One of the quintessentially Canadian sign of spring’s arrival is seeing maple sap dripping into pails or tubing systems across the range of maples in Ontario and eastern Canada. If you are interested in the “Ultimate To-Do List” of maple syrup festivals, events and sugar shack activities in Ontario – please visit  todoontario.com/maple-festivals/. There are events happening across Ontario up until approximately the third week in April.

Spring is a busy time at Maple Leaves Forever, it is the season when we receive the most interest in and support for the planting of Native Maple trees. We recently undertook a mapping exercise to see the extent of our impact in southern Ontario. Check out this map showing the locations of road side, laneway or hedgerow plantings that were supported by Maple Leaves Forever over the last 3 years.

We are hoping this map will encourage landowners in areas under-represented by roadside plantings to contact us to learn more about our incentive program to support the planting of Native Maple trees.

I hope you will take the time to read Caitlin’s tree nursery news as it speaks to an important challenge we have in planting Native Maples that have the best chance for survival. She has made some suggestions on what you can do to help address these challenges!

And finally, stay tuned for the launch of our Heritage Maple Scavenger Hunt where we will offering a cash incentive for sharing locations of rows of heritage Native Maples in your area! We want to document the locations of 100+ year old maple plantings along roadsides, laneways and property boundaries in Ontario. We recently published an informative essay about the History of Roadside Tree Planting in Ontario by Terry Schwan – and it has inspired us to catalogue their locations and share these heritage plantings for all to enjoy, and to encourage ongoing Native Maple planting for the future. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram or LinkedIn where we’ll be releasing information on this new initiative in the coming months.

Happy Sweet Spring!

Deb Pella Keen and the Maple Leaves Team

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