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Sign the Petition for Urban Park Guelph
Yorklands Green Hub is part of a larger group of organizations and community members advocating for the establishment of a National Urban Park at the Reformatory Conservation District.
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YGH Receives OTF Grant!
A message from our Chair and the Board of Directors, Dear Friends and Supporters, if you have comments or want to know more about what the following initiative, Amy can be reached at 226-501-9858 or abarnes@yorklandsgreenhub.ca
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The Green Door: Number 14, October 2019
Our summer program, Noticing Nature, led by artist and nature-lover Marta Orlowska, provided four summer mornings of exploration, discovery, creativity and fun.
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2019 Enviro-Series
Creating a Heritage Landmark Park For Guelph at The Former Ontario Reformatory – View poster for details.
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A Letter To The City Of Guelph
The following is a letter to the City of Guelph responding to their recent request for comments on updating the Guelph Parks and Recreation Plan. They “are looking at long-range goals and objectives for activities that affect Open Space Planning, Parks Operations and Forestry, and Recreation Services.” We believe that Yorklands Green Hub should be…
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Year-Round Solar Aquaponics Greenhouse Proposal Presentation
by Paul Neelands, BSc(Hon), MSc At our recent 2019 Annual General Meeting, YGH member Paul Neelands presented his designs for a possible Solar Aquaponics Greenhouse. To say the least, his presentation was a fascinating look into the science of solar aquaponics, the effects greenhouses have on the environment, and how his design greatly fits with…
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The Green Door: Number 13, April 2019
In the 1890s and 1900s, the City Beautiful Movement was a North American movement of urban planning that espoused beauty and grand design for urban spaces and institutions.
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Prison Arts at the Ontario Reformatory in the last decades of 1900
Arend Nieuwland, an accomplished professional artist was the art director of the prison arts program for the final 26 years at the Guelph Correctional Centre. He is currently a soapstone carver who shows his works in galleries across the country. He met with us recently and shared some details of this creative program at the…
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Territorial Acknowledgment
We acknowledge this land as part of the traditional territory of the First Nations. The Attawandaron (called Neutrals by the Jesuits) lived on this land with its two rivers and forests. The Mississaugas of the New Credit (comprised of Haudenosaunee and Anishinaabe) are the stewards of the land. Our immediate neighbours are the Six Nations…