About us
Cambridge City Green is a small group of volunteers that leverage dozens of other groups and thousands of individuals in Cambridge, Ontario to "be the change they want to see in the world." City Green is composed of volunteers who develop, host, and support community environmental projects like tree planting through the Cambridge Stewardship project, litter clean ups through the Community Clean Up, and forest walks, native seeds give-aways, workshops, and movie nights. City Green has been around since 1993 and is an action-oriented subcommittee of the Cambridge Environmental Advisory Committee of Council. Cambridge City Green initiated the Cambridge Stewardship project in 2007 and over the next 10 years 75+ groups and 3,000+ volunteers planted 10,000 indigenous trees, shrubs, and wildflowers at 30 sites during 100 planting events. Every year 3000-5000 individual volunteers and 50+ groups help clean up litter through the Cambridge Community Clean Up. Each year we develop new environmental projects depending on the interests of the City Green volunteers. If you want to join Cambridge City Green in planning community projects, or starting new ones, or just want to participate in one of the events let us know.
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City Nature Challenge
Location not specified yetJoin people in 600 cities around the world taking pictures of nature through the City Nature Challenge!
Check out the Cambridge City Nature Challenge site for more info
It's easy...
- download the iNaturalist app
- find interesting plants, animals, birds, insects, trees, etc. and take a picture (as long as it's "wild", sorry, no pets, street trees, garden plants, or little brothers....)
- the app will help you identify your photo observation
- upload it and see how many more observations you can make
You can visit one of the many Cambridge trails, parks, or natural areas or join the Cambridge City Green volunteers on April 25th at 2:30pm - 4pm at Victoria Park (meet in the playground parking lot across from 105 Salisbury and then we'll take off through the forest trails. CANCELLED IF RAINING.
Here are some suggestions for natural areas around Cambridge where you could make observations:
Preston:
- Riverside Park
- confluence of Grand and Speed Rivers / Linear Park
Hespeler:
- Hespeler Mill Pond, osprey platform
- Mill Pond subdivision ponds
- Mill Run Trail
- Hespeler Woodlot
West Galt:
- Victoria Park (Galt)
- Devil's Creek Natural Area
- Willard Park forest
- Riverbluffs Park (Cambridge Pollinator Preserve)
East Galt:
- Franklin Pond
- Duncan Ferguson Homestead park
- Portuguese Swamp / Hillborn Knoll Region forest
- Lumb Dr. Wetland (stormwater pond)
- Churchill Park
Blair:
- Moyer's Landing / Fountain St. Soccer Complex
Central:
- Dumfries Conservation Area
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Bloom in Box
Cambridge Farmer's Market, 40 Dickson Street, Cambridge, ON, CAReep Green Solutions Bloom in Box
## Pre-order your plants now!
Order your native plant kits NOW (before they're gone and before May 15th) for pickup on Saturday, May 23 from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Cambridge Farmer's Market.
Four Bloom in Boxes to choose from: Shade, Balcony, Sun, Rain Garden
Native flowering plants are a great way to add beauty and interest to your garden, while offering birds and pollinators valuable sources of food and habitat throughout the year.
There are four types of Bloom[in] Boxes available for purchase, each suited to full sun, part-shade, or rain gardens with a new addition this year suited for container growing. Each Bloom[in] Box is designed with a complementary selection of native plants that will attract birds, bees, and butterflies to your yard throughout the growing season. Each kit is designed to cover an area of approximately 2 square meters apart from the Bloom[on the balcony] Box.
Don’t have enough space for a typical garden? We are excited to debut our new Bloom[on the balcony] Box that is suitable for smaller gardens, temporary rentals or creating a native plant oasis on your balcony.For more information, be sure to look at the bio for each kit to determine which one is best suited for your space and growing conditions.
MORE INFO ON WHAT'S INCLUDED IN EACH BOX, PRICES, ETC. AT the Reep Green Solutions Bloom in Box pages
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