Archive for the ‘Peterborough’ Category

Join us at the park on Saturday, May 10th from 1 to 4 to help us welcome spring and wake up the park for another season. Volunteers are needed to […]

Left untrimmed, a fruit tree will grow to a large size, making harvesting difficult, due to the height and overall size of the tree. A pruned tree is left with […]

Right now, throughout our area there are homes sitting empty while their occupants are away at work or school or on vacation. Even with no one at home, these homes […]

Here in Peterborough we take our trees very seriously. We have dozens of tree-lined streets that provide shade, homes and habitat to countless species of wildlife. Without our trees, Peterborough […]

The recent ice storm hit regions south of Peterborough hard. Northumberland County is a good example. People lost power for days and days. The reason for the power outages was […]

GreenUP’s new book, Beneath the Canopy is hot off the presses.The book, which is 200 pages in length, features stories by several local authors and writers including Ed Arnold, Lois […]

What is a Makerspace? A Panel Discussion on Sharing Tools, Knowledge & Space FIND OUT WHAT A MAKERSPACE can be and do with our panel of crafters, hackers, and inventors […]

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GreenUP is pleased to announce it has been selected as the winner of the North American Native Plant Society’s “Native Plant Garden Award” for 2013. The organization was selected because […]

The Avant-Garden Shop, along with partners Otonabee Region Conservation Authority, and GreenUP will be temporarily transforming a parking space on Sherbrooke Street into a park for all to use this […]