Overall Rating Bronze - expired
Overall Score 35.74
Liaison Taryn Wilkinson
Submission Date Oct. 3, 2013
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Niagara College Canada
OP-T2-19: Native Plants

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.25 / 0.25 Al Unwin
Chair, School of Environmental & Horticultural Studies
School of Environmental & Horticultural Studies
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Does the institution prioritize the use of native plant species in landscaping?:
Yes

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A brief description of the native plant program, policy, or practice:
Niagara College does prioritize native species on site. At the Welland Campus the Green Lung Plan was developed as a landscape strategy to increase sustainability and naturalization on site. The plan focuses on restoring regional plant communities including meadow, Carolinian forest and wetland communities. The Niagara-on-the-Lake Campus landscape strategy, titled The Campus as a Living Lab, has similar principles and focuses on creating natural habitats including native species. The Niagara-on-the-Lake campus sits at the bottom of the Niagara Escarpment, a designated world biosphere reserve, so it is important Niagara College prioritizes native species to assist in the protection of this reserve.

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