​​​​​​​​​​​Green-City Initiatives

Sponsor the green initiatives of Brampton and help in creating a healthy, livable and safe community. Let’s work together to ensure the environment that we all live, work and play in stays healthy for current and future generati​ons.​​​​​​​​​​​

Residents can hike, bike, walk, run or cross country ski along one of Brampton’s recreational trail systems, which offer more than 40 kilometres of guided and paved recreational trails throughout the city. Trails feature wayfinding signs, and offer numeous opportunities to stop for new discoveries and adventures along the way. 

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A key action of the Brampton 2040 Vision is planting one million trees by 2040 to grow the urban forest, mitigate and adapt to climate change and foster the delivery of ecosystem services. The City hosts several community tree planting events throughout the year, where residents of all ages can come together to support this important initiative.​​

Learn More about Community Tree Planting​

​Throughout Brampton, there are four community garden locations that allow our residents to get in touch with their green thumb. Each garden location caters to about 150 individuals. Over the next two years, our goal is to build two more gardens.​​

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​Brampton’s Earth Day aims to strengthen local capacity for environmental stewardship, increase engagement with residents on Brampton's environmental goals, activities and activism, and to celebrate successful actions taking place city-wide.​

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Each year, the Parks & Recreation department hosts a number of clean-up initiatives throughout the City as we enter the spring/summer season. The Program helps remove litter that has accumulated in our parks, and aims to maintain healthy vibrant spaces.​

Learn More about Parks Clean Up​

The Residential Tree Program provides residents with resources, opportunities and initiatives that help and encourage residents to plant and care for trees on their properties. Through the free Residential Tree Giveaway, residents have the opportunity to select from four tree species (Red Maple, Red Oak, Bur Oak, and White Spruce) and two shrubs species (Nannyberry and Serviceberry) to plant on their property.​​​

​ Learn More about Residential Tree Program

Typically held in March right before growing season, this event has been running for the past 7 years. Located at Century Gardens Recreation Centre, it’s considered to be a Gardeners Trade Show, where over 1,000 gardeners gather to get their seed supplies for the season.​

Learn More about Seedy Saturday

Pollinator Week is an annual week-long event to educate residents on how they can take action and make a positive impact on pollinators in their community. The week includes fun, family-friendly activities such as a pollinator-themed photo contest with prizes, free native seed packs and honey lemonade at the Brampton Farmers' Market, downloadable colouring pages, daily social media posts, educational resources and more!

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The Backyard Garden Program helps support food security in our city by providing residents with free soil, seeds and helpful tips to start their own backyard garden. Program participants grow and produce herbs and donate their homegrown crops to local food banks and community organizations.​​

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Testimonial

"​Partnering with the City of Brampton has given us the opportunity to help build a stronger community. The Sponsorship team recommended a program that connected with our environment and sustainability focus amplifying our message through a campaign that saw over 10-million impressions. We highly recommend working with the City and its Green City initiatives to extend the importance of the environment citywide. CN is a proud pa​rtner of the City of Brampton and helping our community to be a better place to live and work.​"

Daniel Salvatore
Manager, Public Affairs, Ontario​