Enhancing and maintaining a natural shoreline is one of the best things landowners can do to protect lake ecosystems. Ontario Nature’s conservation biologist, Jessica Middleton, and her sister Colleen began restoring their cottage waterfront two years ago by establishing a no-mow zone and allowing native plants to grow. In 2014, they went a step further.by planting additional native plants that provide wildlife habitat, protect the shoreline from erosion and deter pesky Canada geese.Learn more about Jessica’s shoreline naturalization in her fall 2014 magazine article, “Bringing nature back to the cottage”.
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- No-mow zone with spruce tree and native herbaceous plants
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- Family dog surveys no-mow zone
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- Native shrubs and flowers to be planted
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- Colleen Middleton with nannyberry
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- Middleton sisters planting native vegetation
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- Colleen Middleton planting blue cohosh
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- Jessica Middleton planting trillium
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- Colleen with false Solomon’s seal
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- Jessica Middleton planting baneberry
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- Middleton sisters planting native vegetation, Credit: Sean Middleton
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- Tiger swallowtail enjoying the Joe-pye weed
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- Sisters celebrate after a hard day’s work
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