Adopt-a-Park

Benefits of well-kept parks and public green spaces include:

• Boost to urban economy
• Natural beauty and neighbourhood gathering places
• Provides positive impression; appeals and attracts residents and visitors.
• “Green infrastructure” that improves our local environment
• Prevents flooding and improves quality of water
• Cleaner air from trees; releasing oxygen and absorbing pollutants.
• Natural habitat for animals and birds
• Play space for children
• Promote physical activity and overall better health for all

Being part of an Adopt-a-Park program provides volunteers with an opportunity to:

• Keep your local park clean and green
• Work together with neighbours, community members and colleagues to foster community building.
• Meet new people
• Be a good neighbour
• In recognition for your group’s hard work, we’ll install an Adopt-a-Park sign recognizing your efforts to help keep Hamilton clean and green.

Adopt-a-Park groups do a lot of things to keep their park looking beautiful such as:

• Pick up litter
• Rake leaves
• Report and/or remove graffiti
• Report hazards
• Sweep walkways and paved areas
• Pull weeds
• Keep shrubs and gardens maintained
• Woodchip trees and shrub beds

Adopt-a-Park groups are expected to attend the annual training session in spring and participate in a minimum of four clean-up and beautification activities per year.

The City of Hamilton will provide annual safety training, bags, gloves and access to the Community Clean-Up trailers.

The Adopt-a-Park Tool Box is created to offer some of the resources that you require. These are documents that you would have received during the annual training or in your original package. If you require additional copies, feel free to print from the pdf in the tool box.

• Volunteer Manual 2018 (PDF, 641 KB)
• Participant List (PDF, 38 KB)
• Needle pick-up Pamphlet (PDF, 155 KB)