New Green City Fact Sheets for 2011!

Project Planning, Design and Management

• No Plot is too Small: A Community's Guide to Restoring Public Landscapes
  Community-driven naturalization initiatives require considerable up front planning. Learn how to develop a successful project with this exciting new resource. Includes tips and templates for designing a project that is responsive to your local environment, your community and the ideas of all involved. 48 pages. Hard copy: $15. Free online version.
  View On-line (HTML version)
• Common Grounds Fact Sheets
  A series of seven fact sheets that provide hands-on information on designing a naturalized community garden. Learn how to create pond or meadow habitats, green rooftops and use seating, community art and other special features to build a dynamic community space. A great companion piece to Evergreen's guidebook No Plot is Too Small: A Community's Guide to Restoring Public Landscapes. 44 pages. Hard copy: $15. Free download.

  Tips & Techniques for the Natural Garden (PDF, 300 kB)
  Prairie & Meadow Communities (PDF, 150 kB)
  Woodland Communities (PDF, 280 kB)
  Pond and Wetland Habitats (PDF, 370 kB)
  Windbreaks, Corridors, Hedgerows & Living Fences (PDF, 310 kB)
  Community Gardening - Themes & Ideas (PDF, 510 kB)
  Designing Community Spaces (PDF, 540 kB)

• Hands for Nature: A Volunteer Management Handbook, Workshop and Presenter's Guide
  This booklet provides practical tips and ideas for working effectively with volunteers to create and sustain greening projects. It includes many insights and helpful statistics from the Community Greening Volunteerism 2002 Survey as well as generous input and discussions with experienced volunteer coordinators and greening participants. 44 pages. Hard copy: $10. Free online version.
  Download the Guidebook (PDF, 4.7 MB)
  View the Guidebook On-line (HTML version)
  View the Workshop and Presenter's Guide On-line (HTML version)
• Working With Your Local Government: A Manual for Environmental Groups and Volunteers
  Funded by the Knowledge Development Centre at Imagine Canada, Evergreen collected success stories and best practices related to environmental volunteer and partnership programs in the municipalities of Calgary, Waterloo and Halifax. This manual contains advice and insights drawn directly from these conversations, and informed by Evergreen's 15 years of experience. In it, you'll find practical tips and suggestions for forging and sustaining successful greening partnerships with your local government. If you work with your local municipality on a greening initiative, or if you'd like to get involved in stewardship issues, this manual is for you.
  View printable (PDF) version (780 kB)

• Stewards in the City: A handbook for Greater Toronto stewards
  Provides new and experienced stewards with an overview of what naturalization is and why it is essential; reference information on native and invasive plants; and examples of opportunities for community members and groups who are involved, or thinking of getting involved, in stewardship. 2005, 77 pages. Free download.
  View printable (PDF version) (3.6 MB)

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Greenspace Protection

• Keeping it Green: A Citizen's Guide to Urban Land Protection
  Keeping it Green: A Citizen's Guide to Urban Land Protection This new book from Evergreen is a practical guide for citizens and community groups looking for consensus-based approaches to protecting threatened landscapes in urban and urbanizing areas. Packed with useful information, examples and links to other resources, the manual covers the land-use planning process, real-estate tools for land securement, and how to galvanize your land-protection efforts into a successful community movement. 72 pages. Hard copy: $15. Free download.
  View Printable (PDF) version (1.3 MB)

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Food Gardening and Local Food Resources

• Urban Agriculture Fact Sheets

  Evergreen’s Urban Agriculture Fact Sheets offer introductory information on organic food gardening and food literacy education. This series will take you through the steps of planning, planting and maintaining home-scale vegetable and herb gardens, both indoors and outdoors. Additional food related topics such as sprouting, worm composting and mushroom cultivation will explore innovative methods of growing and processing food in small spaces, as well as information on nutrition and local food sourcing.

  How to Garden With Containers in Small Spaces (PDF, 290 kB)
  How to Grow Sprouts at Home (PDF, 340 kB)
  How to Compost Indoors with Worms (PDF, 260 kB)
  A Guide to Backyard Composting (PDF, 450 kB)

  New for 2011

  Growing and Using Herbs (PDF, 489 kB)
  Organic Food Gardening (PDF, 1 MB)
  Caring for Plants Organically (PDF, 586 kB)
  Managing Weeds and Pests Organically (PDF, 531 kB)
  Build a Backyard Herb Spiral (PDF, 372 kB)

• Gardening Guides
  In partnership with Hellmann’s, Mayonnaise, Common Grounds has developed a series of practical food gardening manuals to help you plan and maintain a successful food garden. Each manual covers a specific topic including:

  • General Guide
  • Planting Guide
  • Soil Guide
  • Tips and Tricks
  • Plant Guide

  Check out the interactive guide and download the manuals at hellmanns.ca.

• Hellmann’s and Evergreen’s Guide to Local Food
  A series of regional guidebooks that list actions, from simple to challenging, that you and your family can take to find more local food: To download a guidebook your region, visit eatrealeatlocal.ca.
• Seeding Healthy Communities
  News, profiles and recipes from Evergreen-facilitated community food gardens across Toronto.
  Issue #2 (2009-2010) (PDF, 1.4 MB)
  Issue #1 (2008-2009) (PDF, 1.3 MB)

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