RE-WILDING: WE ARE and we were one of the pioneers in the City of Toronto. We slowly re-freshed, re-generated and re-wilded a little used area of grass at the Daily Bread Food Bank.
RE-WILDING the bland grass landscape at the Daily Bread Food Bank in Etobicoke
We are growing a pollinator habitat & revitalizing the north lawn into a food corridor.
One of our members, Rhonda Richardson, was interviewed by Jordan Omstead, for his Re-Wilding article:
How ‘re-wilding’ can make Canada’s cityscapes more climate resilient and bee friendly
Jordan Omstead, CP
TORONTO —
The laneway beside Adam Barnes’s house is, at first blush, unremarkable within Toronto’s catalogue of backstreets: there are garages, a graffiti-tagged brick wall and a chain-link fence topped with barbed wire.
Jordan Omstead, The Canadian Press Apr 22, 2026 1:00 AM – see full article here
In the article: Adam Barnes, founder of Rewilders Toronto, a community-based ecological initiative, is one of the key sources sharing the beauty, importance and sustainable value of rewilding spaces.
We are grateful to be a part of such an important initiative in the GTA. Thank you to Rhonda for having time to speak with Jordan and participate in his interviews, for his rewilding article!
One more excerpt:
“She ripped out the lawn and replaced it with a variety of flowers but quickly realized some were better for pollinators than others. To learn more, she connected with some local gardening groups, including the Lakeshore Environmental Gardening Society, the group that has for years been rewilding an industrial space outside the Daily Bread Food Bank.”
Jordan Omstead, CP
Growing our :
Currant Nursery
Growing our :
Pollinator Habitats
