Cross Pollination is the Halton Region Master Gardeners monthly email newsletter. It is crafted by our Master Gardeners and packed with seasonal tips. These include:
- a monthly plant feature
- monthly gardening ‘to-do’ list
- in depth articles on a wide range of gardening topics
- garden inspiration
- question of the month
- gardening events in the community
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2025 December Cross Pollination
- Eastern Dwarf Mistletoe
- Monthly Garden ‘To-Do’ List
- Electroculture for Plant Growth
- Frost and Foliage: The Art of the Winter Garden
- Spotlight on Science: Tulipomania
- Question of the Month: What are best uses of Fall’s Fallen Leaves?
- Garden Inspiration: What makes a Good Garden Journal?
- What’s Growing On
2025 November Cross Pollination
- Bottle Gentian, Gentiana andrewsii
- Monthly Garden ‘To-Do’ List
- Monarch Awards
- Garden Journeys
- Beauty and the Beasts: Chinese silver grass, Miscanthus sinensis
- Question of the Month: Overwintering Perennials in Pots
- Garden Inspiration: Fall Colour
- What’s Growing On
2025 October Cross Pollination
- Ostrich Fern, Matteuccia struthiopteris
- Monthly Garden ‘To-Do’ List
- Beauty and the Beasts: Burning Bush
- Winter Protection for Healthy Native Trees
- Question of the Month: Help! Something Is Swarming My Milkweed
- Garden Inspiration: Living Under the Leaf Litter
- What’s Growing On
2025 September Cross Pollination
- Meadowsweet, Spirea alba
- Monthly Garden ‘To-Do’ List
- Beauty and the Beasts – Common Buckthorn
- Spotlight on Science – Bloom Beyond the Lawn
- Question of the Month: Tell me about Rain Gardens?
- Garden Inspiration: Back to (Online) School
- What’s Growing On
2025 August Cross Pollination
- American Columbo, Frasera caroliniensis, A Plant Requiring Patience
- Beauty and the Beasts: Invasive Orange Day Lily
- Monthly Garden ‘To-Do’ List
- Garden Inspiration: Insects – Biodiversity in Action
- What’s Growing On
- Question of the Month: How to Attract Dragonflies and Damselflies to my Garden?
2025 July Cross Pollination
- Ohio Spiderwort, Transcantia ohiensis
- Monthly Garden ‘To-Do’ List
- Invasive Plants: Goutweed
- Spotlight on Science – Thrips
- Question of the Month: Where Have My Fireflies Gone?
- Garden Inspiration: Task or Project?
- What’s Growing On
2025 June Cross Pollination
- Bellwort, Uvularia grandiflora
- Invasive Plants: Periwinkle, Vinca minor
- Monthly Garden ‘To-Do’ List
- Question of the Month: Witches Broom
- Strawberries in Hanging Baskets
- Garden Inspiration: Seedlings and Winter Sowing
- What’s Growing On
2025 May Cross Pollination
- Wild Columbine, Aquilegia canadensis
- Invasive Plants: “Beauty and the Beasts”
- Monthly Garden ‘To-Do’ List
- Question of the Month: Hedgerows
- Gardening Myths/Spotlight on Science
- Garden Inspiration: Matrix Planting
- What’s Growing On
2025 April Cross Pollination
- Cinnamon Fern: A Majestic Addition to your Garden
- April Monthly Garden ‘To-Do’ List
- Effects of Winter on your Garden
- Cool Weather Vegetables
- Gardening Myths/Spotlight on Science
- Question of the Month Improving Soil Health
- Garden Inspiration: Protecting Seedlings from Frost
- What’s Growing On (News and Events)
2025 March Cross Pollination
- Barren Strawberry (Geum fragarioides): An Attractive, Low Maintenance, Native Groundcover
- March Monthly Garden ‘To-Do’ List
- Under a Blanket of Snow
- Nourish Your Garden, Nourish Your Health: The Power of Brassica Vegetables
- Question of the Month: Overwatering
- Garden Inspiration: Winter Interest
- What’s Growing On (News and Events)
2025 February Cross Pollination
- Winter’s Golden Remedy: Sundrops in Bloom
- February Monthly Garden ‘To-Do’ List
- Digital Sowing Google Calendar at your Finger Tips
- The Healing Power of Gardening: Get Your Hands in the Dirt for a Happier, Healthier You
- Question of the Month: Caring for Orchids
- Garden Inspiration: Sample Garden Designs
- What’s Growing On (News and Events)
2025 January
No issue in January. Happy Holidays!
Halton region Master Gardeners 