by admin | May 16, 2025 | Projects, WaystationProjects
Partnership with the City of Nelson – Monarch Waystation for Fire Smart Program In 2024, KNPS partnered with the City of Nelson to create a Monarch Waystation as part of their Fire Smart program. This initiative involved planting milkweed and native plants to support...
by admin | Jun 18, 2024 | Uncategorized
Bee Biology and Identification Classroom This classroom workshop, led by Bonnie Zand RPBio (BC Native Bee Society), will provide you with identification strategies for common native bees, as well as in depth information on their nesting, overwintering, and flower...
by admin | Nov 7, 2023 | Uncategorized
KNPS is seeking a part-time administrative manager to lead our day-to-day operations and contribute to our mission of connecting people, plants, and place. If you are passionate about non-profit finance and administration, see the attached job description for more...
by admin | May 5, 2020 | Blog, Uncategorized
by admin | Apr 20, 2019 | Pollinators
About 30% of native bees, including mason bees, most leafcutter bees, and small carpenter bees make their nests in holes of dead trees or in hollow plant stems. Some species will readily use artificial nest blocks made by people. Help their habitat Be a messy...
by admin | Apr 20, 2019 | Pollinators
About 70% of native bees, including sweat bees, mining bees, long-horned bees and bumble bees nest in the ground. They are vulnerable to soil disturbance and tilling. Most ground-nesting bees don’t fly very far from their nest sites. Help their habitat...
by admin | Apr 4, 2018 | Uncategorized
Taken on March 29th, we went out looking for this Indian Potato, and we found this spring beauty. We were also looking for its special pollinator, a mining bee. Look closely at the second photo to see if you can find...
by admin | Jun 5, 2017 | Blooming Now
Growing in the same meadow that was once a field of blue camas, the creamy white flowers of the very toxic death camas show themselves after the blue has disappeared. They often grow together this way, and the bulbs are virtually indistinguishable. A good reason to be...
by admin | May 21, 2017 | Blooming Now
Naked broomrape (Orobanche uniflora) – what a terrible name for a delightful spring flower. Notice the single flowers (uniflora) on yellow leafless (naked) stems. Naked broomrape has no need for leaves as it gets its nutrition from other plants and no longer...
by admin | May 17, 2017 | Blooming Now
Violets are truly wonders of spring. In BC, there are 20 native species with flowers ranging in colour from white to yellow to lavender to, well, violet. Most flower early in spring and their small stature lends us the phrase “shrinking violet”. Ground...
