by Emily Amon | Jul 13, 2022 | News, Green Infrastructure
What was once a run-down asphalt walkway in Seaside Park, Saint John, New Brunswick, was transformed by the Depave Paradise project to get recognized as a vital pollinator habitat by the David Suzuki Foundation! The park got a new urban greenspace featuring 200 native...
by Emily Amon | Jun 20, 2022 | Green Infrastructure
Featured image: Turtle Island, by Mi’Kmaq artist Louretta Gould In 2021, more than $2B of damage was recorded in Canada due to severe weather events. Aging and poorly maintained stormwater infrastructure paired with increased severity and duration of rain events puts...
by Christine Mettler | May 27, 2022 | Green Infrastructure
Pic Courtesy: Chesapeake Bay Program. CC BY-NC 2.0 Cities in Canada are losing greenspace at an alarming rate, per a recent satellite study conducted by Statistics Canada. The research found that three quarters of Canada’s largest urban centres were detectably less...
by Eric Ta | May 19, 2022 | Green Infrastructure
Tired of your garden getting soggy during a heavy rain and drying up with the summer heat? Building a water wise rain garden with the right plants will help soak up excess rainwater and bank it for those hot and dry days. We have compiled a list of plants that will...
by Eric Ta | Mar 30, 2022 | Green Infrastructure
As they say, “April-showers bring May-flowers.” Planning ahead is important to build and maintain a garden that will have flowers blooming throughout the year. A low-maintenance rain garden is a great landscape feature that can beautify your property, as well as...
by Emily Amon | Mar 8, 2022 | Green Infrastructure
Join Green Communities Canada (GCC) on Wednesday 6 April for a FREE half-day forum, Breaking Ground: Collaborative Community Greening where we will celebrate the wide-reaching impacts of Depave Paradise, and explore the many ways non-profit organizations,...
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