One of the areas in the park that has become over time a magnet for
migrating songbirds is the dogwood thicket located east of the oval. The Toronto
Ornithological Society, after a recent visit to the park in order to make
recommendations for improving bird habitat, suggested that it would be a good
idea to expand this area by planting further to the east. (Other
recommendations include replacing ground cover and shrubs in the tree
plantation north of the Power House and around the “bowl”). FOSS has long been an advocate for these
types of habitat enhancement.
Natural environment specialists at City Parks have been able to secure
funding for a volunteer planting event in this area.
The G20 organizing committee is donating money to the City of
Toronto for tree planting, and they requested a site for a community planting
event. One of the sites proposed to them was Sam Smith Park and our park
has been selected.
The planting will take place on Friday, May 28th
from 10 a.m. to 12 noon and about 40 volunteers are needed. Volunteers must wear close-toed shoes.
Please make an effort to support this. The press will be
there and it, along with the Spring Bird Festival the next day, will offer a
great opportunity to promote Sam Smith as the nature park that it truly is.
Please e-mail FOSS if you are able to come.
3 comments:
This is a great park! I just wrote about it on my blog about Seattle Parks... http://yearofseattleparks.blogspot.com
~Linnea
Hi Linnea!
You are writing about a park of the same name in Seattle, our park in is Toronto, Canada.
Both towns are lucky to have great parks and concerned people to watch out for them! :)
This was an awesome event, everyone was amazing for an amazing park. This was my first tree planting and hopefully not my last!
Irene
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