

09/24/2026

Fall doesn’t arrive all at once.
Sometimes you notice it in the grasses first. Their colors begin to soften, seed heads turn golden, and every stem seems to have a different texture when you run your fingers through it.
From soft and feathery to dry and crisp, late-season grasses make the changing season something you can almost feel.
A little reminder to slow down and notice how nature changes, one texture at a time. 🍂

09/22/2026

These creepy-looking webs aren’t made by spiders. 🐛🕸️ They’re built by fall webworm caterpillars (Hyphantria cunea), a species native to North America. The caterpillars live and feed together inside large silk webs that can cover the ends of entire branches. As they grow, they expand the web to reach more leaves.
Fall webworms feed on many kinds of deciduous trees, including cherry, birch, walnut, maple and willow. Their nests can look dramatic, but in Ontario the damage is usually limited because most feeding happens late in the growing season, after the tree has already produced much of its energy for the year.
By September, the caterpillars leave the web, drop toward the ground and pupate in leaf litter or soil. They spend the winter there before emerging later as moths. In Canada, fall webworms typically have just one generation each year.

Nature can look a little strange when you stop and look closely.

09/18/2026

Majestic Monarchs is back at ! 🦋

This weekend, you can watch monarch butterflies being tagged and released before their journey south — and you may even get to release one yourself.

📍 Butterfly Conservatory, Niagara Parks Botanical Gardens
📅 September 19–20
⏰ 11 AM–2 PM
🎟️ Free

Each butterfly gets a tiny numbered tag, so if it’s spotted later, its journey can be recorded through Monarch Watch — link in bio.

No tiny butterfly GPS, unfortunately. 😉

Can you imagine being a tiny butterfly… and flying thousands of kilometres all the way to Mexico just to survive?

Every fall, monarch butterflies leave Canada and begin an enormous journey south.

When spring comes, they start heading north again.

Because there’s no place like home.

Except… it usually isn’t the same butterfly that makes it all the way back.

The monarchs heading north mate and lay eggs along the way. Their children continue the journey, then the next generation takes over…

until monarchs reach Canada again.

It’s a journey passed from one generation to the next. 🦋

Come visit and tag in your photos so we can share the monarch magic. 💚

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