Being an excellent steward of your property begins with understanding how to properly care for both your land and water. There’s a lot to learn, and we’re here to help.
We offer a wealth of online resources designed to guide you in managing and enhancing the natural features of your property. Based on your feedback in our recent survey on educational events, you expressed a desire for more online resources that can be accessed at your convenience. In addition to our factsheets, we also provide video resources through our YouTube channel.
Check out our Green Your Property playlist of 25 videos, covering a range of topics. Most can be viewed in just three minutes. Topics covered include removing invasive species, assessing well water health, choosing the best trees for your property and more.
Whether you’re a rural, urban, or corporate landowner, our videos are tailored to your needs. If you don’t find a video on the topic you’re interested in, please let us know! We’d love to hear what you’d like to learn about next.
Playlists
Browse our playlist or explore our full list of videos below:
How to Videos
Special Interest Topics
- Invasive Species ID using EDDMapS
- Leaf Litter: Let Nature Do the Work
- Magic Shrubs: Live Staking with Ontario Streams
- Nature-Based solutions: Putting Nature to Work
- Nesting Boxes for Southern Ontario Birds
- Protect Your Water: Care for Your Well
- Protect Your Water: Read Your Well Record
- Removing Invasive Dog-Strangling Vine
- Septic System Maintenance
- Sustainable Forest Plantation Management
- Take Sustainability Outside
- Top Tips for Bird-Friendly Yards
Top Native Tree Series
- Top Native Trees for Urban Yards: Alternate-leaved Dogwood
- Top Native Trees: Eastern Red Cedar
- Top Native Trees for Urban Yards: Freeman’s Maple
- Top Native Trees for Urban Yards: Hackberry
- Top Native Trees for Urban Yards: Paper Birch
- Top Native Trees for Urban Yards: Red Oak
- Top Native Trees for Urban Yards: Smooth Serviceberry
- Top Native Trees for Urban Yards: White Spruce