May 7, 2020: Gardening in the Kootenays: Create a Cut Flower Garden Webinar April 29, 2020…CKISS and Stone Meadow Gardens for a webinar to learn the basics of how to create your own cut flower garden. Learn how to grow these beautiful calendulas in your… Read more
Native Plant Demonstration Gardens June 24, 2021…Native Plant Garden Video for a peek into the building of the native garden. Photo credits: Ivy Miller. Regional District of Central Kootenay Xeriscape… Read more
Pollinator garden at Elk Root Conservation Farm. Planting For Pollinators: Create A Beautiful Bee Friendly Garden. Webinar Recording and Resources. July 11, 2020Watch our webinar to learn how you can create a beautiful bee friendly garden. Whether you are looking to start a garden from scratch, supplement your existing gardens with bee… Read more
Clean,Drain,Dry billboards are up in the Kootenays! A roadside reminder to water enthusiasts to clean their boat & equipment to protect our waters from invasive species. August 20, 2018…Central and West Kootenay area kicked off in June 2018 and will run until October 2018. To date, the CKISS staff have collected over 60 samples at 30 sites within… Read more
Nelson Broom Bash at Pulpit Rock – July 23 & 25, 2025 – hosted by West Kootenay Youth Climate Corps July 9, 2025…invasive Scotch Broom from our community, near Pulpit Rock! Register here: [https://docs.google.com/…/1FAIpQLSd37O-lD…/viewform…] When: Wednesday, July 23, 2025- 3-6pm Friday, July 25, 2025 – 9am-12pm Where: Johnstone Road by Pulpit Rock-… Read more
INVASIVE PLANT ALERT: Toxic Black Henbane has been found in Nelson. Report ALL sightings! June 14, 2024For the first time, there has been a confirmed sighting of black henbane (Hyoscyamus niger) in Nelson. CKISS urges the public to be on the lookout for this invasive species… Read more
July 21, 2021 – CKISS will be at the Nelson Cottonwood Market July 16, 2021On Wednesday July 21 the CKISS Outreach Booth will be at the Cottonwood Market in Nelson. Come by to learn about the American bullfrogs, zebra mussels and how they are… Read more
September 4, 2021 – CKISS PlantWise Outreach Booth is at Morris Flowers Garden Centre in Creston September 2, 2021On September 4, the CKISS outreach booth is at Morris Greenhouse in Creston! Stop by to learn about the invasive plants you might have in your garden and how to… Read more
Volunteer Opportunity: Site preparation of Butterfly Habitat Interpretive Garden Syringa Workday, June 4 May 27, 2022The Kootenay Native Plant Society (KNPS), as part of the Pollination Pathway program and in partnership with BC Parks, will be preparing a Butterfly Habitat Interpretive Garden (BHIG) at Syringa… Read more
Saturday March 18th, 2017 – Nelson SEEDY Saturday February 23, 2017…PlantWise Program. Become PlantWise and make your garden Invasive Free! A CKISS representative will provide information to gardening enthusiasts about horticulture’s most “unwanted” invasive plants in BC, while providing a… Read more