By Heather Ray, GreenUP Manager of Water Programs Peterborough is home to a number of beautiful gardens that boast a number of benefits: offering pollinator habitat, food production, curb appeal, and improvements to physical and mental health. While water is necessary for a garden to grow, gardens also play an important role in protecting and […]

By Karen Halley, GreenUP Communications & Marketing Specialist Looking to take composting to the next level at your home, office, or school? Vermicomposting is the use of red wiggler worms to convert your kitchen and lunchroom waste into fertilizer. Not only does it benefit your garden and house plants, it also helps to cut down […]

By Karen Halley, GreenUP Communications & Marketing Specialist   Each year, GreenUP is always excited to celebrate this special time of year when Monarchs visit our gardens to sample the abundant nectar from flowers and search for a very specific plant to lay their eggs upon; a once a common plant, Milkweed. Milkweed is the [...]

By Jaime Akiyama, GreenUP Transportation & Urban Design Programs Coordinator The end of August is always a conflicting time. Families are switching into back-to-school planning mode, organizing indoor shoes and school supplies, scrubbing out lunch boxes, and helping to prepare little ones for new classes and teachers. There is the excitement of heading back to […]

By Kristen Larocque, GreenUP Store Coordinator What is the secret to effortlessly packing school lunches? It is a difficult task to entice children to eat nutritious meals and snacks and this challenge seems twofold when they reach school age. As a parent to a very adventuresome 4-year-old on the brink of starting school, this subject […]

By Karen Halley, GreenUP Communications & Marketing Specialist We are about mid way through the summer. As you settle into the backyard hammock or a Muskoka chair on the dock, what book are you looking forward to reading? GreenUP is here to help you get started on your summer book list with suggested favourites from […]

By Jenn McCallum, GreenUP Water Programs Coordinator With this lovely warm weather, many Canadians’ first impulse is to go directly to the beach with sunscreen, hat, and towel in hand! However, as Peterborough area residents may have noticed, our urban beaches, notably Rogers Cove and Beavermead Park, are sometimes considered unsafe for swimming due to […]

By February, these snowy, cold winter mornings have many of us thinking that it would be great to leave the car at home. Wouldn’t it be so nice to forego all of the de-icing, shovelling, windshield cleaning, and scraping? If only you didn’t have to bundle up the kids and stuff snow pants and puffy […]

January is here and we are all in full winter mode. The skating rink is open on the canal, Armour Hill is scattered with toboggans, and snowmen can be spotted in yards on every block. While winter is a favourite season for many outdoor activities, getting around can be stressful in snowy and icy conditions. […]