Source Feed: CFRA - 580 - Ottawa
Publication Date: May 14, 2026 - 17:20
Stay informed
Ottawa Now - What is 'No Mow May'?
May 14, 2026
If you keep your ear close to the grapevine, and you follow a gardening Facebook group, there’s a good chance you’ve heard of ‘No Mow May’. But what is the method to all this madness? Well, it’s a conservation initiative that encourages homeowners to refrain from mowing their lawns during the month of May – a way to promote the presence of early-season pollinators like bees and butterflies. Kristy Cameron picks the brain of gardening expert Carson Arthur on today's Ottawa Now.
Got a question for Carson? Here's how to get it answered LIVE on the show...
- Send an email to ottawanow@cfra.com
- Text us at 1-800-580-2372
- Give us a ring at 613-521-8255
'In The Garden' airs every Thursday afternoon at 4:30 until gardening season is over.
Unpublished Newswire
The state of Israel is “the most successful land‑back project, the greatest decolonization project,” a New Zealand Māori activist told the first-of-its-kind Building Indigenous‑Jewish Friendship conference in Toronto on Monday. “From my Māori perspective, a key point is that there was always a continuous Jewish presence in the land; they kept the fires burning, and that is what indigeneity looks like to us,” Dr. Sheree Trotter told roughly 70 activists, academics and community figures convened at Toronto’s Beth Torah synagogue. The conference was the culmination of a weekend of local...
June 9, 2026 - 11:48 | Special to National Post | National Post
A Pride flag was cut down in what Ottawa police are investigating as a hate-motivated incident in the city's rural west end Sunday evening. Read More
June 9, 2026 - 11:43 | Michael McBean | Ottawa Citizen
June 9, 2026 - 11:03 | David Baxter | The Globe and Mail
Comments
Be the first to comment