A group of 40 volunteers from Unilever Canada converged on the Town park at King and John Streets on June 8 to spend an hour weeding the areas planted in 2020 with native trees and shrubs. The corporate group of employees from across Canada were meeting at White Oaks Resort and had arranged with the Niagara Penninsula Conservation Authority (NPCA) and Friends of One Mile Creek … [Read more...] about Unilever volunteers help weed new planting at King and John
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Pollinator garden at King and John flourishing
The pollinator garden at the corner of John and King streets initiated by Friends of One Mile Creek (FOMC) in 2016 is flourishing after five years. The garden was planted in one day in September 2016 in the Town park with plants provided by the Niagara Peninsula Conservation Authority (NPCA) and help from NPCA staff, FOMC volunteers, Town staff and a few committee members of … [Read more...] about Pollinator garden at King and John flourishing
Volunteers help establish trees and shrubs at King and John park
Volunteers mulched on Oct. 23, 2021, after weeding in mid-August and mid-September to remove invasive weeds and aggressive grasses in order to give the new plantings a chance to get established. In October 2020, volunteers had planted 450 native plants and shrubs as a riparian planting along One Mile Creek. An assessment this summer by the Niagara Peninsula Conservation … [Read more...] about Volunteers help establish trees and shrubs at King and John park
William Street pollinator garden looking spectacular
In 2012, a group of Friends of One Mile Creek (FOMC) volunteers led by Gerry Benateau created a large buffer/pollinator garden at the top of the hill abutting One Mile Creek on the public land at 433 William Street (behind the small building for William Street pumping station). Today the area is a public park, but in the 1940s it was the Town Dump. The restoration of the park … [Read more...] about William Street pollinator garden looking spectacular
Native trees and shrubs help revitalize the One Mile Creek watershed
Volunteers planted 450 native plants and shrubs on Oct. 24, 2020, in the park area at the corner of King and John St. in Old Town in the restoration project organized by Friends of One Mile Creek (FOMC). The planting will help restore the Niagara on the Lake tree canopy that has been devastated by Emerald Ash Borer. The Town of NOTL has removed more than 876 ash trees out … [Read more...] about Native trees and shrubs help revitalize the One Mile Creek watershed