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This time I was in the mood for white pine tea from the tree’s needle bundles. The white pine can grow to be 40 meters tall and thrives in full sunlight. You might know this tree as the white pine, whose forests originally spread throughout much of northeastern North America, although only one percent of old-growth forests remain.

Our featured Tree Tender grad this week, Lucy Perri, comes from Scarborough near the Don Valley East – land of the Highland Creek and Taylor Massey Creek. Lucy took the course in May 2010, which helped her realize her desire to revitalize the landscape around her condo and the surrounding areas, and empowered her to advocate on their behalf. When she’s not watching over the trees in her own neighbourhood, Lucy loves to visit the Rouge Valley, and Tommy Thompson and Colonel Danforth parks.

Being in school isn’t just about academics; it’s also about exercising social skills through interaction with your classmates and team work. Sure, you can read about how to make friends or how to play a sport, but you can’t argue with the fact that participation is the best way to learn these skills. Apart from the obvious examples of learning a sport or making a friend, there’s the stuff you read about in your school books as a kid that you never actually get to do.

Taking on a landscaping project this spring? Remember to stay safe around power lines. Despite the chilly temperatures, spring has arrived and, in true Canadian spirit, a little sleet and snow won’t keep us indoors for long. As many of us start to think about gardening and landscaping around the house, it’s important to keep safety top-of-mind.