City of Toronto’s free “Spring Awakening” gardening seminar
You are invited to Spring Awakening, a free spring gardening seminar on May 1, 2010, featuring guest speaker Lorraine Mennen. The seminar will provide tips and tricks to help make your garden fabulous and water efficient!
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more information.
Unleash your urban farmer at Canada Blooms
Join us at Canada Blooms, March 17 to 21, Direct Energy Centre, as we introduce the City's feature garden (G24) - Get Growing Toronto! Urban Agriculture in our City. Get tips to grow vegetables, herbs and fruits in any space; meet with experts in the field; sign up for a free WaterSaver visit; and so much more! Visit
canadablooms.com for show information.
Take A Load Off Toronto!
Save $140 on a new Energy Star® qualified clothes washer and get a free eco-friendly drying rack.
From April 1 to June 30, visit The Home Depot or Caplan’s Appliances stores in Toronto for an instant $80 off ENERGY STAR qualified washers and a free drying rack (while supplies last) from Toronto Hydro. Combine this with the $60 mail-in rebate on high-efficiency washers from the
City of Toronto’s Residential Washer Replacement Program for a total savings of $140.
For more details on Toronto Hydro’s Take A Load Off program visit:
torontohydro.com/wash.
Change of Requirements for Toilet Rebate Eligibility
On July 1, 2009 we changed our requirements for toilet rebate eligibility to comply with Unified North American Requirements (UNAR). If you purchased a toilet in 2009 that was formerly on our list but was removed due to the change in standards, you must submit your application for a rebate to our office by December 31, 2009. The current list of eligible toilets can be found
here.
Free lawn and garden visits, reserve now!
Toronto Water is now reserving spaces for the 2010 Summer WaterSaver Visits. To date we have helped over 7,000 homeowners save water by creating water-efficient landscapes. When you sign up for a visit, a trained landscape advisor will come to your home and answer your gardening questions absolutely free of charge - offering a wide range of advice from dealing with weeds to planting a water efficient garden. You will also receive a WaterSaver gardening kit and much more! Space is limited! Sign up now by calling the Water Efficiency Office at 416-392-7000, or email your name, address and contact phone number to
savewater@toronto.ca.
