September 16, 2013
Robyn Stewart
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Another week, another list of events! Here are a number of places where we'll be this week - we hope you can drop by!
September 12, 2013
Robyn Stewart
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Did you know that National Forest Week is coming up? It starts Sunday, September 22 and all of us at LEAF are pretty excited. It’s a week that celebrates what we do all year long – protecting and improving the urban forest. Forests are fundamental to our economy, culture, traditions and history – and to our future. National Forest Week is a great opportunity for each of us to learn more about our forests, both urban and rural, and to get involved.
September 11, 2013
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I took the LEAF Tree Tenders Volunteer Training course a couple of years ago. As a teacher, it gave me the know-how and confidence to invite my students to learn more about caring for trees on our school grounds. Tree care education does not need to be an “add-on activity”. There are multiple ways of integrating tree learning and stewardship into the Ontario curriculum.
September 10, 2013
Melissa Williams
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If you subscribe to our e-newsletter, “like” us on Facebook or follow us on Twitter (#watchyourash, @LEAF), chances are you’ve heard about the amazing job our EAB Ambassadors have been doing. Forty individuals have already signed up to become EAB Ambassadors in York Region, and many of them attended our free training session in Newmarket this past June.
September 09, 2013
Robyn Stewart
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Well, we made it through the dog days of Summer! As we approach the reds, yellows, and oranges of autumn, things are far from slowing down! Here is a summary of where we'll be this week:
September 05, 2013
Guest Blogger
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On a sunny Saturday this past June, a large group gathered to adopt the trees of Withrow Park. The morning kicked off with community members mulching the park’s trees and then we took a tree tour with LEAF Stewardship and Volunteer Coordinator, Jessica Piskorowski and the Friends of Withrow Park. It was a beautiful day to launch the Adopt-A-Park-Tree project and to learn about the urban forest.
September 04, 2013
Robyn Stewart
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Last Saturday our popular Edible Tree Tour returned, offering some unexpected tastes from the urban forest. A group of interested nibblers met Amanda Gomm (LEAF), Susan Poizner (Orchard People) and Becky Thomas (Not Far From The Tree) in Ben Nobleman Park, home to one of Canada’s first community orchards. There was a wide variety of fruit-bearing trees as well as a pollinator garden to attract bees and ensure a good harvest! Soon over 100 people had gathered, each of us ready to learn, taste, explore and pick!
August 30, 2013
Barkley
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Growing up as a sapling in Toronto can be rough, and if you’re a street tree like me, the first few years are the toughest. There’s never any guarantee we’ll grow to be majestic like our old-growth cousins. Some of us are given tiny cement apartments with hardly any room to stretch out. Others have to deal with constantly getting our roots stomped on, garbage thrown our way, heavy bikes locked to our trunks, and dogs treating us with no respect. Oh, what it must be like to grow up in a park!
August 29, 2013
Andrea Bake
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If you’ve been following my blog entries, you may have picked up on my frustration with the introduction of non-native species to our region throughout the ages. Sure they can be cute and cool looking, or fast growing and shady, but more times than not, they wreak havoc when we’re not looking.
August 22, 2013
Victoria Badham
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As I walk through Wychwood Barns, I am struck by the beauty of the building; the seamless intersection of past and present, the way modern glass touches century-old brick walls and the quiet that radiates from artists’ workshops in a place where streetcar bells once chimed.