In North Point Douglas, we started planting cedars about 15 years ago. Some on our property, some on neighbours’ and some on boulevards. They cost about $15 in the fall.

It’s early November 2016. It’s been unseasonably warm, but there are skins of ice on the puddles this morning, the kind that are wonderful to stomp. I’ve just dropped our daughter, Anna, at a friend’s house; Mike and I have a few hours to ourselves, so we’re going for a walk.

I’ve been a Wolseley tree bandit for as long as I can recall. In 2006 I was promoted to ‘chief-bandit’ by the Palmerston gang, a position I held for 11 years. My posse was about 50 strong, and our territory stretched the length of Palmerston…

The elm at the crossing of Blanchard and Middle Gate was the centre of the Armstrong’s Point neighbourhood. It finally gave way to Dutch Elm Disease and we watched as it was removed last fall. Soon after, Rod and Susan Reynar’s Cornish Ave. household held…

I love the way that people have found creative and beautiful ways to draw attention to the trees around us in our urban environment.

The neighbours around Peanut Park first formed a tree committee when we created a non-profit association called “Friends of Peanut Park” and adopted “Enderton Park”, which is locally known as Peanut Park.  In the adoption arrangement with the city, we agreed to beautify the park…

In the Glenelm neighbourhood of Elmwood, folks are extremely dismayed at how many of our majestic mature boulevard elms are being lost to Dutch Elm Disease every year. To add insult to injury, many of those removed trees are not being replanted. Our Trees Committee formed to come up with a plan to address these issues.