Blogs

For one Toronto Community Housing Corporation (TCHC) tenant, caring for his local trees is a meaningful gift to give his community. Hear more from our friend and Urban Forest Champion, Jason Sinclair, as he discusses the connection of trees to the quality of life within his community.

Food insecurity is a growing concern, especially with recent inflation trends and the impacts of adverse weather events on our food supply. The urban forest is home to many diverse edible plant species and can be leveraged to help increase availability and easy access to local food. Check out our top four most nutritious native shrubs that you can plant to grow food and our urban forest.

Fall is here, and you have left your planting work a bit too late this year. Will you be able to dig into the soil to plant that new tree, and more importantly, will it survive? While colder temperatures may create some hesitation around fall planting, it is actually a great time to add new greenery to your yard. Read on as we tackle the top three myths associated with planting in the fall.

Did you know there are native shrub species in Ontario that offer a variety of delicious and healthy food not only for wildlife but for people too? Read on to find out how you can cook with native species!

As a concerned tree lover, you might be curious about some ways you can assess the health of the trees in your neighbourhood. In this blog, we will be looking at some key indicators of tree health described in the Neighbourwoods Tree Inventory Protocol that we use when we assessed the health of the trees planted through LEAF’s Toronto Community Housing Corporation (TCHC) Planting and Stewardship Program. Read along and learn how you can observe the health of the trees in your own neighbourhood.