The Land's Inlet Nature Project: Restoring Nature in Hamilton's North End

Introduction

Imagine neighbourhood children, families, faith communities, schools, businesses and community groups coming together to help green the inner city. Imagine creating a 250 metre long corridor of trees, wildflowers, and other native vegetation to make an attractive buffer between homes, the rail line and a busy arterial street. Imagine a pleasant, safe place to walk where children can explore nature and where as the trees grow, so do the benefits - more birds, butterflies and other living things, cooling shade in the summer, better air to breathe and less noise from traffic.

This is the vision that neighbourhood volunteers and Hamilton Naturalist's Club (HNC) have been working to make a reality through an exciting new project in Hamilton's North End Neighbourhood.

Thanks to funding from the Hamilton Community Foundation and a Walmart/Evergreen Green Grant; support from Southern Ontario Railway, which leases and manages the land; and, the help of dozens of local residents and volunteers the vision is well on it's way to becoming a reality and a small area in Hamilton's North End neighbourhood is being transformed.

The project site straddles Simcoe Street East, running along the north-west side of the railway line between Wellington Street and Ferguson Street.

Upcoming Events and Special Dates

Special dates for 2010 include:

 

Earth Week Spring Clean-up and Planting
Sunday April 18th, 2010 1:30 pm - 3 pm 
Help celebrate Earth Week by participating in the HNC's Land’s Inlet Nature Project Spring Clean-up and Planting event.  We’ll be sprucing up the area and planting more trees to add to the 135 trees and shrubs and 1,900 prairie and meadow plants that community volunteers have already planted at the project site. There will be a range of jobs available with tasks suitable for all ages. Tools, work gloves and refreshments will be provided. Come on out and help add more green to the inner city.

Saturday MAY 15th, 2010, 1:30 pm - 3 pm
We'll be mulching, planting wildflowers and installing interpretive signs.  Tools, gloves and  refreshments provided.

4th Annual Garden Party, Saturday June 19th, 2 pm - 3:30 pm
Join us for tasty treats, kids games, the unveiling of our new interpretive sign and a special prersentation on Monarchs and Milkweed.  Planting opportunities for those who are interested.

The project site is located in Hamilton's North End neighbourhood on the south side of Simcoe Street East, east of Ferguson Ave. and just west of the rail line.

For more information on upcoming activities or to find out how to get involved, please contact Al Ernest at
(905)689-9466 a.e@cogeco.ca

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