Create Beautiful Home Landscapes
Help your yard flourish and brighten your community. Join us for a workshop or use our helpful resources to create beautiful and sustainable yards and gardens. Find inspiration and simple steps to help you:
- Garden with locally native plants
- Create rain-ready gardens
- Attract birds and butterflies to your yard
- Build climate change resilience
- Add colour and curb appeal to your neighbourhood
Urban Homeowner Programs
Homeowners in eligible neighbourhoods can request a free tree or shrub that CVC’s home planting team will deliver and help plant. Trees and shrubs are also available for purchase.
Join us for a workshop, webinar or event to learn more about sustainable landscaping, top tips for caring for your yard, managing stormwater beautifully, landscaping for pollinators and creating bird-friendly yards.
The Garden Post
Read the latest articles from The Garden Post.
Plant of the Month
Goutweed (Aegopodium podagraria), also known as bishop’s weed or snow on the mountain, is a perennial groundcover native …
Caring for Your Yard
It’s Not Easy But Don’t Give Up Removing goutweed and other invasive groundcovers, like periwinkle, English ivy or …
Did You Know
There are some plants that you wish you didn’t invite into your yard. These are invasive species—non-native plants …
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Photo Galleries
Be inspired by our demonstration gardens and motivated by your neighbours’ projects.
Jack Darling Memorial Prairie Wildflower Garden
Port Credit Pollinator Garden
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Urban Homeowner News
Nature Invaders Scavenger Hunt When left unmanaged, invasive species can take over your yard, garden, field or forest. …
June 13, 2022 – Credit Valley Conservation (CVC) is launching a new citizen science project for landowners across …
It’s Not Easy But Don’t Give Up Removing goutweed and other invasive groundcovers, like periwinkle, English ivy or …