Honorary Trees

Trees are a unique way to celebrate the birth of a child, celebrate a life milestone or create a living tribute to a lost loved one.

A donation of $30 to plant a tree in the Grand River watershed is a wonderful way to improve our quality of life, today and for future generations.
Your donation comes with a charitable receipt. Their name, and yours, will be marked on this webpage. Please note that these donations go towards our Nature Conservancy Fund, which supports GRCA tree planting projects. Contributions cannot be ascribed to specific trees.
Please visit our secure website and select Give Grand! ($30 to Plant a Tree) to make your donation. If you would like an acknowledgement other than a digital card sent, please provide us with your tributee's contact information by emailing us after completing your donation.

If you prefer to make a donation over the phone or by cheque, please call our office at 519-621-2761.

Prior to 2023, honorary tree donations were recorded in the Honorary Tree Book located at our head office. The book remains available to view past memorials, and moving forward the names will be recorded on this webpage.

2023 Honorary Trees

In 2023 donations from the Nature Conservancy Fund were used to plant trees at Brant Conservation Area.

Donor	Planted for	Reason for Donation
Mark Gibson	Alissa Gibson	In memory
Karen Sutton	Ed Goodwin	In memory
Margaret Bell	Rose Whiting	In memory
Beth Goodwin	Barbara Girling	In memory
Beth Goodwin	Elaine Elchert	In memory
Elisabeth Blanchett	Ted Blanchett	In honour
Pat Ottaway Bryan & Rod Bryan	John Richmond	In memory
Pat Ottaway Bryan & Rod Bryan	Ron Hewitt	In memory
The Boys of DCA	Gerald Allan Binkley	In memory
Abhijit Shukla	Shridhar P. Shukla	In memory
Rosemarie Sugg	In honor of her husband	In memory
Pat Ottaway Bryan & Rod Bryan	Virginia Lee Majury	In memory
Pat Ottaway Bryan & Rod Bryan	Barbara 'Joan' Bates	In memory
Karlene Mears	Jack Marentette	In memory
Karlene Mears	Janet Hamilton	In memory
Anonymous	Nyasha Millicent	In honour
Angela Kozachenko	Michael D'Alessandro	In celebration of confirmation
Anonymous	Lionel Fernandes	In memory
Mary Leroux	Daniel Lawlor	In memory
Carol Betts	Bill Moore	In memory
Anne Dahmer	Ron Dahmer	In honour
Jane Mitchell	Mary Ann Christie	In honour
Alex Boyle	Steve Kret	In memory
Alex Stewart	Steve Kret	In memory
Jamie-Lynn Lehane	Peter Derle	In memory
Dan Daigle	Ronald Marshall	In memory
ARCA	Helen Tokiwa	In memory
Dona Massel	Fred Johnson	Birthday
ARCA	Nelda Brenneman	In memory
ARCA	Lois Muriel Mainland	In memory
Mary Stevens	Dona Massel	Birthday
Debra Courtney & Family	Margarete Schilling	In memory
Donna Lyle	Barbara Leduc	In memory
Mary Alice, Greg, Jaquie & Blake	Sheila Pigeon	In memory
ARCA	Rolf-Dieter Solga	In memory
Karen Leiva	Ms. Sheel	In honour
Scott Tousaw	Galt to Paris Rail Trail	In honour
Lynda MacLeod	Lynda MacLeod	Birthday
Becky Meyer	Scott & April Snider	In honour
Barbara McKay	Bryan McKay	In memory
John & Gail Stahlbaum	Elmer John Baer	In memory
Michelle Alderson	Gregory Alderson	In memory
Pat Ottaway Bryan & Rod Bryan	Lanny Ross Salmon	In memory
Evelyn Harold	Marilyn Alford	In memory
Dan Daigle	Jack Lee	In memory
ARCA	Eileen Margaret Lemp	In memory
Pat Ottaway Bryan & Rod Bryan	Gary Kitchen	In memory
Pat Ottaway Bryan & Rod Bryan	John David Robson	In memory
Sarah Harris	Walter Portengen	In honour
Pat Ottaway Bryan & Rod Bryan	Robert John Gauthier	In memory
Carol Betts	Debbie Betts	In memory
Carol Betts	Ruth Ann	In memory
Ursula Bauman	Jack Lea	In memory
Robert Kniesz	Albert Kniesz	In memory
Robert Kneisz	Alice Krulicki	In memory
ARCA	Olive Stevens	In memory
Dan Daigle	Gerald Gerth	In memory
Alice Roeder	Gord Eason	In memory
ARCA	Mylan Tram	In memory
Maxine Kubiseski	Ceri Howell	In honour
Barbara Bealt	Liz & Wayne Caston	In honour
ARCA	Karen Mainland	In memory
Karen Priebe	George Miller	In honour
Mike Hulls		In celebration
Chris Van Dyke	Sandy Little	In honour
Daryl Smith	Mike McNorton	In celebration
Carol Betts	Debbie Betts	In memory
Carol Betts	Rosamond & Herbert Lee	In memory
Reep Green Solutions	Mary Jane Patterson	In honour
Nicole Barrett	Lisa M. Falkenburger	In memory
Wayne & Elizabeth Caston	The Veale Family	In honour
Trudi Collins	Richard Sterne	In memory
Jeffery Sangers	Deborah Simpson	In memory
Cameron Irvine	The Irvine Family	In honour
Emily Slofstra		In celebration
Robert Eilers		In celebration
Peter Pautler	Hazel Sitler	In memory
Brenden Sherratt		In celebration

