Hamilton Port Authority
Make a Difference
The Pollinator Paradise Project invites your business group to create a “native-plant” garden and join residents and volunteer groups in building an uninterrupted Pollinator Corridor across our city.
Collective action means greater impact. Since pollinators can thrive in small spaces, habitats that are three square metres or larger provide benefits. Homeowners and renters, schools and faith groups that have property, ward councillors and adopt-a-park groups in public parks are all helping to increase the resiliency of Hamilton's biodiversity. Business, institutions, corporations and industry groups are also getting on board to help with this important conservation issue including partners like Terrapure Environmental and the Hamilton Port Authority.
Be part of something bigger
By participating in the community building of the Hamilton Pollinator Corridor and planting habitat, your business will receive significant recognition for contributing to a critical global conservation issue through our Pollinator Certification Program. Certification includes signage and inclusion on our map, media and social media recognition, and your logo prominently displayed on our websites.
Our services include site preparation, garden design, plant selection and planting, initial maintenance, potential maintenance, training for staff and volunteers as well as charitable receipts or receipts to write off landscape and management costs.
For more information, please contact Jen Baker, Coordinator at [email protected] or call 905 549 0900.
WHAT WE OFFER
For the company:
Provide a Personalized Plan
If you have a landscaping contract, we can work with or without the landscaper, as we can provide advice and/or plant.
Order for your company
Assist with planting the garden (including weeding and watering).
For the contractor:
Provide advice to the contractor, if company has one.
Provide a plant list
Provide sources to buy plants
WHAT YOUR COMPANY RECEIVES
Benefits:
Significant reduction of landscaping costs
Recognition. We will feature your company in councillor newsletters/BIA newsletters/Wood Duck/Social media, press as appropriate.
Tax receipts
Satisfaction of providing a solution to an environmental problem
Effect on staff re participation
Corporate pride
On-site signage
Grounds look beautiful
Contributing to overall good of city!
WHAT’S INVOLVED?
Plants
Soil and Infill
Wood to hold soil in place (building ‘garden’ garden boxes with new soil reduces maintenance by a lot as the native plants can become established without weed competition
STAFF INVOLVEMENT
Staff may want to be involved as environmental, team-building or corporate initiative
Staff can help with maintenance, such as watering
2019 Potential
Adopt a Median idea: businesses and individuals and groups can adopts space in parks or quasi-parks*
The Pollinator Paradise Project invites your business group to create a “native-plant” garden and join residents and volunteer groups in building an uninterrupted Pollinator Corridor across our city.
Collective action means greater impact. Since pollinators can thrive in small spaces, habitats that are three square metres or larger provide benefits. Homeowners and renters, schools and faith groups that have property, ward councillors and adopt-a-park groups in public parks are all helping to increase the resiliency of Hamilton's biodiversity. Business, institutions, corporations and industry groups are also getting on board to help with this important conservation issue including partners like Terrapure Environmental and the Hamilton Port Authority.
Be part of something bigger
By participating in the community building of the Hamilton Pollinator Corridor and planting habitat, your business will receive significant recognition for contributing to a critical global conservation issue through our Pollinator Certification Program. Certification includes signage and inclusion on our map, media and social media recognition, and your logo prominently displayed on our websites.
Our services include site preparation, garden design, plant selection and planting, initial maintenance, potential maintenance, training for staff and volunteers as well as charitable receipts or receipts to write off landscape and management costs.
For more information, please contact Jen Baker, Coordinator at [email protected] or call 905 549 0900.
WHAT WE OFFER
For the company:
Provide a Personalized Plan
If you have a landscaping contract, we can work with or without the landscaper, as we can provide advice and/or plant.
Order for your company
Assist with planting the garden (including weeding and watering).
For the contractor:
Provide advice to the contractor, if company has one.
Provide a plant list
Provide sources to buy plants
WHAT YOUR COMPANY RECEIVES
Benefits:
Significant reduction of landscaping costs
Recognition. We will feature your company in councillor newsletters/BIA newsletters/Wood Duck/Social media, press as appropriate.
Tax receipts
Satisfaction of providing a solution to an environmental problem
Effect on staff re participation
Corporate pride
On-site signage
Grounds look beautiful
Contributing to overall good of city!
WHAT’S INVOLVED?
Plants
Soil and Infill
Wood to hold soil in place (building ‘garden’ garden boxes with new soil reduces maintenance by a lot as the native plants can become established without weed competition
STAFF INVOLVEMENT
Staff may want to be involved as environmental, team-building or corporate initiative
Staff can help with maintenance, such as watering
2019 Potential
Adopt a Median idea: businesses and individuals and groups can adopts space in parks or quasi-parks*
Planting Paradise, Growing the Corridor: Corporations Get on Board
Read a blog post about two Hamilton corporations that have come on board and are planting paradise on their sites. Terrapure Environmental and Hamilton Port Authority have plans to go even bigger! Read on.
Planting Paradise at Terrapure