Thirty years of making Elora greener.
A grassroots charity working for a greener, healthier Centre Wellington since 1993.
Elora Environment Centre turns 30
The Elora Centre for Environmental Excellence began in 1993 as the community’s first environmental organization, field-testing programs to bring to the wider community.
Now known as the Elora Environment Centre, this registered charity has a 30-year history of community-based environmental projects across urban and rural southern Ontario.
Latest news and events
- Centre Wellington Mayoral Candidate Conversation (opens PDF in new tab)
- Citizen Pruners (opens poster in new tab)
- Centre Wellington Heritage Tree Registry (opens PDF in new tab)
- Tree Talk November 26th (opens PDF in new tab)
- October Events (opens poster in new tab)
- Fall Buckthorn Pulls (opens poster in new tab)
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Add your voice to support Centre Wellington’s urban forest. Buy a membership at any of our events, or email trees@eloraenvironmentcentre.ca.
- Free admission to all Tree Talks and Walks
- 10% off at Magic Pebble Books, Little Tree Garden Market & Hanscomb Glass
- A say in the future of our urban forest
Our programs
Neighbourwoods
Our urban forest group, caring for Centre Wellington’s trees since 2006.
Food Forest
Food forest is an alternative way of gardening and producing food, modeled on the natural structure of a forest. Food Forest helps address the issue of food insecurity and has become a source of fresh fruit and veggies that is open and available to anyone in the community who wants to come in and harvest.
Contact: foodforestcw@gmail.com
Tree Trust
Launched in 2019 to keep our biggest and most mature trees healthy. Tree Trust is active in 12 community chapters and supported by expert arborists and volunteers.
CW Native Plant Gardening
Community plant swap events, seed exchanges, winter sowing workshops and more. A team and community group that comes together to promote growing native plants in our community.
Contact: cwnativeplantgardening@gmail.com
Neighbourwoods
Caring for Centre Wellington’s urban forest since 2006.
Healthier people
Space for recreation, lower rates of chronic illness and stress, and a stronger sense of community.
More liveable streets
Cleaner air, better water filtration and cooler temperatures.
Stronger communities
Habitat for wildlife, more biodiversity and higher property values.
The bigger, the better
Large trees take more care, but save more energy, slow more storm water and shade more roads and sidewalks than small ones.
and sidewalk
do much less
Help us keep growing
Every gift helps. All donors receive a tax-deductible receipt.
Donate on CanadaHelps- OnlineGive securely through CanadaHelps.
- E-transferSend to donations@eloraenvironmentcentre.ca. Add your email and the fund you'd like to support in the memo so we can send your receipt.
- ChequeMake it payable to Elora Environment Centre and mail it to 75 Melville St, Elora, ON N0B 1S0.