Planting Seeds: Nature Poetry on the Trail
27 Jun 2026 • 10:30 AM–12:00 PM Eastern
Fletcher Wildlife Garden • near 865, Prince of Wales Dr, Ottawa
$20
Join us on an engaging nature walk through the Bill Holland Trail and the Fletcher Wildlife Garden with an interpreter and eight poets. All proceeds go to the Ottawa Wildflower Seed Library.
The Poets
Sneha Madhavan-Reese is the author of two poetry collections, Observing the Moon and Elementary Particles.
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Conyer Clayton is a queer writer, editor, and bookseller from Louisville, Kentucky living in Ottawa.
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We Shed Our Skin Like Dynamite
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David O'Meara is the author of five collections of poetry and a novel, Chandelier.
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DS Stymeist’s most recent collection, Cluster Flux (Frontenac Press) was short-listed for the Archibald Lampman Poetry Award.
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Ellen Chang-Richardson is an award-winning poet, hybrid genre writer, judicial assistant, editor, community organizer, and author.
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Laurie Koensgen’s poetry has appeared internationally in more than 100 journals, anthologies and online magazines.
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Small Psalms for Moving On
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