The W. Garfield Weston Foundation has donated $250,000 towards our greening effort! To enhance the schoolyard into a natural community gathering point for the entire neighbourhood. The funding will complete a multi-year effort that is a partnership between the school, parents, the city councillor, and several non-profits who have been working for three years to bring their vision to life. The project will include a new natural playground, discovery trail and improve natural landscaping.
Through the Live Green Community Investment Program, Live Green Toronto provided us with almost $22,000 (in 2011) in grant money. This grant money enabled us to hire key consultants, purchase trees, plant material, seeds and gardening tools, organize educational materials for our Earth Day event.
In 2012, through the Live Green Capital Funds Program, Live Green Toronto granted $140,000. Some highlights of what this grant will make possible are:
- Shade and Pollinator Gardens in the front of the school
- "Jungle Garden" (trees and bushes with paths for children to explore) by the dome climber
- Vegetable and Butterfly Garden
- 31 Trees (25 Deciduous in the field area and 6 Fruit in the vegetable garden area)
- Creation of three "mini forests" and a forest floor
- Berry Bushes
- All costs of removal of fencing to make the gardens at the front of the school possible
- Garden Shed
- Rain Barrels and Compost Bins
We received a commitment of partial funding (50%) for:
- Three Stone Planter Boxes that double as seating (these are like the big planter boxes seen in commercial areas such as the shopping complex at Laird and Eglinton)
- Educational Consultant
- Wooden Gazebo in the vegetable garden area to provide shade to the outdoor classroom and double as a plant trellis
In 2012, through the Live Green Capital Funds Program, Live Green Toronto granted $140,000. Some highlights of what this grant will make possible are:
- Shade and Pollinator Gardens in the front of the school
- "Jungle Garden" (trees and bushes with paths for children to explore) by the dome climber
- Vegetable and Butterfly Garden
- 31 Trees (25 Deciduous in the field area and 6 Fruit in the vegetable garden area)
- Creation of three "mini forests" and a forest floor
- Berry Bushes
- All costs of removal of fencing to make the gardens at the front of the school possible
- Garden Shed
- Rain Barrels and Compost Bins
We received a commitment of partial funding (50%) for:
- Three Stone Planter Boxes that double as seating (these are like the big planter boxes seen in commercial areas such as the shopping complex at Laird and Eglinton)
- Educational Consultant
- Wooden Gazebo in the vegetable garden area to provide shade to the outdoor classroom and double as a plant trellis