Blogs

Have you heard the recent buzz about the challenges facing our native bee populations? Due to factors such as climate change, loss of habitat and food sources, invasive plants and pesticide exposure, native bee population levels are threatened. Good news though - you can help! LEAF offers Native Bee Shrub Bundles designed to provide habitat and food sources for our native bees!

Ying Qu has recently joined the LEAF Board of Directors. In this blog, our Acting Executive Director, Erin MacDonald interviews Ying about her experience and her motivation for becoming a LEAF Board member.

There are countless benefits to enhancing biodiversity. LEAF’s naturalization planting events assist in recreating diverse, sustainable and resilient urban forests. Through increasing plant diversity, LEAF protects public lands and urban forests for future generations, while helping connect people to their local environments and to each other. These events are crucial to creating and sustaining healthy environments.

The spookiest time of year is just around the corner! With its sinister silhouette, furrowed bark and wild, spreading branches, it’s no wonder the Kentucky coffeetree (Gymnocladus dioicus) is known as the Halloween tree. Standing nearly 45 feet tall, its bare, irregular crown makes for the perfect haunted house backdrop!