Wellesley Street East Planters
Since 2020, the CWNA Placemaking Committee has taken care of many of the raised planters on Wellesley Street East.
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. |
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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. |
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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.
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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.
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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 have also rehabilitated the abandoned planters fronting Wellesley Street at Jarvis by topping them up with soil, adding mulch and planting with hardy perennials [photos coming soon]
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