Royal Botanical Gardens asks for used Christmas trees to reinforce local creeks

The Royal Botanical Gardens (RBG) is thinking past Christmas and into the future for its ecosystems by asking for used Christmas tree donations.

Canada’s largest botanical garden is asking community members for real tree donations to repurpose and place into the banks of the Chedoke and Grindstone creeks.

The RBG has been running the project for over a decade, planting over 175,000 trees to stabilize the flow of the water during high-water events.

The National Historic Site is collecting a maximum of 3,000 trees this holiday season, and while staff did not say if they’re accepting just any type of tree, spruce and fir species are preferred.

The program has become so popular that community members must pre-register to drop off their trees, which can be done on the RBG’s official website.

Tree drop offs begin Dec. 29, until Jan. 11.

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