Are AVs the end of the private car?
I don’t like cars very much. Not just because they’re dangerous and noisy and climate changing—most cars are all of those things—but because of how they have taken over our […]
Fall in Hampton Park
Map & Sign Examples
UNAs 121 and 122
In the early 2000s, the City of Ottawa assessed and categorized all of the urban natural areas within the newly amalgamated boundaries. As a result of these assessments, the land […]
1977 Ecological Inventory of NCC Urban Corridors
C. Billington and E.W. Tozer, Interpretation Section, National Capital Commission Ecological Inventory of NCC Urban Corridors – august 1977 From the Introduction: “The demand for the organized development of […]
Spring and summer in Hampton Park
Get ’em while you still can
As some of you may know, public funding for the Ontario Invasive Plant Council was eliminated in June 2019. Many of its resources are no longer available to purchase but […]
One morning in Hampton Park
Photos by Sharon Boddy, taken early morning, April 13, 2019
Trillium & Trout Lily
Winter slumbering in the open air, Wears on his smiling face a dream of Spring! — Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Work Without Hope. Lines Composed on a Day in February Every year […]
Purslane & coconut body lotion
To make purslane body lotion, all you need is purslane and coconut oil. Purslane contains a mucilaginous substance, which sounds icky, but it just means that it’s a thickening agent, so […]
