Flora & Fauna

May has arrived and along with it longer days. The sunrises this time of year are fabulous, with the sunsets not happening until around 8:30pm each night which makes for hours and hours of great hiking to take in around the Bruce.

This is a great time of year to get out and about, with the fiddlehead ferns sprouting and the Marsh Marigolds are blooming along the streams, and the Bruce being home to a wide variety of ferns and rare orchids make sure to take your camera along!

A few places to check out are the Bruce Peninsula National Park, Dorcas Bay (Singing Sands), Red Bay, Petrel Point and the Oliphant Fen.

The Bruce Peninsula Orchid Festival takes place June 1 & 2nd in Tobermory.

Remember protect our plants, never pick, dig or trample, take only photos please.

Share with others; let us know what and where you find unique flora and fauna on the Bruce.

Parks Canada Lookout Tower

I am sure most of you know of the Bruce Peninsula National Park, but are you aware of the NEW Parks Canada Visitor Centre and their Lookout Tower? The centre along with the lookout tower opened last summer with rave reviews. It is a great place to start in the park with lots of cool exhibits to check out and a lighthouse to walk through. Save some time to take in their movie “Life on the Edge” you won't be disappointed!

With 112 stairs to the top you can imagine the view. You can see Flowerpot Island, Bears Rump, and if it is a really clear day you can see down Georgian Bay along the Niagara Escarpment to Cabot Head Lighthouse and all the way across to Manitoulin Island.

Spend some time in the park and share your experience with us. We would love to hear from you.

Spring is in the air

March came in like a LION and is going out like a LAMB!!! The snow is melting, bulbs are rising and the birds are singing!

Take in all that the Bruce has to offer. It is a great time to hike the Bruce Trail, check out wildlife and wildflowers, the fiddleheads will be up and the Bruce is home to a variety of birds.

This weekend take in the Old Tyme Maple Syrup Festival at Saugeen Bluffs Conservation, get off the couch and spend sometime outdoors!

Canada Blooms March 7 - 11th Toronto

Spring is in the air!

It was another great show for us!! Canada Blooms is our last show of the season. A sign of spring, flowers everywhere, ladies wearing funky pins, people are happy and love our booth!! They come in asking for this years copy of the "Rural Gardens of Grey Bruce" brochure and talk about their travels to our region to take in our self-guided tour of 32 private gardens that open there doors to visitors from May - October.

This year we had different gardeners from our area in the booth each day, it was great for people to be able to talk to them about the tour, Grey & Bruce Tourism reps would like to thank them all for coming out!

Here is a photo of our booth at the show this year, there were a number of people from Grey Bruce at the show, and we would love to hear your take on the show!