July 14, 2015
Jaclyn Corneil
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I’ve never been to Rio de Janeiro, but if I came across a genie in a bottle, visiting the city would be my first wish (I have dreams of strolling through Copacabana during Carnival). But much to my surprise, the city has more to offer than just beaches and hot weather. After a simple Google search, I learned that visiting Rio without seeing the Tijuca Forest is like going to New York City and not seeing Central Park.
July 14, 2015
Jaclyn Corneil
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Now that The Great Toronto Tree Hunt has come to a close, I thought I would give a shout out to some of my favourite nominations that weren’t selected as finalists, but have fantastic stories I wanted to share.
July 13, 2015
Brenna Anstett
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As a tree of beauty and versatility, the basswood has played both a symbolic and practical role throughout history. It has been called by a number of different names over the years such as the mystical tree of life, the tree of health, the judicial tree, the victory tree, the fertility tree and the social/dance tree. Its most notable nickname, however, is the bee tree.
July 13, 2015
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Robyn Stewart, LEAF tour leader: "How do you all feel about walking through the grass down that potentially muddy slope?"
Group consensus: If you came out in the rain today, you're willing to get your feet wet!
July 10, 2015
Melissa Williams
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On Earth Day this year, LEAF announced some very exciting news: that we were expanding our Backyard Tree Planting Program to Ajax. We’ve been so thrilled to offer this subsidized program to Ajax residents, but we’re not stopping there! With support from the Town of Ajax, Durham Region, Toronto and Region Conservation and Ontario Power Generation, we’ll also be offering some fantastic educational programs this fall.
July 07, 2015
Erin MacDonald
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Over the past month, LEAF has been working with eight amazing young women through our Young Urban Forest Leaders Program. The program is designed to support young women who want to become urban forest leaders in their communities.
July 03, 2015
Melissa Williams
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This spring, with support from the Government of Ontario and York Region, LEAF launched its new Youth EAB Ambassador Program. LEAF provided 11 elementary schools from the York Catholic District School Board (YCDSB) with in-class workshops that taught students the importance of the urban forest and the threat posed by the Emerald Ash Borer (EAB).
June 26, 2015
Janet McKay
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On Wednesday June 24, LEAF and partners hosted The Great Toronto Tree Hunt awards ceremony. It was the exciting culmination of the Hunt, which began on earth day (April 22nd) 2015.
June 26, 2015
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In May, LEAF’s volunteer garden stewards were invited to attend a workshop by the amazing arborist Mark Sherman that dealt with general garden care. We learned a ton of interesting facts about our wonderful trees, the ways in which gardens grow and what weeds really are!
June 25, 2015
Janet McKay
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The goal of The Great Toronto Tree Hunt was to engage Torontonians in helping us uncover the beauty and wonder of our urban forest by nominating individual trees that hold special meaning to them. We launched the Hunt on Earth Day, April 22nd, and by the close of our nomination period, June 1st, we had received 390 entries.