2024 Honorary Trees

In 2024 donations from the Nature Conservancy Fund were used to plant trees at the Guelph Lake Nature Centre and Elora Gorge Conservation Area.

Donor	Planted for	Reason for donation
Pat Ottaway-Bryan & Rod Bryan	Ciara Patrice Wiley	In memory
Dan Daigle	Cynthia Del Bel Belluz	In memory
Danita Simmons	Arthur Noble	In memory
Kady Anson	Bobby Siharath	In memory
Trillium Lutheran Church Choir	Sandy Bishop	In memory
Brenda Banks	Velma Green	In memory
ARCA	Joseph Recchia	In memory
Nancy Heinbuch	Pete Bradley	In memory
Claire McCusker	Evan & Amanda Lodge	In memory
Sundar Viswanathan	John Auger	In memory
Jane Staines	Michael Daivs	In memory
Pat Ottaway-Bryan & Rod Bryan	Lesley Patterson	In memory
Angeline Ottaway	Lesley Patterson	In memory
ARCA	Jacqueline Moore	In memory
ARCA	Jean Dickin	In memory
ARCA	Marie Louise Vollmer	In memory
ARCA	Leone Scarpino	In memory
ARCA	Murray Dunnette	In memory
Norma Williams	Jamie Williams	In memory
Jaqueline Wettlaufer	Walter Alexander Rideout	In memory
The Boys of DCA	Jim Fraser	In memory
Barry Mills	Nora Fueten	In memory
Hunter Steel Sales Ltd	Wilma Wood	In memory
ARCA	Helle Reikman	In memory
ARCA	Geoff Meston	In memory
Joanne Vipari	Jim Kurt	In memory
Peter Paulter	Joanne Paulter	In honour
Peter Paulter	Mary Paulter	In honour
ARCA	Rosalinde Solga	In memory
Pat Ottaway-Byran & Rod Bryan	Vickie Hughes	In memory
Syanne McGregor	John Sciberras	In honour
Denise Moore	Jason Cammaert	In honour
Lynda MacLeod	85th Birthday	In celebration
Swati Sharma		In celebration
Barbara McKay	Bryan McKay	In memory
	O.M.	In memory
Doug & Jeri-Gay MacDonald	Patricia Gehl	In memory
Nancy MacKay-Dietrich	Eleanor Gail Mackay	In memory
Glen Grandine	Jack Griffin	In memory
Serena Manson	Jack Griffin	In memory
ARCA	Erik Westermann	In memory
Sylvia Miller	Colin Brace	In memory
Michael Murray	Bree	In memory
Rod Bryan & Pat Ottaway-Bryan	Barry William Rogers	In memory
Rod Bryan & Pat Ottaway-Bryan	Austin Layden	In memory
Swati Sharma		In celebration
Rod Bryan & Pat Ottaway-Bryan	Marion Jean Hostein	In memory
Carol Betts	Debbie Betts	In memory
Harry McGhie	Terry Binkley	In memory
Ivy Cui	Anabela Bonada	In honour
Ivy Cui	Jillian Prosser	In honour
Ivy Cui	Naomi Wolfe	In honour
Ivy Cui	Rebecca Robinson	In honour
Judy Gilchrist	Doug Gilchrist	In memory
Christina Koenig	Gus B	In memory
Christina Koenig	Jacqueline K	In memory
Matt Holland		In celebration
Melanie Alappat		In celebration
Terry Veres	Bill & Marg Sheppard	In honour
Extend-a-Family Waterloo	Lisa P	In memory
Swati Sharma		In celebration
Holden Ryder	Penny Battler	In memory
Elizabeth Charlton	Victoria Dahmer	In memory

