One Mile Creek connects us with nature
In Niagara on the Lake, many private landowners take initiative to cherish our natural heritage. Over the past 20 years volunteers have come together to protect the creek that flows through Old Town.
Plantings in public parks show how to revitalize the watershed
As a volunteer group, we plant and maintain native trees and shrubs as well as pollinator gardens in two public parks to encourage appreciation of our natural heritage.
CORNER OF KING & JOHN STREETS
One Mile Creek originates near the Rand property on King Street and crosses John Street along the edge of the Common. In the park at King and John Streets, in 2016 we planted a pollinator garden. In 2020 we added 450 native plants, shrubs and trees.
WILLIAM STREET PARK
At the top of the hill abutting One Mile Creek at 433 William Street (behind the pumping station), a group of volunteers led by Gerry Benateau in 2012 created a large buffer/pollinator garden. Today, we enjoy a public park; in the 1940s, it was the Town Dump.
Appreciate the growth of plantings from 5 years ago
Thanks to the drone photography of René Bertschi, you can see the growth from October 2020 to October 2025 of the native trees and shrubs we planted along One Mile Creek in the public park at the corner of King & John Streets. Click to read more about the 2020 plantings.
Guides in PDF format to read or download
Buffers are Better
Leaving an area of trees, grasses, shrubs, even wildflowers along waterways – a riparian buffer – can improve the water quality adjacent to your property by over 30%.
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Grow Me Instead
Grow Me Instead is a planting guide for southern Ontario with plant profiles and photos that helps find non-invasive plants for your landscaping.
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Stewardship Guide
The Landowner Stewardship Guide was developed especially for residents living within the One Mile Creek watershed in Niagara-on-the-Lake.
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Woodland plants
This guide to Woodland Plants available for free download makes it easy to identify native woodland plants of the Niagara Peninsula watershed.
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