This request will be completed outside of the Participatory Budgeting Process.
Unfortunately, funds available for participatory budgeting can only be used for capital projects such as one-time installations and construction of immovable infrastructures. The proposed project request will require operational funds that cannot be obtained from community benefit charges under Section 37 of the Provincial Planning Act.
Plantings do not count as capital spending but operational spending under the policy, restricting our office from helping. Community-led projects that engage surrounding neighbours and residents can apply for grants upwards to $5000 for creating new pollinator gardens like this one.
https://www.toronto.ca/services-payments/water-environment/environmental-grants-incentives/pollinateto-community-grants/
Plant flowering, climbing annuals in the planters along the north side of Court Street, in front of & flanking the park
From "2025 PB Cluster 5"
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Streetscape Improvement:
Courthouse Square Park on the north side of Court St. has been identified as warranting investment in furniture and maintenance in 2026.
This PB Project suggestion is to plant flowering, climbing, annuals (such as wisteria) in all nine of the tall obelisk-style planters on the north sidewalk of Court St. between Toronto St and Church St., in advance of the upcoming investment in the Park itself. Eight of these street planters are currently empty, but for weeds; one contains a struggling wisteria plant.
The cost estimate for this project is modest. Large plants and new soil will cost $500 to $1,000, and the labour to clean up and replant the planters should be no more than $2,000. Total cost estimate (budgetary purposes only) = $3,000.
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Last update: October 17, 2025
Posted on October 17, 2025
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