Weds May 27: What's Happening in Your Community
News and updates involving City of Owen Sound, Municipality of Meaford, Grey County, Bruce Trail Nature Conservancy, BGCDSB, Meaford Hall, Port Elgin Legion Branch 340, and more
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With spring planting season in full swing, it's a good moment to talk about a quiet movement taking root across the region.
In 2023, volunteers planted a Tiny Forest at Peninsula Shores District School in Wiarton — a tennis-court-sized patch of densely packed native trees and shrubs designed to grow fast and pull double duty as a biodiversity hotspot and outdoor classroom. Five more have followed across the region since.
Leigh Grigg and Beth Anne Currie of The Sustainability Project explain the Miyawaki method, the local sites already in the ground, and what it takes to start one.
What Are Tiny Forests & Why Is Everyone Planting Them?
Last month at the Mooi Nature Preserve south of Owen Sound, Escarpment Biosphere Conservancy (EBC) installed a mini forest designed in a clearing, to add native woodland plants to a dry area.
Public Notice
Grey County to Close Portion of Grey Road 40 for Emergency Culvert Replacement: The road will be closed between Grey Road 7 and Grey Road 13 for approximately five weeks beginning on May 27 - Grey County
Notice of Patio Installation and Temporary Street Parking Disruption on Sykes Street beginning June 1 at 6:00 a.m. - Municipality of Meaford
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Today’s edition includes new charges for an Owen Sound man already accused in a fatal hit-and-run, City Council’s approval for a new high school and deferral on 4th Ave West reconstruction, increasing water and sewer rates, updates on the Talisman Forest Nature Reserve, a lengthy list of drug charges for a Kincardine couple, and a lot more.
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