GOOD NEWS! -  Our boulevard gardens help to conserve our native bees and other pollinators by increasing habitat. All of our services - consultation, design, ongoing advice, plants and delivery, regular monitoring of the garden during the first and second years - are free. Our members, volunteers and donors make it happen! 

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Our 2022 garden quota has been reached!

Applications for 2023 boulevard gardens are open to our members.

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What our prospective gardeners need to do:

1. YOU MUST BE A CURRENT YEAR MEMBER. Make sure your membership is up-to-date.

Find the membership form here.

 

2. Fill out your garden application and return to us. You need to be a Mississauga property owner with an appropriate road allowance site.

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3. The City of Mississauga requires a boulevard garden permit. No fee is required for our gardens.

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Download the City permit here.

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Get ready for your garden!

Site prep: 

  • Locate underground utility lines (as, phone, cable, etc)

  • Contact Ontario One Call - it's best to do this early:   www.on1call.com or phone 1-800-400-2255.

  • Remove existing vegetation. No new topsoil or soil amendment needed.

 

Planting:

  • Select a delivery date. 

  • Plants are delivered for same day planting. Advice on planting & placement given.

  • Please provide a garden trowel, watering can and water.

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Care for your new garden

Aftercare:

  • You should supply a bag of shredded bark mulch to suppress weeds and retain surface moisture for this growing season.

  • Young plants will need to be watered twice a week for their first 6 weeks, then gradually taper off amount of irrigation. Young plants will need water during drought as well.

  • Pull weed seedlings when they sprout. Perennial weeds can be repeatedly cut off below ground level until they die. 

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Our garden stewards have access to our private Facebook group, where photos and info are shared and questions are answered.

Here is what we offer our garden stewards:

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  • Preliminary site visit assessment.

  • Assistance with city permit process.

  • Advice on how to get your new garden site ready for planting.

  • Up to 50 free native plants matched to your garden site.

  • Planting: Plant pickup dates between mid-May - early June.

  • Plant info, online garden workshops and presentations.

  • Aftercare advice.

  • Info & advice via our private Garden Steward Facebook group.

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2023 Garden Application

If you are a member, you may apply for a free garden. Please fill out the form and submit.

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