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Colour Yorklands – Colouring Book Fundraiser
The Yorklands Green Hub has collaborated with local artist, Irene Hanuta, to create a colouring book of beautiful scenes from the Ontario Reformatory Lands. You too can make your own works of art using the black and white drawings Irene compiled for Colour Yorklands. Colour Yorklands is part of our annual Artspiration Fundraiser where artists…
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Ten Tall Trees Program
Ten Tall Trees is our core program that connects young people in the schools to the trees around them. Every child and person should be able to identify ten different species of trees including 3-4 different conifers. What attributes distinguish these trees. Oak, maple, willow, birch, poplar, linden, spruce, pine and cedar would be a…
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Foodster Learning Centre
The Foodster Learning Center was a 2021 pilot program of interactive demonstration and connection to local food production… food for all species.
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Artists Series – Sharyn Seibert
On June 17th, we interviewed local artist and avid Yorklands volunteer, Sharyn Seibert. You can watch the recording below.
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Reformatory lands deserve protecting, not just a few buildings
Submitted by Susan Ratcliffe Read article here Guelph celebrated its 194th birthday on April 23, a longevity John Galt could not have imagined when he cut down the maple tree on the banks of the Speed River. He commemorated the tree cutting on that rainy night with these eloquent words: “The silence of the woods,…
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We’re Hiring
Environmental Program Coordinator – Canada Summer Jobs position ORGANIZATION SUMMARY: The Yorklands Green Hub (YGH) is a non-profit organization working to create a one-of-a-kind green hub in Guelph for the benefit of the community on part of the former Guelph Correctional Centre (GCC) heritage lands. We run environmental advocacy and educational programming in the community…