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.
The Highway of Heroes Trees Campaign
LEAF (Local Enhancement & Appreciation of Forests)
Trees CO2
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.
10,000 Trees for the Rouge, Friends of the Rouge Watershed
Toronto Regional Conservation Authority (TRCA)
Ports Toronto
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.
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
York Region
Park People
summerlunch+ at Thorncliffe Park
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
Evergreen
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.
City of Toronto Public Parks
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.