In addition to our spring and fall planting events we also need volunteers for our Community Stewardship Program. If you are interested in volunteering for the stewardship program, please e-mail Natural Environment and Community Programs at greentoronto@toronto.ca
What is the Community Stewardship Program?
The Community Stewardship Program involves volunteers in on-going maintenance and monitoring activities at a restoration site of their choice.
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| The Chester Springs Marsh stewardship team. |
Chester Springs Marsh stewards moving mulch (wood chips) to spread around the base of newly planted trees and shrubs. |
Stewards planting trees at Chester Springs Marsh to replace a stand of Japanese Knotweed, a non-native invasive species, that was removed earlier in the year. |
The structure of the Community Stewardship Program
The stewardship program is structured so that participants work in a team that is guided by an experienced volunteer (team leader). Each team visits their site approximately twice a month throughout the spring and summer, and once or twice in the fall. An experienced staff person trains each team to do a number of specific duties related to their site.
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| Brick Works stewardship team watering young trees and shrubs. |
Steward monitoring water chemistry at the Glen Edyth Wetland. |
Stewards weeding water horehound at the Riverdale Farm Lower Pond. |
Stewardship activities
Teams are involved in activities such as weeding invasive non-native plant species, watering planted vegetation, collecting litter, maintaining bird boxes, building habitat brush bundles, and monitoring specific conditions of the site. Monitoring activities may include the monitoring of water chemistry, water levels, and benthic invertebrates, as well as surveys of birds, and vegetation.
Here is a list of our Stewardship sites
- Nordheimer Ravine
- Riverdale Farm
- Eglinton Flats
- Humber Bay Butterfly Habitat
- Beechwood Wetland
- Don Valley Brickworks
Don Valley sites can be found by viewing our map.
Other site directions.
Read the following Community Stewardship reports:
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| Stewardship volunteers build a "brush bundle" at the Brick Works. Brush bundles provide habitat for insects, snakes, and small mammals. |
