An online Living Green Infrastructure Declaration has been created to encourage government and the private sector to plan and build greener, healthier, more beautiful communities...(read more)
April 17, 2013 - Toronto - Let the birdwatching begin
Today LEAF (Local Enhancement & Appreciation of Forests) launches its spring Cool Communities Residential Shade Tree Planting Program in the Guelph and Kitchener-Waterloo area. The program provides rebates of up to $100 per household on native trees and shrubs...(read more)
April 11, 2013 - Toronto - Let the birdwatching begin
Each year approximately 50 million birds pass through the Greater Toronto Area and LEAF (Local Enhancement & Appreciation of Forests) is helping residents build crucial habitat for them. LEAF’s subsidized Backyard Tree Planting Program, which has focused on getting the right tree in the right place since 1996, has expanded further by offering Native Garden Kits for songbirds...(read more)
September 26, 2012 - Toronto - Junction depaves, uncovers paradise on National Tree Day
Today in celebration of National Tree Day, LEAF and partners undertook a “Depave Paradise” project on the southwest corner of Pacific Ave. and Dundas St. West in Toronto’s Junction neighbourhood. Four large honey locust trees were freed from encroaching paving stones that were causing damage to their trunks.... (read more)
September 6, 2012 - Toronto - Monarch Park Tree Tour highlights urban forest in Toronto’s east end
Today Amanda Gomm, Manager, Volunteer & Community Engagement, LEAF (Local Enhancement and Appreciation of Forests) and Councillor Paula Fletcher, Ward 30 Toronto-Danforth, lead a guided tree tour through the city’s east end Monarch Park neighbourhood... (read more)
August 25, 2012 - Toronto - Edible Tree Tour showcases the bounty of Toronto’s urban forest
Today Amanda Gomm, Manager, Volunteer & Community Engagement, LEAF ( Local Enhancement and Appreciation of Forests), Susan Poizner, Coordinator, Growing for Green and Laura Reinsborough, Founder & Director, Not Far From The Tree, conducted an Edible Tree Tour designed to showcase... (read more)
August 22, 2012 - Toronto - Bayview Buckets Adopt-a-Tree Project aims to save street trees
Today, businesses along Toronto’s Bayview Ave. launched the Bayview Buckets Adopt-a-Tree Project designed to help street trees survive Toronto’s increasingly hot summers. Organized by LEAF (Local Enhancement & Appreciation of Forests) volunteer Helen Godfrey, local businesses will help street trees.... (read more)
Today, LEAF (Local Enhancement & Appreciation of Forests) launched the Ontario Residential Tree Benefits Estimator (ORTBE), an online tool designed to estimate the energy savings and other environmental benefits provided by trees. Research has shown that strategically placed trees provide... (read more)
June 20, 2012 - Toronto - Heat wave putting Toronto Trees at risk
This week’s extreme heat is putting urban trees under stress and at risk due to drought, says urban forest advocates at LEAF (Local Enhancement & Appreciation of Forests). They are calling on residents to help the trees that shade their homes and neighbourhoods by giving them a much needed drink of water.... (read more)
May 16, 2012 - Toronto - This gardening season, don’t forget your trees: Top Five Things You Can Do
With the gardening season underway, the Urban Forest Stewardship Network (UFSN) is calling on residents in communities across Ontario to help trees in their yards and neighbourhoods. Our trees exist in stressful conditions. Drought, air pollution, salt spray, competition with overhead utilities and root damage during construction are just a few.... (read more)
Today LEAF (Local Enhancement & Appreciation of Forests) launched its spring Cool Communities Residential Shade Tree Planting Program in the Guelph/Cambridge area. The program provides rebates of up to $100 per household on native trees and shrubs and is designed to aid homeowners in strategically planting trees and shrubs... (read more)
A new report released today by the Green Infrastructure Ontario Coalition identifies green infrastructure as a cost solution policy makers should be considering on the eve of the Ontario Budget and in subsequent political discussions centred on doing more with less... (read more)
LEAF (Local Enhancement & Appreciation of Forests) will help celebrate the Year of the Forests by leading a tree tour on Sunday, October 2, at 2:00 p.m. Beginning at the Varley Art Gallery in Unionville, LEAF arborist Erin Silverstein will explore the parks and residential streets in this beautiful downtown area.... (read more)
September 2, 2011 - Toronto - Canada's first smartphone-friendly public garden opens
Today marked the official opening of the LEAF Learning Garden (LLG), Canada’s first “smartphone friendly” public garden at Toronto’s Artscape Wychwood Barns. The LLG contains nearly 50 native plants found in southern Ontario. Each plant is labeled with a small sign containing common and Latin names, several educational symbols and a QR code... (read more...)
