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Help restore a part of Canada’s natural heritage.
Plant Native Canadian maple trees along your rural roadside or laneway.

Maple Leaves Forever offers a 25% maple tree rebate towards eligible plantings.
Rebate Applications for Spring Planting are now open!

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Spring Maple Care

April

  • Apply for your Maple Tree Rebate from Maple Leaves Forever (Spring application deadline is May 15 – but you will get better selection if you apply and order your trees early!)
  • take care to properly transport and deliver your Native Maples prior to planting
  • new planting – plant when soil conditions are favourable
  • check for Spongy Moth (formerly known as Gypsy Moth) egg masses! Egg masses can be destroyed until the end of April
  • water deeply and thoroughly; add mulch and clear surrounding weeds
  • stake newly planted trees, if necessary; remove stakes from trees that have been staked for two or more years.
  • prepare a plan for watering the trees through the growing season

Maple Leaves Forever is pleased to provide a complete seasonal guide to maple tree planting and ongoing care!

Visit our complete Maple Care Calendar
Read our Latest Newsletter

Our Impact

Over the past two decades, Maple Leaves Forever has supported the planting of over 134,800 Native Canadian Maple trees!

That’s equivalent to 1,241 km (771 miles) of maple-lined Ontario roadside, more than the driving distance from Huntsville to Thunder Bay!

MLF also sponsors the following environmental & tree planting initiatives: Ontario Envirothon, One Bench One Tree, Grand Trees Climate Change Solutions and Highway of Heroes Tribute.

Our Goals

Awareness

Enhancing public awareness of the importance and benefits of planting Native Canadian Maple trees

Support

Supporting the planting and care of Native Canadian Maple trees  through our Rebate program, educational material and partnerships

Advocacy

Promoting planting of Native Canadian Maple trees  through landowners, nurseries, landscapers and government policies.

How can you help?

Ontario Landowners

Plant Native Canadian Maples on your property – you may be eligible for our 
Maple Tree Rebate!

Ontario Nurseries

Get in Touch 
to become one of our nursery partners and sell Native Canadian Maples

Ontario Landscapers

Use Native Canadian species 
– especially maples where appropriate –
in your planting plans.

Political Leaders

Include Native Canadian Maples in planting projects, and create policies that ensure maple planting is encouraged across Canada.

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