Credit Valley Conservation (CVC) invites landowners to its upcoming gardening workshops. Learn how to add colour, beauty and diversity to your yard with locally native plants, rainscaping and other techniques. Discover what’s right for your yard. Explore how to attract birds or butterflies, find the perfect shade tree or soak up rainwater. Pre-registration is required.
Naturescaping
Learn how to garden with locally native trees, wildflowers and flowering shrubs that are right for your yard. Attendees can sign up to receive a free tree or shrub.
– May 31 from 7 to 8:30pm at Meadowvale Village Hall, 6970 2nd Line West, Mississauga; and
– June 7 from 7 to 8:30pm at Carmen Corbasson (Cawthra) Community Centre, 1399 Cawthra Road, Mississauga.
Rainscaping
Add beauty and interest to your yard while directing and soaking up rainwater with rain gardens, soakaways, rain barrels and more. Participants can win a rainbarrel.
– June 4 from 10 to 11:30am at Chappell House, The Riverwood Conservancy, 4300 Riverwood Park Lane, Mississauga.
“The workshops are a great way for homeowners to learn about ecological landscaping,” said Mike Puddister, deputy CAO and director of watershed transformation at CVC.
“We provide homeowners with the information they need to create beautiful and sustainable landscapes.”
The workshops are presented by CVC’s ecological landscaping specialists and are free thanks to funding from CVC’s regional and municipal partners.
Register at www.creditvalleyca.ca/events. For more information call 905-670-1615 ext. 221.
CVC helps homeowners learn to landscape their yards using ecological landscaping practices like gardening with native plants, environmentally-friendly yard maintenance, green infrastructure and water conservation. Residents can take simple steps such as planting native trees, shrubs and wildflowers, or using a rain barrel. Learn more at www.creditvalleyca.ca.
