EVENTS
Upcoming Events
Take a Look at What We Have in Store
New Hamburg is a pageant of a wide variety of
tree species, and some of them are spectacular! A brief walk along three downtown streets will take you past 7 varieties of maple, 3 varieties of spruce, 2 of oak, 2 of willow, 2 of birch and many more. Come on a one-hour walk to see how many you already know.
Meet in the Kirkpatrick parking lot at 122 Wilmot Street by the gazebo (near the New Hamburg Dam).
We won’t go if it’s raining.
REGISTER NOW: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/town-trees-new-hamburg-tickets-713423327377
Help create healthy and vibrant communities. Join us for planting trees at Baden Hills Regional Forest near Baden. No experience necessary, but advance registration is greatly appreciated. Instructions and refreshments will be provided.
September 30 is National Day for Truth and Reconcilation. We invite you to wear an orange shirt in honour of the students of Residential Schools, and to reflect on the connection between environmental issues, reconciliation and justice.
REGISTER HERE: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/tree-planting-at-baden-hills-regional-forest-tickets-713389044837
Help create healthy and vibrant communities. Join us for planting trees at Baden Hills Regional Forest near Baden. No experience necessary, but advance registration is greatly appreciated. Instructions and refreshments will be provided.
REGISTER HERE: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/tree-planting-at-baden-hills-regional-forest-tickets-713407349587
Help create healthy and vibrant communities. Join us for planting trees at Baden Hills Regional Forest near Baden. No experience necessary, but advance registration is greatly appreciated. Instructions and refreshments will be provided.
REGISTER HERE: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/tree-planting-corner-of-gingerich-rd-foundry-st-baden-on-tickets-713413638397
Location: Wilmot Rec Complex, Upstairs (elevator available) Meeting Room A
Let’s Tree Wilmot’s celebrates its accomplishments and volunteers.
Tree Planting Events
OUR SHARP SHOVELS PLANTED 1,122 trees this year!
This involved 370 Volunteer hours.
Thank you everyone for a great season. We are planning for even a bigger one next year.
See below for all we did last year!
Nature's Best Hope
WEDNESDAY WALKS IN WILMOT’S
WONDERFUL WOODS
with Louis Silcox
We explored several trails to enjoy beauty and nature in Wilmot Township.
We found the rare rock elm in Schmidt Woods, learned about the many tree species and some of the plants on the forest floor.
Keep active and enjoy the beauty of Wilmot. All trail information is HERE
Special Events
WORKSHOPS AND MORE.
Pruning Workshop with Mike Yost
Saturday, March 21st, 1:00-3:00 pm Mannheim CC., 1467 Mannheim Road.
All aspects of tree pruning – equipment, safety, when & how to prune various tree species to be covered (no fruit trees).
The workshop will begin with an indoor classroom session and then move outdoors with a walk around the Community Center to view the good, the bad, and the ugly of tree pruning decisions.
See our Resources Page for all things trees. Click on our YouTube channel for pruning tree videos, how to plant, mulch and more.
If you have an idea for a workshop, we would love to hear from you.
PAST SEASONS
In 2025 Tree Planting and more:
Sites planted:
Nithview Hill/Floodplain – 645 trees
Perth Street – 171 trees/shrubs wetland
Scott Park – 118 trees
Sir Adam Beck Public School – 43 trees
New Dundee Community Park – 46 trees
Petersburg Community Park – 88 trees/shrubs
Highlights:
- A total of 1,122 trees planted = 370 Volunteer planting hours
- 1500+ hours of volunteer time planning, maintaining and educating about Wilmot’s trees
- Since 2020 – 5,862 trees planted = to 30 acres of future forest canopy
- LTW Water Warriors watered 2600 trees with total of 269 volunteer hours. (Trees watered for 2 years.)
- Seedling bed is now at 1242 trees. 300 trees were transplanted at Nithview Floodplain planting.
- Fall Celebration, Tuesday Nov. 11, Christine Earnshaw of Tree Canada spoke on our national tree program Growing Greener Communities: Perspectives from Tree Canada
- LTW collects tree seeds for Reep Green Solution’s hoop greenhouse ,and shared with Trees for Woolwich and ReLeaf Stratford.
- We held Tree Pruning Workshop, 7 Wednesday Walks in Wilmot Wonderful Woods with Louis and a booth at Canada Day for attendees to be artists drawing trees.
- LTW Fundraising – We successfully received Federation of Canadian Municipalities – Growing Canada’s Community Canopies grant. Thank you to Wilmot Rotary, Garden Wilmot and many individuals to contribute matching funds.
2024 Tree Planting:
436 hours by volunteers planting trees
1500+ hours of volunteer time planning, maintaining and educating about Wilmot’s trees
Sites Planted:
New Hamburg: 904 trees – Nithview Hill/Floodplain
159 trees – Riverside Park
132 trees – Kirkpatrick ParkBaden:
44 trees – Foundry Park
64 trees – Fairmount Cemetery
41 trees – Haysville Community CentreA total of 1344 native trees planted!
Highlights:
- Since 2020, 4,639 trees planted and 14 Acres of habitat restoration created (5 acres in 2024).
- Every settlement in Wilmot Township has had trees planted in their parks.
- LTW Water Warriors watered 2636 trees by the end of 2024. (Trees watered for 2 years.)
- Seedling bed contains 2000 trees. 300 trees were transplanted at Nithview Floodplain planting. Thank you to volunteers who planted 600 seedlings in the spring.
- 3 Pruning Workshops, a June Coffee & Conversation, 9 Wednesday Walks in Wilmot’s Wonderful Woods with Louis Silcox were held. LTW participated in the Canada Day Celebration at Scott Park.
- Doug Tallamy: Nature’s Best Hope was a sold-out event. Thank you to our co-sponsors: Earthscape Catalyst, rare Charitable Research Reserve, Nith Valley EcoBoosters, Reep Green Solutions, Township of Woolwich Environmental Enhancement Committee, & Wellesley Township Horticultural Society
2023 Tree Planting:
Attendance of volunteers = 230
Schmidt Woods/Rec Centre
• Planted – 200, Supporters – Township, Natural Resources Canada
Catherine Street Park and Scott Park
• Planted – 134, Supporter – SAP Software Solutions.
Baden Hills Regional Forest
• Planted – 637, Sponsor – Natural Resources Canada
Foundry/Gingrich Gateway
• Planted – 430, Supporters – Region of Waterloo, Natural Resources Canada
Pfenning farm
• Planted – 200, Seedlings, Supporter – Landowner
Forest Glen PS
• Planted 6 Silver Maple Plants with the Grade 4/5
Trees/Shrubs planted in 2023: 1601 Trees Planted since 2020: 3358
Seedling bed is now at 1670 seedling trees. Next year about 400 seedlings will be ready for transplanting.
Tree watering:
The Township has been watering newly planted trees and now LTW has a pickup truck with tank and pump to water trees planted in past two years.
Other:
Pruning Workshops
Forest Walks
Pruning Videos and other
Planning:
Getting ready for the 2024 season.
And finally, thank you so much to all of our wonderful volunteers! We couldn’t have accomplished this much without you!
Check us out on YouTube to see our videos on how to plant, mulch and prune trees and more.
See us on Facebook for the latest news and tips. https://www.facebook.com/letstreewilmot
