Community Canopy: Chandler Mowat

This project is now complete. With your help, we planted a total of 154 new trees in the Chandler Mowat neighbourhood. We will plant another 70 trees in the neighbourhood beginning in 2025. For more information on City of Kitchener tree maintenance and planting, visit kitchener.ca

• Thank you for growing a greener Kitchener with us

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  We are thrilled to announce the successful completion of the 2024 Community Canopy pilot project in Chandler Mowat! We planted 154 new trees, enhancing the area's urban forest.

  Key highlights included:

  • Private property plantings: Reep Green Solutions planted 54 trees on private properties, including four schools and a church
  • Public space plantings: The City planted 100 trees in public spaces, including the Community Centre, boulevards and Laurentian Park

  
  

  These efforts mark an exciting step forward, but our work is far from done. There are 70 more planting opportunities identified in this neighbourhood. The City will continue to plant trees over the next two years in those locations.

  

  
  A heartfelt thank you goes out to the residents who contributed. You answered surveys, attended events, and welcomed trees onto your properties. Your participation has been vital to this project’s success.

  There is a clear need for sustained tree planting in neighborhoods with low canopy cover. We’re proud to make Community Canopy an annual initiative. This will involve planning a 5-year strategy to expand tree planting in neighbourhoods with the fewest trees.

  We look forward to continuing to grow a greener Kitchener together!

• Share your feedback on the Community Canopy Planting Plan

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  Thank you to everyone who contributed to the community canopy plan this summer! We created a Story Map with the final planting plan, what we heard from community members, where we will plant trees this fall.

  For more details, view the Story Map

  

  Share your feedback on the planting plan

  We are now seeking input on our planting plan. We created a map of places where neighbours said they’d like to plant trees and where the City said the trees could be planted. This fall we will plant 72 trees, based on that map. Help us understand the most important places to plant trees next year.

  Answer our survey

  What we heard

  To launch this pilot project in the spring, the City planted 28 large trees around the Chandler Mowat Community Center. Meanwhile, Reep gathered community feedback over the summer to inform a community planting plan.

  Between April and July 2024, we asked for community members’ thoughts on trees and where to plant them through:

  • Pop-up events at the Chandler Mowat Community Centre
  • An online survey
  • A ‘plant a pin’ mapping exercise

  From the feedback, we learned:

  • Over 60% of participants did not know about the City’s tree canopy target
  • The most common reasons why trees are important to them are:
    • Create more shade
    • Add beauty
    • Support local wildlife
    • Improve mental health and wellbeing
  • The most common areas where they would like trees planted are:
    • Along the street
    • In parks
    • At the community centre
  • Deciduous trees were the most popular type of tree neighbours would like planted
  • Laurentian Park and various boulevards are the most favoured areas for tree planting

  We compared resident feedback on where they desire trees with City expertise on where trees can be planted. We found 72 places where we could plant trees in public spaces this fall. This includes 30 large trees at Laurentian Park which Reep and volunteers will plant.

  Oct 10. Celebration event

  Residents in the Chandler Mowat neighbourhood are encouraged to visit Laurentian Park (715 Laurentian Drive) on Oct. 10 from 3 to 5 p.m. Celebrate the first year of the project and learn how you can get involved, including applying to have a free tree planted in your yard!

  Rain date: Oct. 11, 2024

  

• Survey and map closing soon!

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  Have you shared your input on the trees in the Chandler Mowat neighbourhood?

  Your contributions will help us develop a community plan to guide where and what kind of trees we plant in Chandler Mowat. The plan will increase the tree canopy in this neighbourhood.

  Fill out our survey or add a pin to our map before July 31! Then stay tuned for the results later this summer.

  Answer the survey

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  Plant a pin

  
  

• Kick off summer with us July 5

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  Join us on Friday, July 5 from 1 to 3:30 p.m.to kick off summer and celebrate the official launch of the Community Canopy program!

  There will be tree games, face painting, refreshments and more. Stop by to learn about the project and how you can help increase the tree canopy in this neighbourhood. It's free to attend, please register so we can plan to have enough for everyone.

  Register on Eventbrite

• Apply to have a free tree planted on your private property

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  Do you live within our project boundary?

  Apply to have a free native tree planted on your property this fall! Trees are offered on a first-come first-serve basis for eligible private property participants. A limit of 1 free tree per household applies.

  Don’t live within our project boundary?

  You can still apply for a subsidized native tree through Reep Green Solutions’ Backyard Tree Planting Program. To apply, visit Backyard Tree Planting

• Find us at Chandler Mowat this summer

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  Over the next two months, we will be dropping in on programming at Chandler Mowat Community Centre (222 Chandler Drive). We'll be there to talk about the Community Canopy project and invite people to contribute to the community planting plan. Come find us while you're there to learn more.

  You can also contribute online until July 31: answer the survey or plant a pin.

  June dates:

  • June 5 from 4 to 6 p.m. in the lobby
  • June 6 from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. in the gym
  • June 12 from 9 to 10:30 a.m. in the lobby
  • June 20 from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. in the gym
  • June 26 in the evening outside (time to be determined)

  July dates:

  • July 3 from 4 to 6 p.m. in the lobby
  • July 4 from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. in the gym
  • July 10 in the morning indoors (time to be determined)

• Help increase the tree canopy in Chandler Mowat

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  We are developing a community plan that will guide where and what kind of trees we plant in Chandler Mowat. The plan will help increase the tree canopy in this neighbourhood. Tell us where you would most like to see new trees planted or where there is a tree to be cared for.

  Please note that we cannot guarantee that a tree will be planted or cared for in the exact locations you tell us about if technical requirements are not met.

  How to help

  There are two ways you can help us with that plan: answer a survey or plant a pin on a map.

  Answer the survey

  Tell us what is important to you when planting new trees. You can also apply to have a free tree planted on your private property.

  Plant a pin

  Tell us where you want us to plant a new tree or care for an existing one.