Yards & Gardens News Releases

Calgary – Now that nice weather is finally here, remember that you can drop-off your yard waste for composting at all three City landfills.   The landfills will waive fees for residential loads of leaves, branches, plants and other yard...

Last year’s early snowfall buried lots of leaves and other yard waste on Calgary lawns. This spring, Calgarians are encouraged to drop off that waste at City landfills for free so it can be composted instead of thrown away.   Between...

Although we’ve had an early winter, you still have a few more days to drop off your leaves and pumpkins for composting through The City’s 2012 Leaf & Pumpkin Composting Program. Bagged leaves and pumpkins can be taken to one of the...

This fall, Calgarians will turn more than two million kilograms of leaves and pumpkins into compost instead of garbage. Residents can take bagged leaves and pumpkins to 36 seasonal drop-off locations from September 28 to November 11.   Leaves...

Waste & Recycling Services has announced the four communities selected for a residential food and yard waste pilot. The pilot will involve the communities of Abbeydale, Brentwood, Cougar Ridge and Southwood starting in March...

This is the last weekend for Calgarians to recycle your leaves and pumpkins through The City’s 2011 Leaf & Pumpkin Recycling program.   The program, which has collected close to two million kilograms of leaves and pumpkins so far...

The City of Calgary Parks is gathering input from citizens to better understand how Calgarians view their urban forest. This information will be used to assist us in our efforts to preserve and grow our urban forest. Please help us by filling out a...

The Healthy Yards program is currently offering Lunch and Learn sessions for Calgary businesses. Organizations that are interested in encouraging their employees to adopt environmentally-friendly practices can have The City of Calgary Parks come in...

During the warmer summer months, outdoor watering can result in a 50 per cent increase in demand for water. By following a few simple conservation tips at home you can save yourself both time and money, plus you help reduce the strain we put on our...

A warm welcome from the Mayor and groups of kids strutting their eco-stuff opened the 22nd annual Mayor’s Environment Expo on June 7.  Mayor Naheed Nenshi spent time with the kids getting lessons on environmental actions including...