Wellesley Street East Planters - 2020 Refresh
The CWNA Placemaking Committee is coordinating a summer 2020 refresh of the raised planters on Wellesley Street East. We are working in cooperation with the City's Public Realm section, Councillor Wong-Tam's office, the Church Wellesley Village BIA and adjoining property owners.
Yonge and Wellesley (South-East corner)
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Close to Yonge, beside the Scotia Bank, this is the largest of the ten planters.
Refresh plan: plant with hardy perennials; mulch. Water to be supplied courtesy the Village BIA; ScotiaBank employees and CWNA will maintain. |
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43 Wellesley E (South Side)
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Located in front of Sunnybrook Hospital.
Refresh plan: plant with hardy perennials; mulch. Water to be supplied courtesy the Village BIA. |
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58 Wellesley E (North Side)
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This pair of planters complement Paul Kane Park. The Parks Dept. has planted them with perennials.
Refresh plan: none, as these are cared for by Parks. |
63 Wellesley E (South Side)
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Located in front of the Rexall at Church and Wellesley, this bed is planted up with annuals each summer, courtesy The Village BIA.
Refresh plan: add mulch. |
77 Wellesley E (South Side)
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Located in front of The Wine Rack at Church and Wellesley, this is the second bed planted with annuals by the The Village BIA.
Refresh plan: add mulch. |
80 Wellesley Street E (North Side)
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This is a largest tree of all in the 10 planters.
Refresh plan: mulch. |
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85 Wellesley E (South Side)
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Refresh plan: remove weeds and mulch.
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95 Wellesley E (South Side)
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Refresh plan: remove weeds and mulch.
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100 Wellesley E (North Side)
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Refresh plan: remove weeds and mulch
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111 Wellesley E (South Side)
In addition to the planters located at the curb of Wellesley, we also rehabilitated two abandoned planters fronting Wellesley Street at Jarvis by topping them up with soil and adding mulch. We planted up one of them and will planter the other in Spring 2021.
