Environmental Projects
Tree Planting Collaborations by Year
| Location | Year | # of Trees | Collaboration |
| Southward Park | 2019 | 171 | TD Tree Days |
| Southward Park | 2021 | 158 | TD Tree Days |
| Neighbourhood Parks | 2021 | 170 | Staff Tree Planting |
| Centennial Parks | 2022 | 500 | NPCA Restoration Program |
| Forty Mile Creek | 2022 | 500 | NPCA Restoration Program and TD Tree Days |
| Southward Park | 2022 | 105 | TD Tree Days |
| Centennial Parks | 2023 | 500 | NPCA Restoration Program and TD Tree Days |
| Forty Mile Creek | 2023 | 260 | NPCA Restoration Program and Knights Archives |
| Southward Park | 2023 | 250 | TD Tree Days |
| Neighbourhood Parks | 2023 | 40 | Staff Tree Planting |
| Forty Mile Creek Field | 2024 | 500 | NPCA Trees for All |
| Centennial Park | 2024 | 500 | NPCA/TD Tree Days |
| Southward Park | 2024 | 170 | TD Tree Days |
| Community Parks | 2024 | 210 | Staff Tree Planting |
| Centennial Park | 2024 | 26 | Canada Healthy Communities Initiative |
| Southward Park | 2025 | 230 | TD Tree Days |
| Forty Mile Creek Park | 2025 | 500 | NPCA/TD Tree Days |
Grimsby Green's Tree Planting Workshop
On October 14th, 2025 the Town's Grimsby Green Advisory Committee hosted a workshop focused on strengthening our urban tree canopy-an important step toward a more sustainable and resilient community.
Experts from the Vineland Research and Innovation Centre and the NPCA shared insights on soil health, native species, and how we can all help our trees thrive.
500 trees planted in Forty Mile Creek Park in October 4th, 2025.
Thank you to the NPCA, TD Friends of the Environment, and all the volunteers who joined us at another successful community planting.
Native Planting Benefits:
- Expand Habitat Corridor
- Increase Tree Canopy
- Promote Biodiversity
- Improve Water Quality
This project aimed to restore the naturalized area that was cleared for the replacement of the pedestrian bridge.
230 trees planted in Centennial Park in September 27th, 2025.
Thank you to the TD Friends of the Environment, and all the volunteers who joined us at another successful community planting.
Native Planting Benefits:
- Increase Tree Canopy
- Promote Biodiversity
- Windbreaks
- Shade
- Privacy
This the eighth TD Tree Days event held at Southward Park.
125 trees planted in Southward Park in October 19th, 2024.
Thank you to TD Friends of the Environment and all the volunteers who joined us at another successful community planting.
Native Planting Benefits:
- Increase Tree Canopy
- Promote Biodiversity
- Windbreaks
- Shade
This was the seventh TD Tree Days event at Southward Park.
500 trees planted in Centennial Park in October 5th, 2024.
Thank you to the NPCA, TD Friends of the Environment, and all the volunteers who joined us at another successful community planting.
Native Planting Benefits:
- Expand Habitat Corridor
- Increase Tree Canopy
- Promote Biodiversity
- Improve Water Quality
This project builds upon a 2023 TD Tree Days event that planted trees and shrubs upstream of the 2024 planting site.
500 trees planted in Forty Mile Valley Park in May, 2024.
Thank you to the NPCA and all the volunteers who joined us at another successful community planting.
Native Planting Benefits:
- Increased biodiversity
- Increased Forest Cover
- Shade
500 trees planted in Centennial Park on October 14th, 2023.
Thank you to NPCA, TD Friends of the Environment Foundation and all the volunteers who joined us at another successful community planting.
Native Planting Benefits:
- Increased biodiversity
- Water Quality Improvement
- Climate Change Mitigation
- Increased Forest Cover
- Reduces Soil Erosion
- Stabilizes Creek Bank
250 trees planted in Southward on September 22nd, 2023.
Thank you to TD and all the volunteers who joined us at another successful community planting.
Native Planting Benefits:
- Increased biodiversity
- Increased Forest Cover
- Berm stabilization
- Windbreaks
2023 was the sixth year of the TD Tree Day plantings at Southward Park.
260 trees planted in Forty Mile Park on April 22nd, 2023.
Thank you to NPCA, Knight's Archives and all the volunteers who joined us at another successful community planting.
Native Planting Benefits:
- Increased biodiversity
- Water Quality Improvement
- Climate Change Mitigation
- Increased Forest Cover
2023 was the second year of the restoration at Forty Mile Creek.
500 trees planted in Forty Mile Park on October 4th, 2022.
Thank you to NPCA, TD Friends of the Environment Foundation and all the volunteers who joined us at another successful community planting.
Native Planting Benefits:
- Increased biodiversity
- Water Quality Improvement
- Climate Change Mitigation
- Increased Forest Cover
2022 was the first year of the restoration at Forty Mile Creek.
The Grimsby Green Advisory Committee
Legacy Seedling Program
- The program aims to invest in tree planting and stewardship on private land to help enhance and expand Grimsby's urban forest, and to improve the health of the local environment
- This program will create a stewardship opportunity to assist with the protection and preservation of Grimsby's ecosystem
- The committee will be at the May 26th, 2022 Farmers Market to handout seedlings to interested residents
- Using an interactive mapping system we plan to monitor all residential tree plantings to track our progress!
Grimsby Garden Club's
2nd Annual Earth Day Carolinian Native Tree & Shrub Sale - 2022
160 Trees Sold (and counting...)
Rotary Watershed Cleanup - 20 Locations Cleaned - April 23rd, 2022
The Great Lakes Watershed Cleanup initiative is an effort that has grown from a District 7090 service project covering a small portion of Lake Ontario and Erie to a multi-district plan to focus Rotarians’ and citizens' attention to all 5 of the Great Lakes and streams and waterways feeding them.
460 trees planted in Centennial Park on April 30th, 2022.
Thank you to the NPCA and volunteers for making the planting a success. The plantings were funded through the NPCA Restoration Grant Program.
Planting Benefits:
- Decrease Water Pollution
- Stabilizes Creek Bank
- Reduces Flooding Risk
- Improves Habitat Biodiversity
2022 was the first year of the restoration in Centennial Park.
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Grimsby ON, L3M 0J5
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