Our partners are planting trees where they can: neighbourhood streets, laneways and highways; parks and ravines; front yards, backyards, campuses and community gardens; along the waterfront and in the woodlands surrounding the GTA.
Funding provides for 100,000 seedlings that will be planted in the Greenbelt, Spring/Fall 2021 and covers the cost for stewardship and care post-planting protocols. Another 2,650 trees will be planted by Trees CO2 students.
150,000 trees will be planted along the 401 corridor and on nearby properties where owners agree to reforestation on five acres or more. Funding also provided for 70,000 trees planted in 2020. In partnership with Forests Ontario.
Funds for 2000 trees and shrubs to be planted by community groups Spring/Summer 2021 in the York and Durham regions. An additional 250 trees to be distributed to residents in York Region through the LEAF Backyard Tree Program.
Co-founders, Lauren and Kaitlin, launched The Step Up Challenge, a campaign to engage fellow students in a fitness challenge and in a campaign to raise money for trees. Funds paid for 2,650 trees to be planted by Forests Ontario. Another 2,500 trees will be planted by students at Claireville Conservation Area. Funding provided by GrandTrees and Mackenzie Investments. In partnership with the Toronto Regional Conservation Authority (TRCA), Spring 2021.
Funds have been earmarked for 4,000 trees and shrubs that will be planted Fall 2021 by two community groups adjacent to Point Rouge Trail Park in the Rouge watershed. These in-person events will meet physical distancing and other safety guidelines.
The TRCA has identified some great lowland forest and riparian planting opportunities and have plans for 7,000 native trees and shrubs in the Claireville Conservation Area.
600 trees and shrubs will be planted Spring/Fall 2021 at the Outer Harbour Marina, located between the Port Lands, one of Toronto’s most significant urban renewal projects and Tommy Thomson Park. Part of a broader effort to ensure Toronto’s waterfront assets provide a wildlife refuge and recreational opportunities for generations to come. In partnership with The Toronto Regional Conservation Authority.
An arboretum of nearly 500 native trees and shrubs including a Vimy Oak honouring Canadian vets was planted on National Tree Day, September 2020 at the eastern edge of the Mclean Estate property. Opportunity to plant more in 2021. In partnership with Highway of Heroes Tree Campaign.
Phase One of the Nobleton Forest Restoration Plan to restore a native hardwood/mixed wood habitat involves the planting of conifer seedlings. Scheduled for Spring 2022, south of the 15th Sideroad and west of the 8th Concession.
Park People planted trees at five Toronto Community Housing locations, in the Summer/Fall 2020. Funds supported a tree stewardship program for residents. In partnership with LEAF (Local Enhancement and Appreciation of Forests) and The Toronto Community Housing Corporation.
Funds paid for training community residents in fruit tree viticulture and the care of 40 fruit trees planted on Thorncliffe Park Drive on Earth Day, April 22, 2020. In partnership with Orchard People.
“It is a very special feeling to know that these trees I planted will be around long after I've moved on " - Zia, Resident
Ten pawpaw trees were planted Summer 2020 in the indigenous agriculture garden at The Brick Works. The pawpaw is the only temperate species in a family of tropical fruit trees native to North America. Climate change and food insecurity has brought more attention to this resilient tree and its large, nutritious fruit. Cared for by Isaac Crosby, Evergreen’s Lead Hand of Urban Agriculture.
GrandTrees will match funds from City of Toronto’s capital budget for plantings in two public parks - on land recently acquired by the city adjacent to Grand Avenue Park (Etobicoke) and in Earl Bales Park (North York) on an area surrounding a universally accessible playground installed in 2018. Fall 2020/Spring 2021.
Elm and red oak were planted along Nelson Mandela Walk and Gould Street, part of a broader plan to plant native species, diversify and double the number of trees on campus. Spring 2020
Acorns and other seeds are collected and replanted as young saplings near their original site to increase their chance to survive and thrive. Where possible, plantings are done by local school groups. Spring/Summer 2020, 2021. In partnership with the University of Toronto.
Plans to green the edges of private properties along public laneways in Leslieville, the Garden District, Carleton Village and Central Hospital Lane. Spring 2021. In partnership with TD Friends of the Environment and the City of Toronto.
Six resident associations are working with researchers from the University of Toronto to remove invasives and restore native heritage species to the Yellow Creek, Mud Creek ravines and the ravines on The Beltline Trail.
Wilder is fast-tracking global reforestation efforts by imagining nature-based climate solutions that improve biodiversity and enhance resiliency.
Two active and respected non-profits advocating for a bold urban forest strategy as they plan this year’s tree give aways and community/professional tree plantings through the Trees Please program. Funds raised locally.
Opportunities are being explored to plant native trees and shrubs on the Black Creek table land at Keele and to restore woodlands there and on the property along a Don Valley ravine tributary at Glendon campus. Fall 2021, Spring 2022
