The Municipality of Brighton now has an official flower.
Taking advice from the Brighton Garden Club, council has chosen the native perennial Aqulegia Canadensis which is commonly known as Wild Columbine as a symbol for the community.
The Garden Club made their suggestion based on several criteria including:
– Native Flower to Municipality of Brighton.
– Environmentally all Native plants play an important role for native pollinators to survive.
– Reaching out to Indigenous Community ie Radek Odolczyk, biologist for the Black Oak Savanna/Tall
Grass Prairie at Alderville First Nation’s.
– Reaching out to Ewa Bednarczuk, Ecology & Stewardship Specialist of Lower Trent Conservation.
– Reviewed land mass makeup dominance of Municipality – three parks; many wooded lots; open land
(in that order).
– The native flower either photographed or designed by an artist would be transferable to banners,
flags, shirts, hats etc.
Wild Columbine.
Wild Columbine is a flowering plant in the Buttercup family can be seen in various parts of Brighton and the surrounding area.
The petals of Columbine flowers are spurred, which is the major characteristic that sets Columbine flowers apart. Columbine is derived from the Latin word for ‘dove.’ They are called so because an inverted Columbine flower resembles a cluster of 5 doves.
Columbine flowers are highly effective in attracting hummingbirds that make them a favorite of birdwatchers. They have beautiful, bell-shaped
flowers that make them excellent garden flowers.
Columbine flowers bloom from mid-spring till early-summer. Columbine plants are short-lived, living up to 2 to 3 years only. However,
these plants produce seeds prolifically and often persist in gardens.
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