April 11, 2013
Sharmeen Shahidullah
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Next in the series of Tree Tender graduate profiles: I’d like to introduce a team! Meet Teresa Chan, Joe Chan, Maxine Chan, Margaret Calder, Natalia Jakubek, and Audrey Jakubek. This dedicated team of Tree Tender graduates united with a common passion for trees and gardens to transform the view outside their local subway station, Old Mill, into a thriving pocket of biodiversity and LEAF's first Urban Forest Demonstration Garden.
April 03, 2013
Sharmeen Shahidullah
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Last week while browsing through the materials from past events, I came across a box full of Tree Tender graduate profiles. As I began reading these I was fascinated by the diversity of these individuals and their motivations for taking the course - from wanting to start their own local projects to a casual interest in the environment to just a simple passion for trees!
April 03, 2013
Michelle Bourdeau
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As many of you may know, Toronto Hydro is one of LEAF's longest standing sponsors. We have been working together for nearly a decade to protect and improve Toronto's urban forest through our Backyard Tree Planting Program and the annual Leslieville Tree Festival. And every Earth Day we work with Toronto Hydro staff to plant hundreds of trees and shrubs at selected sites across Toronto.
April 01, 2013
Andrea Bake
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If you’ve ever wandered through a Carolinian forest, you’ve probably come across a tree that looked like it just jumped out of Alice and Wonderland. It’s blue. If that’s not weird enough, the bark is perfectly smooth and growing in odd waves all around the trunk, instead of the typical rounded shape you’d expect from a normal tree.
March 26, 2013
Jessica Piskorowski
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This year, my St. Patrick’s Day festivities took place in Asheville North Carolina, where we celebrated the luck o’ the Irish and trees together: It was Arbor Day in North Carolina! Much like our National Tree Day, North Carolina’s Arbor Day is a day where cities across the state come together to celebrate their urban forests.
March 22, 2013
Matthew Higginson
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I came across this photo through our facebook page by Sharon Helleman. It was a mature elm, right around the corner from our office at the Artscape Wychwood Barns. I’ve passed this tree many times – near the top of a lost river – Garrison Creek (soon to be the home of Canada’s first Homegrown National Park). I liked the way Sharon caught an angle that shows its towering beauty…and how she shared some of the history of our nation through its story.
March 21, 2013
Sharmeen Shahidullah
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According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), today is dedicated to celebrating and raising awareness of the importance of all types of forests. Countries around the world are encouraged to take on local, national and international efforts to organize activities dealing with trees and forests such as tree planting campaigns.
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March 19, 2013
Erin Silverstein
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My great-grandparents moved to Huttonville in 1933, settled up the hill from the Credit River and began growing fruits and vegetables destined for market in Toronto. My grandfather, Quinto Ferri, was one of eight siblings. When his two eldest brothers, Aldo and Mac, went off to war he and his brother Nick took over the family farm. They quickly procured more land along the road and soon each brother had their own.
March 11, 2013
Andrea Bake
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When you think of a huge, majestic, old tree – do you think of an oak tree? Towering over most of its competition (even in the urban forest) their graceful branches provide shade during the summer and a familiar silhouette through winter. The question is… Can you tell the difference between the oak species most commonly found on our landscape?
March 07, 2013
Sharmeen Shahidullah
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Storms can be terrifying. They remind us that nature is powerful, often unexpected, and can leave us helpless in its path. Take the recent snowstorms in Toronto. Not the worst Ontario has seen, but enough to put life on hold. Picture vehicles locked in garages, schools and businesses shut down. Those of us brave enough, or with no other choice, venture out at our own risk. These events tend to isolate us – we’re glued to our T.Vs and windows instead.