Blogs

Hi urban forest friends! I am super excited to be joining the LEAF team as the Residential Planting Program Coordinator. I first learnt about LEAF through my graduate program and I was so impressed with LEAF’s approach to improving the urban forest and the enthusiasm of the staff that I went home and told my partner I wanted to work for them. A few years later, here I am!

Spring is near! That means so are graduations and weddings. What better way to celebrate these milestones than by leaving a living legacy? Through LEAF’s new Commemoration Program, you can help support the urban forest while honouring special events or people in your life.

We’ve all seen trees in the city that seem to be devouring their surroundings. What’s really going on with these “hungry trees”?

Bees and wasps are familiar (and important) creatures that are a mainstay of the outdoor world. There is great diversity in this group of insects, but many of us are not familiar with what makes a bee a bee and a wasp a wasp. Read on to learn a little more about how you can tell the difference and hear about one of LEAF’s recent encounters.