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

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
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Sneha Madhavan-Reese is the author of two poetry collections, Observing the Moon and Elementary Particles.

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Conyer Clayton
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Conyer Clayton is a queer writer, editor, and bookseller from Louisville, Kentucky living in Ottawa.

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Anita Lahey
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Anita Lahey loves wandering Ottawa’s pockets of urban wild.

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Blaine Marchand
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Blaine Marchand has been active in the literary scene in Ottawa for over 50 years.

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David O’Meara
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David O'Meara is the author of five collections of poetry and a novel, Chandelier.

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D.S. Stymeist
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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
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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
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Laurie Koensgen’s poetry has appeared internationally in more than 100 journals, anthologies and online magazines.

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