Site Tour of New South-Avoca Community Stewardship Area

Date: Wednesday, May 27, 6:00pm to 7:00pm Meeting Point: The southern end of David Balfour Park, by the traffic light across from Roxborough Drive (beside Mount Pleasant Road) The Midtown Ravines Group and Toronto Nature Stewards (TNS) will be initiating volunteer stewardship activities in the southern section of David Balfour Park / Vale of Avoca. … Read more

Ecological stewardship in action

A Hands-on Approach to Improving the Vale

The Midtown Ravines Group is pleased to announce that the City has given us permission to begin volunteer stewardship activities in the Vale of Avoca. City permission is needed because park and ravine by-laws generally prohibit the unauthorized removal of plants from these areas, even troublesome invasives. The Avoca stewardship project will be organized through … Read more

Stream in wooded ravine in late fall. Stream lined with gabion baskets. Large bridge in background.

Vale of Avoca Ravine Cleanup Days

With the rapid disappearance of the snow, we hope you have enjoyed exploring the Vale of Avoca and other local ravines as they start to come back to life. For two weekends in April, we are continuing the tradition of an end-to-end cleanup of the Vale of Avoca, aiming to remove all the litter that … Read more

Armour stone channel on Yellow Creek

MRG Participates in City Council Ravine Discussion

On February 25, City Council’s Infrastructure & Environment Committee spent part of its meeting that day discussing Toronto’s Ravine Strategy, and hearing from a number of groups that are active in ravine advocacy. Midtown Ravines Group Chair John Bossons was among the deputants to appear at the committee. The ravine discussion was agenda item IE27.7, … Read more