Get Active and Creative in June

Posted on by TakeActionBurlington

Tree Planting Opportunity

In April 2024, Burlington City Council approved Our Forest: City of Burlington Urban Forest Master Plan (UFMP) 2025-2045 along with the Woodland Management Strategy. The UFMP identifies a 35 per cent canopy cover target by 2060. One way to achieve this community target is through tree planting on both public and private land with community partners.

BurlingtonGreen and Burlington forestry staff are teaming up once again to host a community tree planting event where residents, students, groups, and business employees can register to plant 250 small native trees rain or shine.  

  • Wednesday, June 19
  • 10 to 11:30 a.m.
  • Bromley Park, 217 Maureen Court, Burlington

Note that advanced registration is required. Once you have registered, you will receive an email with detailed event information and safety tips. If possible, please bring your own shovels, trowels, and gardening gloves.

Wet Felting Creative Workshop

Are you interested in learning how to reuse and reinvent litter and scrap material and then use your creativity to make wet-felted designs? If so, register for this free hands-on workshop with textile-based artist Emily Chudnovsky.

  • Friday, June 28
  • 1 to 4 p.m.
  • Art Gallery of Burlington, 1333 Lakeshore Road, Burlington

For more information, please contact Sue at BurlingtonGreen or call 905-975-5563.

This event is part of BurlingtonGreen’s Green Connections with Older Adults program, supported by the Halton Region Community Investment Fund.

Bike Month

June is Bike Month. Visit BurlingtonGreen’s EcoHub on weekends in June for cycling resources, bike trivia, and more.

  • Saturdays and Sundays in June
  • 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
  • BurlingtonGreen EcoHub, (Burlington Beach), 1094 Lakeshore Road, Burlington

The last weekend in June, bike mechanics from MEC will be present to answer your bike maintenance and repair questions, including how to fix a flat bike tire. Enter a draw for a chance to win a basket of MEC bike related items valued at $100.  

  • Saturday, June 29 and Sunday, June 30
  • 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
  • BurlingtonGreen EcoHub, (Burlington Beach), 1094 Lakeshore Road, Burlington

Take Action Burlington! Consider adding to our tree canopy, reinventing litter and scrap material, and getting on your bike for short trips and errands. Collectively we can make a difference.

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