Rouge Valley Conservation Centre

 

The Rouge Valley Conservation Centre is owned and operated by the Rouge Valley Foundation, a not-for-profit charitable organization established in 1984, dedicated to protecting, restoring and enhancing the natural and cultural heritage of the Rouge Valley. This is achieved through a variety of restoration and rehabilitation projects and through educational programming.


With wide community support, the Foundation restored the historic Pearse House, a century home situated on the edge of the Rouge Valley and converted it into the Rouge Valley Conservation Centre.


The Rouge Valley Conservation Centre is located in Toronto, Ontario in the Rouge Park, the largest urban park in North America encompassing Toronto, Markham and Whitchurch-Stouffville. The Centre opened it's doors in 1995 and is operated with the assistance of a dedicated group of volunteers. The Centre conducts environmental restoration, monitoring and research and offers interpretive walks and educational programs for the general public, school and community groups. It is the home to local non-profit, volunteer groups Rouge Valley Naturalists, Citizen Scientists, Earth Day Scarborough, Ride for the Rouge and 10,000 Trees.


The Rouge Valley Conservation Centre is an organization dedicated to raising awareness about conservation in general and the Rouge Valley in particular. The Rouge Valley Conservation Centre offers:


  2. - Guided interpretative walks and program days for schools and community groups of all ages.

  3. - Exciting hands-on, custom-designed programs in support of school curriculum and themes including
    Winter in the Valley, Winter Birds, Animal Tracks, Species at Risk, Cavity Nesting, On the Forest Floor,
    Butterflies and Other Pollinators, Life in a Pond, Explore a Habitat or Two, Autumn in the Valley, Fall
    Colours, Natives in Nature, Energy Efficient Kids, Nature’s Calling and Take a Hike. Programs are 
    available for children in grades JK/SK thru 12 and run year round.

  4. - A classroom, with touch-table, for nature and arts workshops, and meetings and socials.

  5. - A beautiful garden yard, open to all, with pond, log circle, medicine wheel, wigwam, flower, herb and
    butterfly gardens, and a number of Rouge Valley trail heads.

  6. - Interpretative nature hikes and walks through the Rouge Valley for the general public.

Our Mandate

The Rouge Valley Conservation Centre is located in Toronto, Ontario in the Rouge Park, the largest urban park in North America. The Centre focuses on environmental restoration, monitoring and research and offers interpretive walks and educational programs for the general public, school and community groups. It is the home to local non-profit, volunteer groups Rouge Valley Naturalists, Citizen Scientists and 10,000 Trees.

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Calendar of Hikes and events

  1. -2010 hikes and events

Special Events

  1. -Ride for the Rouge

  2. -Rouge Valley Eco Exploration Event

  3. -Year of energy conservation

  4. -25th anniversary of the Rouge valley foundation

educational programs

  1. -program descriptions

Discover the Rouge

  1. -Nature Notes

  2. -Eastern blue birds

  3. -Deer count

  4. -hiking trails

  5. -photos

Donate

  1. -donate OR become a sponsor

About Us

  1. -Our mandate

  2. -directions & map

  3. -board of directors

  4. -Pearse House History

  5. -Our Partners