2025 Honorary Trees

Donor	Planted for	Reason for donation
Michael Kostiuk	Emily & Scott Verhoeve	In honour
Swati Sharma		In celebration
Dan Daigle	Ruth Antill	In memory
ARCA	Erma Shantz	In memory
ARCA	Thomas Lawn	In memory
Lynda MacLeod	Pamela De Gruchy	In memory
Elizabeth Hardin	Jan Kalbfleisch	In memory
Gwen Daly	Dan Reynolds	In memory
ARCA	Bonnie Pickering	In memory
ARCA	Harold Day	In memory
Shirley Halaska	Don Harvey	In memory
Henry Walser	Steven Gregory Stumpf	In memory
Kate Paulter	Tom Gould	In honor
Carol Betts	Sadie Donna Lewin-Burnett	In memory
Dorothy Duxbury	Ron Edwards	In memory
Kerri Burt	John Joseph Byrne	In memory
Anne Dahmer	Ronald Dahmer	In honor
Pat Ottaway-Bryan	Doug Culp	In memory
Pat Ottaway-Bryan	Brenda Moyer	In memory
Sandeep Manku		In celebration
Stridely Solutions		In celebration
Aimo & Irene Manninen	Karen Terdik	In memory
Elizabeth Jane Luce	Sean Drinkwalter	In memory
Leslie Crawford	Dr. Elsie Taylor	In honor
Melanie Stanley	Zaya Valentina Short	In memory
Daniel Bowden	Ian Hazlehurst	In memory
Akash Sagi		In celebration
Gibson Family	Alissa Gibson	In honor
Page Family	Alfred Secord	In memory
Janet's Run/Walk Friends	Brian Ralphs	In memory
ARCA	Justin Matthew Joshua Buhr	In memory
Julian Hache	John Kutsche	In memory
Amelia Gundersen-Herman	Dannielle Boilard	In memory
LA Tuck	Victory Kids Club	In honor
LA Tuck	Victory P.S FJKB Classroom Teachers	In memory
Kathryn Munn	Bob Lainson	In honor
ARCA	Dorothy Lutz	In memory
ARCA	Murray Proud	In memory
Margaret Anderson	Michael Alexander Edward Wiegand	In memory
Lynda MacLeod		In celebration
Pat Cottenie	Mike and Dayana Snider	In honor
Swati Sharma
Barbara Mckay	Bryan McKay	In memory
Gail Hutchinson	Barb MacQuarrie	In honor
Gail Hutchinson	Professor Constance Backhouse	In honor
Ellen Yessis	Michael Wiegand	In memory
Peter Pautler	Doug Claydon	In memory
Kelly Cole	Kenny Squires	In memory
Ila Turner	Dave Bellefontaine	In memory
Mary Joy Aitken	William Aitken	In memory
Yvonne Stanton	Carol Ann Muncaster	In memory
Raymond Stanton	Russell Muncaster	In memory
Mary Harding	Russell & Carol Anne Muncasater	In memory
Brian Lorch	Russell Muncaster	In memory
Susan Cadell	Carol and Russell Muncaster	In memory
Penelope Muncaster	Russell and Carol Ann Muncaster	In memory
ARCA	Dr. Timothy Wallace	In memory

Contact Us

Grand River Conservation Authority
400 Clyde Road, PO Box 729
Cambridge, ON
N1R 5W6
Phone: 519-621-2761
Toll Free: 1-866-900-4722
grca@grandriver.ca