A new 22-storey mural in Toronto’s Cabbagetown neighbourhood brings the surrounding natural landscape to the side of an apartment building, featuring a maple tree photographed across the street in Allan Gardens.

Titled Ecology of Us, Canadian artist Emmanuel Jarus painted the mural on the south-facing wall of the building at 140 Carleton St. The artist partnered with the building’s owner and StreetARToronto, a City of Toronto program, to complete the project in late October.

The mural was developed through community workshops focused on ecology, nature, and climate change. Local residents contributed leaf sketches that were incorporated into the bottom right-hand corner of the finished artwork.

The project received funding through StreetARToronto’s Monumental Program, which supports large-scale murals on buildings at least 30.5 m (100 ft) tall.

Created over several weeks using a suspended swing stage, the mural transforms a previously plain apartment wall into a large-scale public artwork inspired by the neighbourhood’s surrounding trees.