Our Projects

A new K-8 school for 1,000+ students is being built, with a focus on nature and outdoor spaces. Support is needed for landscaping, including trees, bushes, and plants. A garden is planned to provide food for students and community programs.

The Lake Country Garden Club is creating a 1,000 m² public learning garden in Swalwell Park, designed as a year-round space for education and community connection. Showcasing sustainable, climate-resilient practices, the garden will feature native, pollinator-friendly, water-wise, and edible plants. Through workshops, tours, and school programs, it will support biodiversity, address local environmental challenges, and bring the community together around gardening and learning.

Friends of Parkland Way Society is transforming an aging and inaccessible playground area at Prince of Wales School into an inclusive outdoor classroom and community gathering space featuring raised garden beds, landscaped seating areas, shaded pathways, and the planting of approximately 50 trees and shrubs. The revitalized space will support daily outdoor learning for students while remaining open to neighbourhood families after school hours, creating a shared community hub that promotes environmental education, reconciliation learning, social connection, and climate resilience through expanded green infrastructure.

The JS McCormick Green Space Development project proposes transforming an underutilized school green space into an inclusive natural play and learning environment featuring new trees, shrubs, grasses, Indigenous plant gardens, and biodiversity-focused landscaping. The space will support outdoor education, reconciliation learning with local Elders, and community recreation while increasing urban greenery and creating opportunities for children and families to interact directly with nature.

This project is rebuilding and enhancing green space that was lost during construction of the new Lanigan School. The initiative will establish an outdoor classroom surrounded by trees providing shade and shelter, along with edible trees and a garden to support hands-on environmental learning. The space will be used for studying life cycles, habitats, trees, and other natural systems as part of the school’s outdoor education program. Located near the school grounds, track, football field, and community fairgrounds, the site will be accessible to students and may also be used during sporting and community events. The project aims to reconnect students with nature, support experiential learning, and promote the mental, physical, and intellectual well-being of students while fostering a lifelong appreciation for plants and green spaces. Community Event Day: October 2026

A new K-8 school for 1,000+ students is being built, with a focus on nature and outdoor spaces. Support is needed for landscaping, including trees, bushes, and plants. A garden is planned to provide food for students and community programs.