Thanks to all Community Clean-up Volunteers!

Lots of people came out today (Sat. April 26) to help with the annual Spring Clean-up of Guildwood Village, including Guild Park.

Community garbage results in Guildwood Village, April 26, 2025, thanks to GVCA volunteers. Photo from The Guildwood Group, Angela Vanderberg

Thanks to everyone who lent a hand to fill up so many garbage bags!

The local Community Clean-up is organized by the Guildwood Village Community Association (GVCA), in partnership with the City of Toronto.

As part of this important initiative, some local gardeners and Friends of Guild Park volunteers spent time removing the man-made garbage from Guild Park's Native Pollinator Garden, near the Sculptor's Cabin.

Lots of cans, garbage and other man-made waste getting bagged near Guild Park's Native Pollinator Garden. Part of the local Spring Community Clean-up, April 2025. Photo: A. Porter, Friends of Guild Park.

Experienced gardeners know it's important to avoid raking up leaves and/or remove stems and other "natural debris" from garden areas too early in the year. They don't want to disrupt the beneficial insects and pollinators that overwinter in this ground cover.