Urban Forest Associates Inc.

UFORA organizes the Annual Richmond Hill Rotary Tree Planting at the Oak Ridges Corridor Conservation Reserve with the help of young volunteers from Bond Lake Public School.

Planting flowers this weekend?

Often we are drawn to exotic plants from Europe and Asia because of their vivid colour and foliage, not realizing how these plants could affect our natural vegetation here at home. Many of these plants and flowers turn out to be invasive, choking and depriving our natural Canadian flora of any good chances of growth. Here are our top 5 picks for the most beautiful native flowers that would look stunning in Toronto ravines and gardens (and help a few bees and butterflies too!)

This past Saturday, local students from east Toronto gave a helping hand to plant native ferns in an area that had previously been overrun with invasive plants. The planting day was headed by UFORA’s Stephen Smith who provided the necessary equipment and materials for the planting and was funded by the TD Friends of the Environment Foundation through their grants program.

Join Paula Davies and Stephen Smith as they lead a walk along the Todmorden Mills’ Wildflower Preserve Trail, a site that is abundant with dead trees and home to a variety of plants and animals. This walk explores dead trees in various stages of decomposition and the different life forms that are supported by them, including wildflowers and Toronto’s unofficial mushroom species, Dryad’s Saddle.