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Avoiding getting burned: becoming FireSmart
Wildfires are an incredibly devasting force – they can ravage communities and neighborhoods forcing many to flee their homes and the lives...
Creating the Perfect Woodlands-Inspired Garden
Rural families privately own 80% of woodland in Canada while manufacturers control the remaining 20%. Woodland gardens provide families with cool areas...
Canadian Urban Forest Network – Pacific Region Update
By Lanny Englund – Pacific Region Representative, CUFN Steering Committee It has been an exciting six months in the world of Urban...
CUFN Updates Ontario Region 2019
Peter Wynnyczuk – Ontario Representative, CUFN Steering Committee, and Executive Director, Ontario Urban Forest Council My how things have changed in the...
Love the Maple… Love Canada!
I am old enough (but just old enough, honestly) to remember when the Canadian flag was first adopted by Parliament (before that...
Prevent the spread of EAB across Canada: How you can save our ash trees
The Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) has affected millions of ash trees in North America. In Canada alone, EAB has now spread to...
New trees to grow where fire once devastated Fort McMurray thanks to Tree Canada’s...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 26, 2019 (Ottawa, ON) – Tree Canada, Canada’s leading national tree charity, is embarking on the next phase...
Tree Canada takes proactive fight to counter Emerald Ash Borer: Granting program teams up...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 26, 2019 (Ottawa, ON) – Tree Canada, Canada’s leading national tree charity, in partnership with BioForest, are taking...
Tree Canada’s Operation ReLeaf Ottawa-Gatineau responds to devastation by tornadoes: Granting program enables residents...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 26, 2018 (Ottawa, ON) Tree Canada, Canada’s leading national tree charity, supports Ottawa-Gatineau residents to replace the trees...
The Benefits of Edible Trees – planting for a future
In the past few years, green infrastructure programs have been on the rise in urban communities across Canada. With over 82% of...
Tree planting and schoolyards: A considered choice and a winning combination
Given the growing evidence showing that Nature Deficit Disorder is a real and increasing problem, having access to an environment that promotes...
Green Schoolyards: Beyond a nice place to play
If you’ve walked past a school in the past few years you’ve probably seen a cold, heavy steel fence encasing a paved-over...
2018, a year in review at Tree Canada
2018 was an impressive year of planting and learning for us! As we head into 2019, we’re taking this moment to pause...