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  • Home
  • About
    • What is Blue Lakes?
    • Program Benefits & Risk Reduction
    • BL Charter / Performance Areas
      • Performance Areas
        • Shoreland Health
        • Citizen Science Monitoring
        • Nutrient and Input Management
        • Habitat Management, Conservation and Improvement
        • Invasive Species Management
        • The Blue Lakes Database
      • Blue Lakes Score Card
    • Is the Program Right for You?
    • Frequently Asked Questions
    • The Land Between Region – Cottage Country
    • The Charities – Label Administration
    • Project Impact Assessment
    • How to Enroll
  • Lake Stewardship
    • Lake Health Basics
    • Shoreland Health
    • Fish and Fish Habitat
    • Guides and Resources
  • Lake-based Research
    • Conservation and Human Behaviour
    • Connecting with Nature
    • Nature and Human Health
    • Lakes and Economic Health
    • Shoreline Ecology
    • Algae, Benthics, Zooplankon
    • Nutrients and Water Chemistry (Oxygen, Phosphorous, Calcium)
    • Project Impact Assessment
  • Workshops & Activities
    • Blue Lakes Programs and Workshops
      • A Turtle-y Cool Workshop
      • Bugs in the Mud
      • Good Birding Mornings
      • Land Between Wildlife Bingo
      • The ABCs of the Land Between Presentation
      • Design Your Own Shoreland Garden
    • Citizen Science Monitoring
      • Water Quality and Benthics Monitoring
      • Birds, Butterflies, Reptiles, and Wildlife Monitoring
    • Site Visits
      • The Natural Edge
  • Blue Lakes Blog
  • Blue Lakes Database

The Natural Edge

Shoreline Re-Naturalization Site Visits

Do you have lawn up to the shore? Do you want to improve your shoreline and help keep your lake healthy for future generation? Book a free site visit with a shoreline naturalization expert. During these visits, we will provide you with advice and recommendations to improve the health of your shoreline property and help you design a “natural edge” using the Watersheds Canada Natural Edge app.

If planting is recommended and you decide to move forward with a shoreline re-naturalization project, we can offer you all the resources you need to get started through the generous support of our funding sponsors. Resources in our Shoreline Re-naturalization Starter Kit include a customized planting plan, educational materials and native plants to create natural habitat along your shoreline.

For $250.00, landowners purchasing the starter kit will receive:

  • Free site visit
  • Customized re-naturalization planting plan for your shoreline property
  • 50 native plants that can include 10 potted (large) plants, 35 bare root (small) and 5 wildflowers
  • 45 Coconut fibre pads to deter grass from growing around new plantings
  • Tree guards for all deciduous trees
  • Mulch for your wildflowers
  • Plant Care Guide with instructions on how to take care of your new plants
  • Habitat Creation Guide
  • Wildflower Garden Guide

Free site visits and reduced starter kits are offered only to those with lawn to the shore.

If your shoreline is already natural and you simply want to move it ahead, attend a Design Your Own Shoreline Garden workshop or we offer site visits and custom designs at a basic cost. Ask us for more information.

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We respectfully acknowledge that The Land Between is located within Williams Treaty 20 Mississauga Anishinaabeg territory and Treaty 61 Robinson-Huron treaty territory, in the traditional territory of the Anishinaabeg. The Land Between respectfully acknowledges that these First Nations are the stewards and caretakers of these lands and waters in perpetuity and that they continue to maintain this responsibility to ensure their health and integrity for generations to come. 

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