Improving drainage and adding more green space can help prevent basement flooding.
Make sure the ground slopes away from your home’s foundation, keep catch basins clear, and use plants and porous surfaces to soak up rainwater. This supports better irrigation and reduces stress on the sewer system during heavy rain.
Learn more at toronto.ca/BasementFlooding
Malvern Library Talk
Friday, May 15 from 6 to 7:30 p.m.
Malvern Library is located at 30 Sewells Rd, Scarborough
toronto.ca/ForestryTalksTours
Join Urban Forestry staff for a presentation on invasive plants commonly found around homes in Toronto.
Learn how to identify these species, understand their impact and how to manage them. You’ll also get tips on supporting local biodiversity through enhancing native habitats.
Under Toronto’s Energy & Water Reporting bylaw, owners of buildings 50,000 square feet and larger must submit their buildings’ energy and water use annually.
The building sector accounts for more than half of the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in Toronto, mostly due to energy and water use, which can also represent some of the largest operating costs for building owners.
We’ll use this data to compare the buildings’ performance, which will help owners to improve efficiency, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and cut costs.
The deadline to report 2025 energy and water data is July 2.
To learn more, visit www.toronto.ca/EWRB
Highland Creek Library Tour
Tuesday, April 28 from 6:30 to 8:00 p.m.
Highland Creek Library is located at 3550 Ellesmere Rd, Scarborough
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The Highland Creek Library neighbourhood is home to a variety of trees.
Join Urban Forestry staff to explore the natural world on a local neighbourhood walking tour. Learn how to recognize different species and fun facts about their cultural and ecological importance.
The tour will start and end at the Highland Creek Library.
#LoveLocal and feel the love at the Sorauren Farmers’ Market. 🍁
This unique market is one of the few in Toronto that’s open year round. And after spending the winter indoors at Henderson Brewery, the market heads back outdoors to Sorauren Avenue Park on May 4.
Home to a wide range of local vendors, Sorauren Farmers’ Market offers everything from fresh produce to delicious prepared meals. You can also enjoy live music and kids’ activities while you shop.
Supporting local markets like Sorauren helps small vendors succeed and strengthens community connections, while supporting sustainability by reducing transportation impacts and encouraging seasonal, locally sourced food.
As the weather warms up, it’s the perfect time to get outside and share in the vibrant atmosphere with your neighbours. 💛
Open Mondays from 3 to 7 p.m. Follow @soraurenmarket to see what’s on each week!
#LoveLocal 🍁
It’s Earth Day 🌍
Getting involved in your community is one of the easiest ways to become more sustainable.
Attend a bicycle repair clinic, sewing workshops or reuse programs through our Community Reduce & Reuse Program. 🔨
Borrow or buy second-hand books or movies from your local Toronto Library branch. 📚
Love Local and support a local farmer’s market in your area. 🍎
It’s Earth Day 🌍
It’s easy to make sustainable swaps, from small changes to your everyday routine to home improvements.
Avoid single-use takeaway items by bringing a reusable mug to your favourite local café or reusable produce bags to the grocery store. 🎒
If you have an electric vehicle, Toronto Parking Authority is offering free EV charging across 500 locations until April 24. 🔋
If you’re looking to make sustainable home improvements, check out our BetterHomes program to find resources, support and low-interest financing for heat pumps, green roofs, solar and more. 🏡
What looks like destruction is actually restoration.
Black Oak savannahs, like those in High Park, are fire-dependent ecosystems. Without fire, they slowly disappear.
For generations, Indigenous Peoples used controlled burns to care for this land, supporting plant growth, wildlife, and ecological balance.
Today, traditional and prescribed burns are part of an ongoing effort to bring that relationship with the land back into practice.
The City of Toronto is preparing for a burn in High Park and Lambton Park tomorrow, April 23.
For more information visit
toronto.ca/PrescribedBurn
Descriptive video: Jaclyn, City of Toronto staff, is wearing a navy blue sweatshirt, jeans and boots outdoors in the urban forestry setting of High Park in Toronto. She walks us through an area of High Park that has trees, grasses and other plants not yet in bloom.
Today is the last day to register your community group, school or business for a Clean Toronto Together event🧹🧼
Join us between April 24 to April 26 for our annual spring cleanup event to help keep Toronto beautiful.
Register before 8 p.m. tonight at the link in our bio.
It’s Earth Day 🌍
We’re sharing ways big and small you can participate.
Growing your green space can help pollinators, improve air quality and make areas cooler.
For an easy way to help, try leaving your leaves or switching to electric garden tools for your landscaping. 🍂
You can also add native plants and shrubs to make it more welcoming to pollinators. Use our free Native Plant Tool to see what varieties would work best in your area. 🌱
If you’d like to add a tree to your property, we partner with LEAF to make the process easier for residents. 🌳
You can also visit one of our upcoming tree giveaways to receive a sapling at no cost for your property.
It’s Earth Day 🌍
We’re celebrating this year’s theme, Our Power Our Planet, by highlighting events, programs and actions big and small you 🫵🏼 can start today.
Events are happening across the city both during earth month and beyond. You can check out:
Clean Toronto Together, join your community group between April 24 to April 26 to help keep Toronto beautiful. 🧹
Community Environment Days, bring household items for proper disposal or reuse at select locations from April to September. ♻️
Forestry Talks and Tours, register for free and join Toronto staff at select Toronto Library branches to learn about our urban trees and native plants from April to October. 🌳
Eco-Fair at Todmorden Mills, learn about ecology in the Don Valley on April 25. 🍃
Eco Fair Toronto, meet sustainable vendors on April 26 at Evergreen Brickworks. 🌿
Jane/Sheppard Library Talk
Friday, April 24 from 10:30 to 11:30 p.m.
Jane/Sheppard Library is located at 1906 Sheppard Ave W, North York
toronto.ca/ForestryTalksTours
Join Urban Forestry staff for a presentation on invasive plants commonly found around homes in Toronto.
Learn how to identify these species, understand their impact and how to manage them. You’ll also get tips on supporting local biodiversity through enhancing native habitats.
