In Canada, National Tree Day takes place on the Wednesday of National Forest Week in September. Today, September 22 we are celebrating trees! Originally, we wanted to celebrate by giving back to the trees at EcoHouse but the rain has us indoors thanking the trees for all the hard work they do in rain! Depending…
Zero Waste (or Lower Waste) Parties for Kids As things begin to open back up and many kids return to school, we may start seeing an increase in an event that has been a distant memory for many of us: children’s birthday parties with other people present. As much as our Kindergartener loved his…
As the tomato bounty roles in, there are dozens of potential future tomatoes tucked into each delicious fruit. Often tomato seeds are eaten or scooped out and composted when they could be saved for future growing seasons. This is an opportunity to save the varieties you love, practice food sovereignty and to save money on…
The decrease of green space due to urbanization has many negative impacts on our cities. This includes increases in air and noise pollution, floods from extreme storms, increases in temperatures caused by the urban heat island effect, and removal of biodiversity. Trees play an important role in our lives! It’s important that we increase awareness…
Canada’s next federal election is quickly approaching. On September 20th we all have the opportunity to make our voices heard and vote for the people and parties that we believe will best represent us and our priorities. As an environmental non-profit the issues of climate change and biodiversity loss are particularly important to us this…
3-30-300 Rule: Can you see three trees from your home? If the answer is no, there’s work to be done. Urban Forestry professor and researcher Dr. Cecil Konijnendijk recently put forward a guiding rule for cities and their urban forests called the 3-30-300 Rule. Every resident should have three trees in view of their home,…
In celebration of National Forest Week Green Venture is making September urban forest month with Communi-TREE! Connect with us this month to learn more about our urban forest, engage in stewardship activities, and grow our canopy! Trees are important to our daily lives from cleaning the air we breathe, to cooling our cities, and helping…
Adding native plants in our gardens, balconies, yards, and parks – even small patches – helps to build a more resilient, sustainable, and healthy Hamilton. Adding native plants helps pollinators thrive, supports biodiversity to expand, and helps make our city greener. That’s why Green Venture is excited to announce our 2021 Plant Sale and Share.…
Introducing the Ecohouse Community Orchard Over the last three months, Ecohouse has become home to three new fruit trees and two fruit shrubs which we received from the wonderful team at TreeMobile. This non-profit, volunteer run team is passionate about providing food security through plant ownership and supplying community members with their own climate appropriate…
Grow a Row: Tomato Care and Seed Saving This time of year is one of abundance in the garden. Nothing illustrates this better than the huge, red tomatoes weighing down the tomato plants. At Green Venture, we have celebrated our tomatoes in several ways thus far this year: selling tomato seedlings at our seedling sale…