Create Beautiful Home Landscapes
Help your yard flourish and brighten your community. Join us for a workshop or use our helpful resources to create beautiful and sustainable yards and gardens. Find inspiration and simple steps to help you:
- Garden with locally native plants
- Create rain-ready gardens
- Attract birds and butterflies to your yard
- Build climate change resilience
- Add colour and curb appeal to your neighbourhood
Urban Homeowner Programs
Homeowners in eligible neighbourhoods can request a free tree or shrub that CVC’s home planting team will deliver and help plant. Trees and shrubs are also available for purchase.
Join us for a workshop, webinar or event to learn more about sustainable landscaping, top tips for caring for your yard, managing stormwater beautifully, landscaping for pollinators and creating bird-friendly yards.
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In recent years, there’s been a lot of press about “No-Mow May”, a call-to-action urging us to leave …
In most cases, pruning trees and shrub is best done before they “wake up” from their winter dormancy …
Quercus macrocarpa Planting native oak trees helps combat the lack of habitat caused by invasive species in our …
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- Sustainable Gardening and Landscaping
- Invasive Plants
- Native Plants
- Landscaping for Birds
- Landscaping for Pollinators
- Rain-Ready Landscapes
- Caring for Your Green Yard
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Program Eligibility
Residents and landowners in the Credit River Watershed are eligible for our programs. Use our property look up tool to check to see if you’re eligible.