Treeing the Village
Maintaining the Urban Forest in Harbord Village
Completed Tree Inventory & GOOGLE EARTH Display | Tree Planting (with photos) | Recommended Management Plan
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HVRA has completed its spectacular inventory of neighbourhood trees, and is now applying the results to two aims: canopy care, to protect and increase the number of trees in Harbord Village, and roots of local history, to research and celebrate trees of the past and present urban forest. Consider getting involved!
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Join us to help renew and care for trees in Harbord Village. Please contact the chair Dinny Biggs.
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Harbord Village and LEAF Tree Tour
Sun. June 13, 2010, 1-3 pm, rain or shine
Meet at northwest corner of Major and College. Walk will meander through
8 blocks with frequent stops for commentary and end at Kensington Gardens Community Room (25 Brunswick -- south building) for refreshments.
Join your neighbours and other interested Toronto residents to celebrate the trees of Harbord Village. With Professor Andy Kenney and guides from LEAF, observe some magnificent specimens of old and interesting trees and learn how the Neighbourwoods inventory has been applied to renew and care for our urban forest. No charge for tour or refreshments, but donation appreciated.
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Greening the Borden Street Green P parking lot
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 View our 2009 report here
Treeing Our Village
BACKYARD TREE PLANTING PROJECT
Report to Toronto Parks and Trees Foundation,
December 1, 2009
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Canopy care
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May 22 is the last chance to order a back yard tree at a subsidized cost of only $20, thanks to our grant from the City Parks and Trees Foundation. Choose from our list of recommended trees, then contact the Trees Committee chair Dinny Biggs for a site visit and tree delivery in early June.
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Residents are also encouraged to call on arborist services to provide care and pruning for their trees. You can even ask an arborist to work on a city tree on your property, at your own expense, if you fill out the City form ahead of time.
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We need to ensure that street trees and the 100+ young trees we have planted get watered thoroughly once a week in hot, dry weather. Can you help by taking responsibility for watering a street tree near you, or by letting other volunteers use your water connection?
Roots of local history
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We plan to set up a webpage showing photographs of past and present notable trees, starting with some found in the City of Toronto Archives. If you have old photos or memories of neighbourhood trees, please let us scan your pictures and listen to your stories. Contact Margaret Procter to start the process.
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We are also investigating the Trees Ontario program for designating Heritage Trees. Watch for more information and chances to celebrate notable HVRA trees.
We're in the news!
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Tree Huggers
by Susan Grimbly
ON nature Magazine, Spring, 2010
Better air quality. Pollution control. Habitat for wildlife. These are just some of the reasons why a band of dedicated volunteers is determined to save the urban forest.
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Excerpt:
The condition of the Manitoba maple was woeful. Covered in scars, it struggled up through the cement, slouching over the beer drinkers. Standing on either side of the fence surrounding the patio of a Toronto pub, my teammates and I were animatedly assessing the condition of the tree and trying to measure its height when one rough fellow shouted, “You’re not cutting down that tree, are you?” Patrons’ heads shot around as if, like a village mob, they would lynch anyone who tried. “No, no,” we said hurriedly, “we’re not from the city. We’re volunteers with the Harbord tree committee,” and we launched into our spiel about trees, urban health and NeighbourWoods.
Read the entire article online here.
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