Get involved with the urban forest in your community

 

City of Guelph Healthy Landscapes Assessment Program

The Landscape Assessment Program is designed to provide information on outdoor water efficiency, preventative landscape maintenance practices, and natural pest control alternatives to Guelph residents and area business. 

Through this program, a City of Guelph Landscape Advisor will visit your property to provide site-specific suggestions and landscape advice. The focus of the landscape assessment will be catered to you to provide suggestions regarding site landscaping alternatives and to answer questions you may have.


Guelph Arboretum  

The Guelph Arboretum boasts 165 hectares of specialized gardens and botanical collections growing 1,700 different species of trees and shrubs at the University of Guelph. The arboretum is free of charge to visit, grows almost every species of tree and shrub native to Southern Ontario and is home to an abundance of wildlife. The Arboretum Auxiliary has volunteer opportunities in a number of areas including outdoor work, visitor services, event and fundraising and education.

 

Grand River Conservation Authority
The GRCA undertakes watershed and natural resource management along the Grand River. The GRCA Tree Planting Program helps private landowners who have at least one hectare space free from buildings select appropriate species of trees for their land. Landowners can either plant themselves or have the GRCA arrange a planting for them.

 

Guelph Urban Forest Friends (GUFF)

GUFF is a group of citizens who are concerned about Guelph’s urban forest. GUFF works to increase the health, integrity and area of the urban forest in Guelph through advocacy and education.

 

The County of Wellington Green Legacy
This program will plant 155,000 trees in Wellington County in 2009. Schools, municipalities, corporations, clubs and private landowners can all get involved. You can volunteer with the Green Legacy Nursery and learn skills such as seed collection, stratification, seed sowing, transplanting and tree maintenance.

 

The City of Guelph's Healthy Landscapes
This program helps residents and local businesses in Guelph reduce water usage and create a pesticide-free outdoor space through landscaping with non-invasive, drought resistant native plants, shrubs and trees. The program offers a free assessment with a landscape advisor, as well as resources for lawn and garden maintenance.

 

10,000 Trees

This environmental not-for-profit is dedicated to planting trees on public green space in the Waterloo area. 10,000 Trees also educates the public about the benefits of re-forestation and provides teachers with a curriculum on the topic for Grade 3 and 4 students.  

 

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