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Gardening
Ecological Gardening
In Dorval, we have the environment at heart. The mission of our city staff, renowned for its expertise in ecological gardening, is to improve the health of plants with appropriate gardening methods.
During the summer, an eco-technician is available to assist residents in adopting new lawn-care methods and to provide them with pesticides-free alternatives. To contact the City of Dorval’s Green Line, call at 514 633-4018 or write at greenline@ville.dorval.qc.ca.
Since 2005, every contractor providing lawn care services or exterminator must register with the City of Dorval. This register is useful to know the companies working on the Dorval territory. The register is not considered a reference guaranteeing a quality service offered by the contractors.
You must verify yourself if the contractor you wish to hire is adequately registered with the City.
It is also important that citizens do their part in preserving the many green spaces in Dorval by adopting a new and safer approach towards the environment.
Here are several useful links about ecological gardening:
Seed Library: Borrowing, Sowing, Sharing!
A free access to a seed inventory offered by the Dorval Library to encourage the community to explore gardening, green practices and healthy living.
Home Gardener’s Checklist
A calendar for gardening amateurs. Gardening advice from spring to fall.
Coalition for Alternatives to Pesticides
How to Save Tulip Bulbs
Organic Lawn Care Guide
White Grub Control
Healthy Lawns
Advice for having a healthy lawn. For gardening amateurs and experts in lawn care.
Insect Pests and Diseases
Description cards on insect pests and diseases. Advice on how to detect and treat them.
Collective Gardens
Royal Dixie Park Collective Garden
Located at 514 Bourke Avenue, between Bourke and Galland Avenues, the Royal Dixie Park Collective Garden is a space dedicated to biodiversity and the promotion of eco-citizenship, for both adults and children.
Priority access is given to residents of the Bourke-Galland sector. This garden serves as an open-air laboratory where residents can imagine and experiment with ideas for a healthier, more sustainable, and community-focused city.
The site includes several inspiring features:
- Raised garden beds for collective planting
- A greenhouse for seedlings and cold-sensitive plants at the beginning and end of the season
- Two sheds for storage, equipped with sinks, vegetable drying areas, and a friendly space for socializing
- Composters to recycle organic materials
- An edible hedge made up of small fruit-bearing plants
- And many other elements designed to spark curiosity and foster learning
This project is an initiative of the City of Dorval, in partnership with GRAME (Group for Research and Action for a Better Environment). It aims to:
- Support community food resilience
- Encourage residents to volunteer in a large-scale gardening project
- Promote participation in activities related to food, urban agriculture, and the environment
- Provide a space for neighbours to connect during workshops and events
Facebook page Published article about the Royal-Dixie garden (French only)
The garden is now open for the new season! We invite everyone to come explore this wonderful space, get your hands dirty in a fun and rewarding way, and enjoy the fruits of your labour in a welcoming and inspiring environment.
Small collective gardens behind the SDCC
Open to all Dorval residents
It is with much enthusiasm - and thanks to the green thumbs of its blue-collar employees - that the City of Dorval has planted two collective gardens, behind the Sarto-Desnoyers Community Centre.
Residents are invited to pick the fruits and vegetables from these gardens, all in a spirit of sharing and neighbourliness, and to also maintain the crops. Help yourselves (while you respectively leave some for others) and if you happen to be a garden expert and you spot some bad weeds, don't hesitate to pull them out!
Happy gardening!
Community Gardens
To Dorval residents who would love to grow their own organic vegetables but don't have the space, the City offers 50 plots (3m X 6m), including two plots for persons with a disability, located on Thorncrest Avenue North.
Each plot is available for $25 per year, or $20 for first citizens, which runs from October 1 to September 30. Contact the Sarto-Desnoyers Community Centre for all the details.
Information
Telephone: 514 633-4000
Pesticides
The use of pesticides outside buildings is prohibited.
Exceptions
Prohibited products may be used in certain exceptional situations, all of which are out-lined in the by-law:
- if it's a biopesticide accepted by the Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) or if they are ingredients mentionned in the document "Low-impact pesticides", except if they are enriched by another active pest-controlled ingredient.
- in pools and decorative ponds or self-contained artificial basins.
- for an infestation, but only with a permit and after ecological alternatives have been exhausted.
- within a radius of 5 m of warehouses and food manufacturing companies to ensure vermin control, but only with a permit.
- in case of use of insect repellent and rat poison to eliminate mice and smal rodents.
- in case of use of insecticide collars for animals.
Anyone wishing to use pesticides to control an infestation, vermin, spiders, or ants must first obtain a permit.
Permits
It costs $10 for an individual and $25 for a corporation to purchase a permit from the municipality. Such a permit is valid for a maximum of 10 days from the date of issue and comes with a number of strict conditions.
Any person who contravenes this by-law is guilty of an offence and is liable to a fine.
Useful Links
- Low-impact Pesticides (authorized products)
Montréal Botanical Garden - Information tool on the risks of pesticide for the health and the envionment (in French)
Information
Telephone: 514 633-4018
During the summer, an eco-technician is available to assist residents in adopting new lawn-care methods and to provide them with pesticides-free alternatives.
To contact the City of Dorval’s Green Line, call at 514 633-4018 or write at green-line@ville.dorval.qc.ca.
Consult the integral version of the by-law concerning pesticide use