Community
Events

Join one of 50+ sites to get your hands dirty restoring local habitat this spring, summer and fall. Each site has its own schedule posted on our website. Sign up with a site to receive updates. No prior experience needed.

Join family-friendly, inclusive, and free arts events in parks across Toronto, all summer long: theatre, music concerts, film screenings, workshops & more!

Contribute to the preservation of Mont Royal’s natural environment by helping control invasive plant species. Most sessions take place on Saturday mornings from May to October, and some are held late Tuesday afternoons during the summer months.

Come garden with us bi-weekly on Wednesdays at the St Norbert Arts Centre from 6-8pm.
Jul 8 – Jul 15 – Jul 29 – Aug 12 – Aug 26 – Sep 9 – Sep 23 – Oct 7
This is a free club for community members of all ages.

Join A Greener Future for a shoreline cleanup at different locations across the GTA! Help remove litter, protect Lake Ontario, collect environmental data, and earn volunteer hours while making a positive impact in your community.

Join A Greener Future for a shoreline cleanup at different locations across Mississauga! Help remove litter, protect Lake Ontario, collect environmental data, and earn volunteer hours while making a positive impact in your community.

Participants of all ages join in a fun and artful exploration of wildlife, ecology and community. Create costumes and puppets, learn music and songs, share stories, experience Indigenous teachings, go on nature walks and join in the joyous parade.

Join us for NDG 150 Wellness in Nature: Yoga & Bioblitz. 🌿 Schedule: 9:30–10:30 AM🧘 Yoga | 10:30 AM–1:00 PM🔎 Bioblitz. Join anytime between 10:30 AM and 1:00 PM — stay as long as you like! All ages • Families welcome

Participez à une expérience gourmande en récoltant les légumes frais de notre jardin Au Courant pour ensuite les cuisiner sur place ! Découvrez de nouvelles recettes, échangez des astuces et partagez un moment convivial avec notre équipe saine alimentation. C’est l’opportunité parfaite de découvrir notre jardin productif et de profiter de nos produits frais, cultivés sans intrants chimiques et avec beaucoup d’amour par les équipes de Ville en vert ! 📋 GRATUIT – Atelier sur inscription

Join the Everett Crowley Park Committee for a nature walk in Everett Crowley Park. Learn about the unique and complex history of the park and how it’s history has shaped the ecology and space it is today. On this walk, you will be led by long-term ECPC volunteers who will share their rich in depth knowledge of Everett Crowley Park and the surrounding Champlain Heights Neighbourhood.

Tend the food forest and forage berries with us! No experience is needed and everyone is welcome. The Beaconsfield Food Forest is a community-engaged natural space tended by volunteers. Come & forage with us, enjoy time outside together.

This EcoWisdom Program is designed to be inclusive of people who live with multiple disabilities including those affecting mobility, cognition and/or communication. After the 1 hr nature therapy program, we will relax, socialize, explore & make art.

Join us for a month of festival events including art, music, nature and workshops. This year’s theme, “Tiny Life”, invites artists and festival-goers to slow down, look closely, and celebrate the small, often overlooked wonders that thrive in Renfrew Ravine and our local greenspaces. See website for specific events!

Tamiko Suzuki, certified Nature Therapy guide, will lead seniors on a 2 hour walk along the nearby Champlain Heights Trails. It will be a restorative morning designed to help you unplug, rediscover the child within you, and reconnect with nature. This is not a traditional hike but a slow meditative walk and personal exploration of the forest around you.

This event is part of our Nature Series for Seniors. Registration form can be found on website.

Join us for a free hour-long workshop on how to compost. We will be distributing free compost bins and worms so you can set up your own composting system in your backyard.

Come help us plant native trees and shrubs to improve the resilience of Mount Royal’s forest ecosystems. No prior knowledge is required to participate in these volunteer activities.

Celebrate the beauty and wisdom of autumn through this calming, nature-inspired creative wellness experience led by Aruna NB Khan. Beginning with a gentle forest immersion, participants will slow down, observe the changing season, and gather fallen botanicals before creating a beautiful Moonlight Moth collage on a cotton paper moth template using dried botanicals and meditative hand stitching.

This event is part of our Nature Series for Seniors. Registration form can be found on website.

Celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Art In Motion 10K/5K/2K Charity Run & Family Walk at Boyd Conservation Area in Vaughan. Runners, walkers and families of all ages are welcome to participate.

Planet in Focus is Canada’s largest environmental film festival. The multi-day event features live and virtual screenings of dozens of films from Canada and worldwide, each presenting engaging perspectives about important environmental issues.

Volunteer and help plant hundreds of native flowers, ferns, and berries along the Champlain Heights Trails in South Vancouver. Gloves, tools, and snacks provided! All ages welcome.

In this workshop, participants will be introduced to low-tech means of paper making and printmaking. We will learn how to craft sheets of recycled paper using invasive plant species such as Ivy, Reed Canary Grass and Tansy.

This event is part of our Nature Series for Seniors. Registration form can be found on website.