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As part of LEAF’s 2018 Young Urban Forest Leaders (YUFLs) program, Armita, Farheen, Megan and Sneha joined efforts with Our Place Initiative to launch a new Adopt-A-Park-Tree program in Centennial Park. To introduce the program, a public Tree Tour and stewardship event was held at the park on Sunday, August 26th, 2018. Though it was a hot summer afternoon, there was great community turn out with lots of excitement, energy and great stewardship spirit!

On August 22nd, members of the community congregated for an informative tree tour through Trinity Bellwoods Park. Over the summer, four of LEAF’s 2018 cohort of Young Urban Forest Leaders (YUFL), Stephanie Clark, Sam Hayden, Julia Spina, and Melissa Szopa, worked with the community group Friends of Trinity Bellwoods to prepare for this event.

Outdoor spaces, when properly planned and planted, can be such a great resource! A well designed yard can act as an outdoor extension of your home, where your family can relax. It can also serve as vital habitat for local wildlife. Designing a wildlife-friendly yard is an easy way to improve our urban forest and promote local biodiversity.

This summer, young women took part in LEAF’s Young Urban Forest Leaders (YUFL) program to learn about urban forestry. The program concluded with participants organizing a community event at a Toronto park. For the four of us, Laura, Denyse, Jenna and Karla, this event took place on Sunday, August 19th, at Guild Park. It was the first of the three YUFL events and an amazing success!

Every year, LEAF organizes several Tree Tenders Volunteer Training Courses in various locations in the Greater Toronto Area. This September, we will be hosting a course at the Humber Arboretum and we’re especially excited about it!