April 23, 2025
Community Volunteer Tree Planting
This bed has been prepared in advance of a volunteer tree planting event that will be held on Wednesday, June 4th. Volunteers will plant 150 trees, which will then be maintained by the City of Calgary. The soil in the bed has been prepared by loosening and adding compost and mulch. The volunteers will plant a lot of trees in the bed, which allows Mother Nature to select the trees that will grow best. This provides the greatest chance of growing a successful, biodiverse group of trees. As the trees grow, they will provide many benefits. It will become a biodiverse habitat where a variety of plants and animals can live, sequester carbon which helps mitigate climate change and will offer other climate-positive benefits including reduced stormwater runoff and improved air quality. It will also offer us shade on a sunny day and be a beautiful place for the community to enjoy. If you have any questions about this project, please email yyctrees@calgary.ca. Want to help out with the tree planting, please register here.
March 31, 2025
The City of Calgary has teamed up with Green Calgary to offer Calgarians a $50 rebate on up to two rain barrels starting April 1, 2025. www.calgary.ca/water/programs/rainbarrel.html
