Toronto Community Housing Corporation

Enhancing green spaces on Toronto Community Housing Corporation (TCHC) properties and communities while empowering tenants in shrub planting and tree maintenance has been a key focus for LEAF, with the TCHC Planting and Stewardship program achieving remarkable success since its inception. Read more on how the program has inspired a like-minded superintendent, Kim Ennis, to help tenants enhance their communities.

Abayomi Broomes is an advocate and activist dedicated to the protection and preservation of the environment and wildlife. Since 2022, he has received over 15 native shrubs and three native trees through LEAF’s Toronto Community Housing Corporation (TCHC) Planting and Stewardship Program. Hear more from Abayomi about the importance of community greening and why others should get involved.

For Catherine Liscumb, maintaining a green and clean environment around her Toronto Community Housing Corporation (TCHC) building is an important way to improve the environment and community. Hear more from her as she explains the connection between environmental stewardship, climate change and community wellness.

For one Toronto Community Housing Corporation (TCHC) tenant, caring for his local trees is a meaningful gift to give his community. Hear more from our friend and Urban Forest Champion, Jason Sinclair, as he discusses the connection of trees to the quality of life within his community.

As a concerned tree lover, you might be curious about some ways you can assess the health of the trees in your neighbourhood. In this blog, we will be looking at some key indicators of tree health described in the Neighbourwoods Tree Inventory Protocol that we use when we assessed the health of the trees planted through LEAF’s Toronto Community Housing Corporation (TCHC) Planting and Stewardship Program. Read along and learn how you can observe the health of the trees in your own neighbourhood.