Plant Kawartha Fund
Increasing the urban canopy in Kawartha Lakes, through citizen led projects focused on planting trees and creating valuable green canopies across all communities.
Plant Kawartha Fund
The Purpose
Growing a Greener Future for Kawartha Lakes
Plant Kawartha is a volunteer-led community initiative dedicated to increasing biodiversity, restoring natural spaces, and creating healthier, greener communities across the City of Kawartha Lakes.
Through local planting projects, community partnerships, and donor support, Plant Kawartha helps bring native trees and shrubs to schools, parks, neighbourhoods, and public spaces where they can make a lasting difference.
What the Fund Supports
The Plant Kawartha Fund helps support:
Native tree and shrub planting
Schoolyard greening projects
Biodiversity and habitat restoration
Community planting initiatives
Environmental education and stewardship
Public spaces that benefit people, pollinators, birds, and wildlife
Local Impact
Through Plant Kawartha, donations help transform local spaces into greener, healthier environments.
Recent success includes support for school-based planting projects, including the successful Tree Canada grant awarded to Scott Young Public School in Omemee, helping create shade, increase biodiversity, and provide outdoor learning opportunities for students.
These projects show how community support can grow into lasting environmental impact.
Why Give
Your donation stays local and helps create:
Cooler schoolyards and public spaces
Healthier ecosystems
Increased biodiversity
Improved air quality
Habitat for pollinators and wildlife
A lasting environmental legacy for future generations
Plant a Living Legacy
A gift to the Plant Kawartha Fund is a meaningful way to honour a loved one, celebrate a milestone, offset your environmental footprint, or invest in a greener future for Kawartha Lakes.
Together, we can protect and restore the natural beauty of our community—one tree, one planting, and one act of stewardship at a time.
Donate to the Fund
Your support helps promote and create opportunities to increase biodiversity in the region.
Click or scan to donate online:
Donate Alternative Gifts:
E-transfer:
Send an e-transfer to info@kawarthafoundation.ca
In a separate email, please provide full name, address, transfer date, and security answer.
Cheque:
Issue to Community Foundation of Kawartha Lakes.
Mail to:
Kawartha Community Foundation
Suite 302, 165 Kent Street West
Lindsay, ON K9V 2Y5
What our fundholders are saying:
“The Community Foundation of Kawartha Lakes has provided the administrative and organizational support needed by our group of volunteers to allow us to turn our big vision for a greener, more sustainable urban canopy, into reality. The Foundation provides the legitimacy and security we need for donors to connect to our cause now and into the future.”
— Canopy Project Kawartha Lakes
Building on the legacy of the Canopy Project, the aim of Plant Kawartha is to:
to promote and create opportunities to increase biodiversity in the region
to support programs and projects aimed at protecting and preserving the environment for the benefit of the public
to educate and enhance the public’s understanding of the environment,
to be open to helping others starting their own biodiverse projects including planting initiatives.
