What Toronto has planted
These are the gardens, plants, and species that Hortus members have logged in Toronto. Every count below is measured from what people actually planted, nothing estimated.
Species at risk these gardens support
The native plants growing across Toronto are within range of these species at risk. Each garden is a stepping stone that helps bring them back.
Monarch ButterflyEndangeredButterflyA Monarch can only raise its young on milkweed. No milkweed, no Monarchs. It's that simple, and that fixable.
Mottled DuskywingEndangeredButterflyThis endangered butterfly can only raise its young on New Jersey Tea. Plant the shrub, save the butterfly.
Rusty-patched Bumble BeeEndangeredBeeOnce common across eastern North America, now almost gone. It feeds on wild bergamot and asters, flowers any yard can grow.
When Toronto is in bloom
9 / 12 months with native blooms
- restJanuary: no local native blooms recorded
- restFebruary: no local native blooms recorded
- bloomMarch: native species in bloom
- bloomApril: native species in bloom
- bloomMay: native species in bloom
- bloomJune: native species in bloom
14 households have turned part of Toronto into habitat, without a single acre of new parkland. Every native plant is measured, mapped, and working for local wildlife right now.
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