Category Archives: Toronto Nature Stewards
A Monarch visits a Primrose
One day, at the end of July 2025, I noticed a Monarch butterfly flitting around the native plants that Toronto Nature Stewards have planted at TNS Leaside Park. Eventually, it settled on an Evening Primrose plant. I managed to take … Continue reading →
Leaside Park 2024
At TNS Leaside Park,2024 was another busy and productive year. The year began with a park Clean-Up event in collaboration with The Neighbourhood Organization. During the year, we held 20 stewardship events, with an average of 5 people at each event, … Continue reading →
Buckthorn Bashing
Note: The author has spent 20 years bashing buckthorn at his recreational property, Oak Hills Farm, which includes about five acres of buckthorn. Over the last two years, he has volunteered with Toronto Nature Stewards, tackling buckthorn at Roxborough and … Continue reading →
Greetings to the Natural World
As I was reading “Braiding Sweetgrass,” I was impressed by the idea that we should start meetings and events by expressing our gratitude for the gifts we have received from the natural world. Specifically, the Haudenosaunee “Greetings to the Natural … Continue reading →
TNS Leaside Park Stewardship Information 2026
It is a New Year, and a new stewardship season will soon start at TNS Leaside Park! Once again, we will remove garbage and invasive species, tend the native plants, and add more native species to restore Leaside Park’s natural … Continue reading →
TNS Leaside Park
VOLUNTEERS ARE NEEDED TO HELP RESTORE THENATURAL BEAUTY OF LEASIDE PARK People who live in Toronto have 6,600 hectares of public open space in parks and ravines that they can use for walking, picnicking, birdwatching and other types of outdoor … Continue reading →