April 23, 2026 – Rebecca Willison, DMM
This page provides the key resources shared during our Natural Edge webinar led by Rebecca Willison of the District Municipality of Muskoka.
The Natural Edge program is a follow-up to the Love Your Lake shoreline assessments conducted on Gull and Silver Lakes in 2023.
Property owners who wish to improve their shoreline health can receive free professional guidance on how to naturalize and restore their waterfront in practical, manageable steps.
Use the link below to:
- Access your personalized Love Your Lake report
- Register for a free shoreline site visit
- Learn about shoreline planting and naturalization
- Explore additional stewardship information and plant sourcing
Healthy shorelines protect water quality, reduce erosion, improve wildlife habitat, and preserve the natural beauty and health of our lakes for generations to come.
To get your survey code to order your LYL property report: stewardship@muskoka.on.ca
- Grow Me Instead Guide: https://www.ontarioinvasiveplants.ca/resources/grow-me-instead/
- The Natural Edge brochure: https://www.muskoka.on.ca/en/Environment/Documents-and-Forms/MuskokaTNEBrochure2025-Web.pdf
- The Natural Edge Site Visit: https://online-forms.muskoka.on.ca/Environment-Forms/Natural-Edge-Program-Registration
- Georgian Bay Biosphere Planting for Pollinators Guide: https://georgianbaybiosphere.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Planting-for-Pollinators-A-Guide-for-Eastern-Georgian-Bay.pdf
- The Natural Edge Native Plant Database: https://naturaledge.watersheds.ca/plant-database/
- Muskoka Conservancy Native Plant Sale: https://www.muskokaconservancy.org/native-plant-sale
- Muskoka Lakes Association Family Seedling Day: https://www.mla.on.ca/Seedling-Day
- Hidden Habitat Native Plant Nursery: https://www.hiddenhabitat.ca/store/
- Guide to Preparing a Shoreline Naturalization Planting Plan: https://watersheds.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Guide-to-Preparing-a-Shoreline-Naturalization-Planting-Plan.pdf
- The Natural Edge website: https://naturaledge.watersheds.ca/
- The Natural Edge Muskoka webpage: https://www.muskoka.on.ca/en/environment/natural-edge-program.aspx