The Canadian Council of Invasive Species (CCIS) will be promoting National Invasive Species Awareness Week from May 19-23, 2020. 

To celebrate they will be hosting webinars throughout the week. Listen to Vicki Simkovic from the Ontario Invasive Plant Council give an update on the success of the Grow Me Instead program on Wednesday May 20, 2020 from 1-2:PM:

“Be Plant Wise: Preventing the Spread of Garden Invaders through Partnership”

Learn how the CCIS has worked in partnership with industry through the National Invasive Horticulture Working Group to develop key components of the Be Plant Wise program including a National Code of Conduct and how the CCIS is continuing to expand the program across Canada. Also, hear from Vicki Simkovic of the Ontario Invasive Plant Council on how their Grow Me Instead Program has “grown” into a successful provincial campaign and the steps they have taken to expand and maintain the program.

To register for this and other webinars, visit: https://mailchi.mp/11032…/ccisdecember2020newsletter-7951404