Eco Action – Making A Difference

Success Stories - Making A Differance is what this section is all about. In this section we profile success stories of people and organisations who are walking thier talk and taking real steps to live in a more sustainable manner. These are stories where ideas become words which become actions which are now making a differance.

A Profile of Peterborough’s Ecology Park

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Written by Ecology Park staff

The Ecology Park in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada, is a beautiful example of a community of people who banded together to create a vision for demonstrating their ideals in ecological landscaping and gardening. Ecology Park has inspired countless people and has forever changed the landscape of Peterborough, literally. The following article gives a brief idea of how the park was founded and continues to flourish.

The Ecology Park has grown from a simple demonstration food garden started in 1991 to a five acre showcase of ecological landscaping. Located on city parkland in Peterborough’s Beavermead Park, it has become a place to see models of healthy landscapes, to learn concepts and skills for managing land in sustainable ways, and a source for materials such as plants and natural soil amendments.