A group of students in a SUSTAIN course at McMaster University have partnered with Stop Sprawl HamOnt to get more youth involved in the Stop Sprawl movement. They want youth to know that 5400 acres of valuable natural lands such as farmlands and biodiverse regions and 1900 acres of land already protected in the Greenbelt…
Help us maintain the miniforest sites we planted. Stewardship events include: invasive species removal and general clean-up maintenance. Click the button for more details and to sign up. Stewardship at King and Pottruff Stewardship at Windermere Basin Park
Green Venture is pleased to announce a $35,000 grant from the Hamilton Community Foundation’s Community Health, Education and Research Fund to evaluate Hamilton’s first Mini Forest plantings. Green Venture established the City’s first Mini Forest at Windermere Basin Park in 2021. Since that time 3 other Mini Forests have been planted in Hamilton, including at…
With the help of 30 volunteers, over 40 bags of weeds and invasive plant species across 10 different green spaces in Hamilton such as Windermere Basin Park Mini Forest and Good Shepherd Depave Planting locations were removed! Why is it important to be stewards of our land? Putting trees in the ground is a…
Our rain barrel sale is on! We’ve partnered with Rainbarrel.ca to get more rain barrels to Hamilton and surrounding areas. When: June 2023 Where: Home delivery to any address in Hamilton, ON (fee of $10 per barrel) What: Affordable and sturdy rain barrels and downspout diverters and connection hoses are available. Click here to…
The tree planting season is coming to an end, and we are thrilled to announce that we have grown Hamilton’s urban forest in partnership with CityHousing Hamilton with 8 new native trees planted! Join us on a tour of our latest Hamilton Tree Equity project planting locations: Our first stop is at Sherwood Place, a…
Adding native plants in our gardens, balconies, yards, and parks – even small patches – helps to build a more resilient, sustainable, and healthy Hamilton. That’s why we’re excited to share our collection of native wildflower plants, grown in the EcoHouse solarium, with you. Our 2022 Native Plant Sale order form is now open with…
As spring is slowly coming to an end and summer is just around the corner, Green Venture is wrapping up its first CityHousing Hamilton (CHH) tree planting initiative. Last year, we started off this project by conducting tree inventories using the Neighborwoods© assessment across 20 CHH properties across Hamilton. We were able to assess almost…
Across the globe, cities are experimenting with tiny forests or micro-forests as a way to connect people back to nature and to grow trees in dense urban areas. Traditional tree plantings that require a lot of space don’t always fit in cities, and urban tree planting has, up until recently, been dominated by non-native species.…
Halloween season is upon us! Many of us at Green Venture LOVE Halloween, but we don’t love the waste that comes with it. Here are our favourite easy tips for cutting down on the waste – but not the fun – of Halloween! Pumpkins In Canada, we grow roughly 80,000 tonnes of pumpkins each…