Tree Planting

Each year we plant and transplant native tree and shrub species to the old field white spruce cutting and throughout the Cymbria area. With any luck, people in a couple of hundred years from now will be looking up in awe at the giant trees that we cared for in this lifetime!

We will be actively trying to trick someone into advising us about selectively thinning the new growth, as well as our options on dealing with the (invasive) buckthorn which has been spreading throughout the area.

Wildflowers & Pollinators

We were able to purchase native swamp milkweed and yellow coneflower from Macphail Woods Nursery...and now we're hooked! We've been collecting seeds and plan on adding as many new varieties of native wildflowers that we can get our hands on. Any donations/ trades would be gladly accepted.

We can't have wildflowers, fruit, and berries without pollinators, so why not throw in some honey bees? In 2019, we will be adding another 4 colonies (for a total of 13)!

Nature Trail

In 2009, Robyn J. Wells helped identify many plant species along our nature trail and created our guidebook (thanks Robyn!). When budget allows, we will do our best to start leveling parts of the trail so that it is easier for the elderly to navigate. We have also cut a narrow extension trail (2018) that branches off the main trail and winds through the new growth and ends at the apiary.


Much More…

Our bat boxes have been sitting empty for numerous years now (white nose syndrome?), but hopefully it was a good sign that we saw a few flying around! Cindy has been perfecting her non-toxic weed killer, and stocking the mini-golf pond with fish that eat the mosquito larvae. Jim is using friendlier cleaning products, and very rarely needs to use chemicals on the grounds. Trent replaced the oil fired pool heater with a solar system, and is always toying with new energy ideas. We’re not militant environmentalists…we’re just trying to do the best we can. Join the Foundation or come camping to see what we’re up to!

Cymbria Nature Trail

Coneflowers in November

Cymbria Apiary

Oak seedling