Today LEAF (Local Enhancement & Appreciation of Forests) and members of the local community planted an urban forest demonstration garden in front of the Walmer Rd. entrance of the Spadina TTC subway station. Planted and maintained by graduates of LEAF’s Volunteer Tree Tender Training Program, urban forest demonstration gardens showcase... (read more...)
June 15, 2011 - Toronto - LEAF receives grant to create native
learning garden
Toronto-based LEAF (Local Enhancement & Appreciation of Forests) received $5,000 from The Rebuilding Nature Grant Program supported by The Home Depot Canada Foundation and led by Evergreen to complete its urban greening project this spring. The national grant program was created to support environmental stewardship projects that provide... (read more...)
June 14, 2011 - Alien Invasion! How
“Global Gardening” has impacted Toronto’s urban forest
This Saturday, June 18, LEAF (Local Enhancement & Appreciation of Forests) will host a Tree Tour titled, Alien Invasion! How “Global Gardening” has impacted Toronto’s urban forest. The tour will run from 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The meeting location is the southwest corner of... (read more...)
May 25, 2011 - The secret sex lives of trees revealed
Join LEAF (Local Enhancement & Appreciation of Forests) as we host Tony Fleischmann, long time arborist and tree enthusiast, who will be revealing the secret sex lives of trees during a lecture on June 7, 2011, from 7:00 to 8:30pm at the Royal Ontario Museum, Level 1B, Signy and Cléophée Eaton Theatre. (read more...)
Join LEAF (Local Enhancement & Appreciation of Forests) as we admire some of Toronto's most impressive heritage trees. We'll visit some awe-inspiring specimens near the Royal Ontario Museum, Philosopher's Walk (on the main campus of the University of Toronto) and Queen's Park, and learn about the incredible biodiversity value... (read more...)
May 19, 2011 - Strategic tree planting completes new green home
Today LEAF (Local Enhancement & Appreciation of Forests) helped celebrate the completion of a year-long green-home build at 149 Park Home Ave. in Toronto by planting three trees on the property. The planting locations are designed to help keep the home cool in the summer and will provide the finishing touch to a new home designed... (read more...)
April 28, 2011 - Program provides subsidized trees and shrubs for residents to help reduce energy use
LEAF (Local Enhancement & Appreciation of Forests) will be officially launching
its spring Cool Communities Residential Shade Tree Planting program this Friday,
April 29 at Grand Valley Garden Village located at 3763 King Street East, Kitchener and... (read more...)
April 19, 2011 - Elementary students plant trees to help green school for Earth Week
Today LEAF (Local Enhancement & Appreciation of Forests) led a tree planting at the David Suzuki Public School in Markham with members of the school’s Eco Team and Ward Councillor Logan Kanapathi as part of the school’s Earth Week activities. (read more...)
April 5, 2011 - Network launched to improve the plight of Ontario’s threatened urban forests
Today, LEAF (Local Enhancement & Appreciation of Forests) along with five other groups around the province held events to officially launch the newly created Urban Forest Stewardship Network... (read more...)
January 25, 2011 - Toronto
and York Region residents encouraged to get involved during UN's International Year of ForestsThis week, the United Nations General Assembly is officially launching International Year of Forests - 2011, and LEAF (Local Enhancement and Appreciation of Forests) is offering residents of Toronto and York Region a way to get the most out of the year... (read more...)
October 5, 2010 - Urban Forest Demonstration Gardens
Today LEAF (Local Enhancement & Appreciation of Forests) led members of the local community in transforming a part of the High Park TTC subway station property into an urban forest demonstration garden.... (read more...)
October 3, 2010 - The Birds and The Trees Tour
Today Mike Alkema Certified Arborist at LEAF (Local Enhancement & Appreciation of Forests), Dr. Bridget Stutchbury of York University, and Brett Tryon the Coordinator at Tommy Thompson Park Bird Research Station (TTPBRS) led a “Birds and Trees” tour to talk about the importance of Toronto’s urban forest to migrating birds... (read more...)
September 17, 2010 - Waterloo Mayor helps launch subsidized shade tree planting program
Today Michelle Bourdeau, Manager, Residential Planting Programs at LEAF (Local Enhancement & Appreciation of Forests), Waterloo Mayor Brenda Halloran and Councilor Mark Whaley, a representative of the 10,000 Trees Project, launched LEAF’s Cool Communities Residential Shade Tree Planting Program.. (read more...)
August 17, 2010 - Do-It-Yourself Backyard Tree Planting Program
Today LEAF (Local Enhancement & Appreciation of Forests) launched its subsidized “Do-It-Yourself Backyard Tree Planting Program” in central and northern York Region expanding its efforts to protect and improve our urban forests... (read more...)
Upcoming Events
- Tree Tenders Volunteer Training: Toronto 15 hours 24 min from now
- EAB Ambassador Training Workshop 4 days 9 hours from now
- Emerald Ash Borer Information Night 1 week 16 hours from now
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