Peter Kuitenbrouwer
A Welcome to Warmer Weather: Sap flows in trees as they awaken from their restful winter sleep
Trees work hard in the growing season: they pull the sun’s energy and make sugar to use and store throughout the tree. They earn their winter’s rest. After their leaves fall off, trees go into a kind of hibernation, moving the sugar…
How To Best Prepare Newly-planted Trees for Winter
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Battling buckthorn to bring back biodiversity
From the Mississippi River Valley up through Ontario and Quebec, and from Atlantic Canada west to the border of Saskatchewan, municipalities, private landowners, farmers and even hospital groundskeeping staff are fighting a powerful plant invader: buckthorn. Buckthorn came to North America innocently…
Preserving the elm cathedrals across Canadian cities
Rows of stately elm trees, rising to the height of cathedrals, once proudly lined boulevards across North America. Then, in 1930, a furniture company in Cleveland imported elm logs from England infected with a pathogen known as Dutch elm disease. Soon, those…
Continuing to keep trees close during a lockdown
Five easy ways to connect with trees to boost your mood and health People have always sought the healing power of trees. In the 19th century Frederick Law Olmsted, who designed New York’s Central Park and Montreal’s Parc du Mont Royal, wrote…