On Saturday, September 19th, the Mount Forest Green Team and Mount Forest Tree Trust chapter held their 3rd annual Tree of the Year celebration. This year’s winner – a 100 year old Black Cherry in the Mount Forest Cemetery – was celebrated by 70 enthusiastic guests. This free event had Read more
On Saturday, Erin Tree Trust celebrated its first-ever Tree of the Year with a special community event at Arts by the Pond at the Hillsburgh Library. The event brought together art, environmental education, local history, and community celebration around one remarkable tree: a 160-year-old American elm fondly known as “Henry” Read more
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Our September 13 Seed Collection Network Workshop was a success! Nearly half of our attendees were new members, and it was wonderful to welcome so many new faces to the Seed Collection Network. We kicked off the day with a short forest walk along Beaver River Trail, where we practiced Read more
Known as the “Great White Oak,” this landmark tree stands majestically in front of the Royal Ontario Museum, where it was already established when Canada’s pre-eminent museum opened in 1914. Amazingly, construction of the Yonge-University subway tunnels 50 years later managed to dodge its roots. Throughout ROM’s many expansions and Read more
Audio Transcription: Speech → Written Text “I am one of the many 100-year-old sugar maples that line this street. Take a lookor walk down Russel Street to your right and notice just how big we are. Wetower over the sidewalk – creating the iconic Ontario canopied streetscape that,for decades, have Read more
Audio Transcription: Speech → Written Text “Welcome to the Beaver River Trail! We’ve been waiting for you to walk the trailand check out our family of sugar maples, red oaks and ironwood trees. Some ofus are 100 years old, but there are also younger trees in and amongst our tallcanopy.Together, Read more
Audio Transcription: Speech → Written Text “Before you continue along on this crooked sidewalk, let me tell you the story ofhow it came to be. I have been growing here on Victoria Street for decades. I ama standout Sugar maple on our street and an established member of thecommunity.5 years Read more
Audio Transcription: Speech → Written Text “Hello! I am a sugar maple, and I’ve been growing here for more than 125 years.If you looked at me from a distance, you might think I should be cut down. Mytrunk has two large cavities, and to many people, that can look like Read more
Audio Transcription: Speech → Written Text “I am a Sugar maple. For nearly 150 years, I have stood in the same place,watching the world change around me.I was here before there were busy roads and neighbourhoods. I remember thewhistle of the steam trains passing by me and the women wearing Read more