Native Plants

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Manna Parseyan

Go Native! Supercharge Your Landscape and Local Ecology

Native wildflowers offer rich colours, textures, and seasonal blooms, creating stunning displays year-round. They are low-maintenance, hardy, and adaptable, thriving without fertilizers or pesticides. Resistant to frost, drought, and disease, they support birds, bees, butterflies, and small mammals. Each native garden becomes part of a larger effort to restore habitats. Enrich your life and ecosystem by growing native wildflowers.

Biography

Manna Parseyan has a deep love for nature and a passion for the outdoors. A native plant grower and avid birder, she holds a B.Sc. in Geology and a Master’s in Paleontology. She volunteers with the Edmonton Native Plant Society, gives talks on local flora and gardening with native plants, and actively contributes to the restoration and maintenance of local prairies. In 2018, she founded Arnica Wildflowers to address the shortage of native plant sources in the Edmonton area.