By Emily Twomey, Program Assistant with Green Economy Peterborough With increasing concerns about the environmental, health, and economic costs of bottled water, GreenUP’s BlueWptbo program reduces the demand for bottled water and provides easy access to drinking water in the Greater Peterborough area. In Canada, sales of bottled water are predicted to reach almost $5.8 […]

By Taylor Wilkes, Facilitator with Our Living Waters, a collaborative network of organizations working together to ensure all waters in Canada are in good health by 2030. GreenUP encourages people to connect with nature and appreciate the health and history of local watersheds. This guest-authored story is the third in a series about a group […]

By Heather Ray, Director of Programs at GreenUP In the garden at this time of year you may notice the purple blooms of coneflowers, the stunning red spikes of wild bergamot flowers, the fragrance of a peony, or the pop of white on yarrow. Plants provide beautiful colour, texture, improved air quality, and food for […]

By Kristen LaRocque, Coordinator of the GreenUP Store and Resource Centre “What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell just as sweet.” So says Juliet in Shakespeare’s tragic romance Romeo and Juliet. Juliet is bemoaning the fact that a name may carry negative or positive connotations that […]

By Jenn McCallum, Programs and Outreach Coordinator at Ontario Onsite Wastewater Association, and former coordinator with GreenUP Neighbourhood Programs GreenUP encourages people to connect with nature and appreciate the health and history of local watersheds. This guest-authored story is the second in a series about a group of sixteen friends (plus two dogs) from Peterborough […]

By Leif Einarson, Communications Manager at GreenUP In the last few years, I feel like the transition from May to June has taken on important significance. We are marking the two-year anniversaries of the murder of George Floyd and the police-involved death of Regis Korchinski-Paquet. One year ago, the remains of 215 children were confirmed […]

By Vern Bastable, Director of GreenUP Ecology Park and Landscape Programs Hi there! Vern Bastable here at Ecology Park. Everyone at GreenUP is excited to have the Ecology Park Nursery open for the season. Gardening season is upon us, and we’re all ready to start fresh with some new shrubs, trees, and seedlings. The Annual […]

Here’s a fun giveaway from the GreenUP Store & Resource Centre to share with the father-figures in your life! Scroll down for the entry form! Prize: Rapids End Haiti Whole Bean Coffee (retail value $16) and a Klean Kanteen TKWide 12oz Insulated Thermos with Cafe Cap (retail value $35). Total retail value $51 Contest closes […]

Dividing Your Perennials: Sharing, Caring and Rejuvenating Your Garden Spaces! By Carol and Lois with Peterborough Master Gardeners In the Spring and Fall we often look at our garden spaces, picturing them in the peak of their growing season and taking a mental picture (or for some, like me, copious notes) about the things we […]

GreenUP condemns the hateful and threatening actions targeted at federal NDP leader Jagmeet Singh in Peterborough on May 10, a week ago today. We are #BetterThanThis. Everyone should be able to live free from harassment and intimidation. In Canada, everyone has the right to support causes they believe in through peaceful protest and acts of civil […]