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25 Aug
Clean North news updates

Want to grow native plants but can’t find any? Grow your own using winter sowing!

Posted by author-avatar CleanNorth
January 2, 2026
As part of our Invasive Plant Species Education Project, we urge gardeners to replace invasive plants with native ones. Native plants b...
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01 Aug
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Invasive plants cause harm: How gardeners and property owners can help stop them

Posted by author-avatar CleanNorth
December 14, 2025
Check out the Sault/Algoma Grow Me Instead Guide for a list of locally concerning invasives as well as native/pollinator plant alternat...
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02 Aug
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Do your homework before touching invasive Japanese knotweed—or you could make the problem much worse

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May 7, 2025
Japanese knotweed is one of the most frustrating and damaging invasive species in Canada—but many Canadian websites are dispensing advi...
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17 Apr
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How pets can harm the environment—and how you can help reduce their impacts

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March 16, 2024
Fluffy and her feline friends pose a major threat to Canada's songbirds. Our pets bring us much comfort and joy—but they come with ...
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21 Sep
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Growing native plants: Not as simple as you might think

Posted by author-avatar CleanNorth
January 18, 2024
So you’ve decided you want to grow native plants. Maybe you are getting rid of invasive plant species and are embracing natives as alte...
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17 Sep
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Keep an eye out for invasive European frog-bit—a water lily imposter

Posted by author-avatar CleanNorth
September 18, 2023
By guest writer Emma Jones* European frog-bit (Hydrocharis morsus-ranae) is a damaging invasive aquatic plant that was introduced as...
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02 Jun
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Take the Clean North Invasive Plant Pledge

Posted by author-avatar CleanNorth
August 3, 2023
Are you ready and willing to tackle invasive plants in your yard? Then take the Clean North Invasive Plant Pledge! So why pitch in t...
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26 Apr
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It’s time to stop rationalizing hanging onto invasive plants

Posted by author-avatar CleanNorth
July 22, 2023
You'd be hard-pressed to find a gardener who thinks it's ok to allow purple loosestrife, garlic mustard, or dog-strangling vine to flou...
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photos of invasive species and native alternatives
30 Jan
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New guide spotlights the worst invasive plants in the Sault/Algoma—and what to grow instead

Posted by author-avatar CleanNorth
March 20, 2023
Gardeners and property owners in the Sault/Algoma now have their very own Grow Me Instead Guide. Produced by Clean North, this guide sp...
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23 Feb
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Clean North booth at Seedy Saturdays: New Grow Me Instead Guide, winter sowing demo, fun with worms!

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February 25, 2023
Hey, folks, be sure to attend Seedy Saturday Sault and Seedy Saturday Algoma! The new Sault/Algoma Grow Me Instead Guide to invasive pl...
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